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Effects of the colonial land policies on the Africans

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Effects of the colonial land policies on the Africans
a) The displaced Africans were confined to native reserves thus leading to congestion/overuse of land.
b) Africans who lost their land became poor. Many Africans became squatters and lived in misery and hopelessness.
c) The situation in the reserves and the landlessness forced to supply labour in settler farms for wages in order to pay taxes.
d) The displaced Africans moved to towns looking for employment. Their movement to towns led to growth of urban centres.
e) The traditional socio-economic set-up of the Africans was disrupted. Communities could no longer migrate in search of better lands and pasture.
f) The large European farms suffered acute shortage of labour as many Africans were unwilling to work on them.