Describe the negative effects of direct rule in Zimbabwe.

-Large tracts of land were taken away from Africans by the white settlers.
-Africans were undermined, oppressed and suppressed.
-Africans chiefs lost their authority and power to the British.
-Africans were subjected to forced labour.
-Africans paid taxes heavily.
-Africans suffered from poverty and hunger.
-The African culture was eroded and undermined by the western culture.