Compare and contrast the impact of German and British rule in Tanganyika.

The question requires that candidates give an account of the similarities and differences between the impact of German and British rule in Tanganyika, referring to both throughout. There does not need to be an equal number of each. Candidates may refer to the impact of economic policies on Africans: both the Germans and the British favoured the development of a cash crop economy, and Africans were obliged to pay hut tax to force them into wage labour. Candidates may also point out that neither power attempted to develop Tanganyika as a colony of settlement. For contrast, candidates may make the obvious point that unlike Germany, Britain ruled Tanganyika not as a protectorate but under the terms of a League of Nations mandate. German rule was altogether more brutal, resulting in frequent anti-colonial revolts such as the Maji Maji rebellion. Unlike the Germans, who only relinquished control of Tanganyika following military defeat in the First World War, the British encouraged nationalists like Nyerere and enacted a series of legislative reforms leading to self-government and independence. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.