The rinderpest epidemic devastated African cattle herds, destroying indigenous pastoral economies and creating a famine-stricken dependency that allowed colonial powers to impose cash-crop systems and forced labor. Yet from my shop, I see that collapse does not always lead to submission; sometimes it forces a quieter, more stubborn self-reliance. When tractors scare away my customers, I adapt my stitches and wait, knowing their need for a perfect blouse will bring them back. The herds were lost, but the land and the people remained, complicating any simple tale of colonial triumph.
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