In 1856, a young Xhosa woman named Nongqawuse had a vision: if the Xhosa people killed all their cattle and destroyed their grain, their ancestors would rise from the grave, bring better cattle, and drive out the British colonizers. The community was dealing with a cattle disease epidemic, which made this more plausible. They adopted the belief. They killed approximately 400,000 cattle.
Another example is the Shakahola incident (h/t Nuño for the mention somewhere on Twitter a few weeks ago, which I’m now unable to dig out).
Another example is the Shakahola incident (h/t Nuño for the mention somewhere on Twitter a few weeks ago, which I’m now unable to dig out).