1. Cotton Growing and Rebellion in German East Africa
... a Muslim recruited from one of the coastal towns and had similar responsibilities as the Jumbe. These positions were in place to carry out the German's orders when they weren't around to do so themselves. If a task or an order was not carried out according to specifications, the person or persons that were responsible were whipped by the Germans. This punishment was the same for the Jumbe or akida as well ... well as mass executions from the German counter-attack. The Germans had a reason for setting the cotton growing system up the way they did. It was easy for them to leave one of the...
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