Xhosa+Wars

The Xhosa wars were a series of nine conflicts taking place over 100 years (1779-1879). These conflicts were caused by the European settlers taking land that was already claimed by the Xhosa people - similar to the Native Americans and European settlers in North America. These nine conflicts took place In modern day Eastern Cape Province.

The conflicts happened between 1779-1781, 1789-1793, 1799-1803, 1811-1812, 1818-1819, 1834-1836, 1846-1847, 1850-1853, and 1877-1879. Before the conflicts, the Xhosa began to use guns and ammunition due to alliances with Europeans. But even with guns on hand, the Xhosa people lost their land to Britain. Between 1856-1858, The Xhosa people killed their cattle, burned their clothes, and got rid of anything that would support the people. They did this because a prophetess claimed that the ancestors of the people stated that they would come to life and make the old young again to help the Xhosa people defeat the settlers. However, the ancestors didn't come, and this left the the Xhosa people with no means to live and led them to disaster. When the ninth and final war began, the Xhosa had few resources to fight. In a year, the British had claimed all Xhosa land as their own.

This affected modern day South Africa, because this set the stage for black African oppression in British South Africa. After the British claimed all natives land, they began mistreating black Africans. This eventually led to the formation of the Apartheid government.