Editing Pulled rickshaw (section)

===Africa===

====East Africa====
In the 1920s, it was used in [[Bagamoyo]] and [[Tanga, Tanzania|Tanga]] in Tanzania, and other areas of East Africa for short distances.<ref>{{ cite book | title=60 Years in East Africa: The Life of a Settler | author=Werner Voigt | publisher=GeneralStore Publishing House | pages=32, 34–35 | year=1995 | isbn=1896182399 }}</ref>

====Madagascar====
[[File:Pousse-pousse Madagascar.jpg|thumb|250px|Pousse-pousse in [[Madagascar]]]]
Rickshaws, known as ''pousse-pousse'', were introduced by British [[missionary|missionaries]]. The intention was to eliminate the slavery-associated [[palanquin]]. Its name pousse-pousse, meaning ''push-push'', is reportedly gained from the need to have a second person to push the back of the rickshaw on Madagascar's hilly roads. They are a common form of transport in a number of Malagasy cities, especially [[Antsirabe]], but are not found in the towns or cities with very hilly roads.<ref>{{ cite book | title=Madagascar | edition=10 | author=Hilary Bradt | year=2011 | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides | page=98 |isbn=978-1841623412 }}</ref> They are similar to Chinese rickshaws and are often brightly decorated.<ref>{{cite book | title=Madagascar, Volume 15 of Cultures of the World Cultures of the World - Group 15 | publisher=Marshall Cavendish |author1=Jay Heale |author2=Zawiah Abdul Latif | year=2008 | pages=75–76 | isbn=978-0761430360 | edition=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNax15GoPIkC&q=pousse-pousse&pg=PT59 | title=Madagascar Travel Guide | publisher=Lonely Planet | year=2012 | edition=7 | isbn=978-1743213018 }}</ref>

====Nairobi====
Rickshaws operated in [[Nairobi]] in the beginning of the 20th century; pullers went on strike there in 1908.<ref>{{ cite book | title=Africa under colonial domination 1880–1935: 7 | editor=A. Adu Boahen, Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa | publisher=UNESCO | year=1985 | page=666 | isbn=9231017136 }}</ref>

====South Africa====
[[Durban]] is famous for its iconic [[Zulu people|Zulu]] rickshaw pullers navigating throughout the city. These colorful characters are famous for their giant, vibrant hats and costumes. They were introduced into Natal by Sir [[Marshall Campbell]] in the 1890s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Joyce|first=Peter|url=https://archive.org/details/southafricanfami0000joyc|title=The South African family encyclopaedia|date=1989|publisher=Cape Town : Struik Publishers|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-86977-887-6}}</ref>{{rp|299}} There were about 2,000 registered men who pulled rickshaws in Durban in 1904. Since displaced by motorised transport, there are approximately 25 rickshaws left who mostly cater to tourists today.<ref>{{cite web |author=Romita Hanuman |url=http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/discover/history/our-town/rickshaws |title=Zulu Rickshaws |publisher=Durban.gov.za |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519145024/http://www.durban.gov.za/durban/discover/history/our-town/rickshaws |archive-date=19 May 2010  }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=South Africa: Lesotho & Swaziland | publisher=Lonely Planet |author1=Mary Fitzpatrick |author2=Kate Armstrong | year=2006 | pages=308 | isbn=1740599705 | edition=7}}</ref>