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Ivory_1880s - 2 views

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Eastern Route to Central Africa.pdf - 4 views

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  • and Edinburgh decided to form a trading company. To commence with, ivory was expected to be the only source of profit, but it was hoped that ere long steam navigation would make transit so easy that grain and other commodities might be profitably exported.
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      the trading of ivory Was largely succesfull during this time(1800). ivory trade Was the main source of profit in trading and this profit as to be used to make other exports like grains profitable i the ling run
  • han trade in ivory, which is mostly in the hands of Zanzibar Arabs or chiefs, the ordinary natives having nothing to do with it, and reaping no benefit from it.
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      the ivory trade benefited only those in charge while those who did the hard task benefited nothing .there was an increase demand for ivory internationally which was supplied by Zanzibar taking advantage of its strategic position to trade ivory as far as the great lakes
  • Two years ago, the lessee of the taxes in Shupanga district, a Portuguese, massacred some Landeens--some say to weaken their power, or, as others assert, to seize some ivory said to have been brought to the villages for sale. He invite~l across the chief and his men, and made them drunk. At a signal a Negro went up to the chief and blew his brains out with a revolver, and the rest were massacred. Then there was a rush across the river to secure the reported ivory, of which comparatively little was found. The Portuguese Government repudiated the act, and the perpetrator had to leave the country ; but what must the natives think of white men who commit such atrocities Formerly there wer
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      conlflict regarding ivory is still an issue till this day in eastern Africa ,with the most recent example being in 2016 between Kenya and Tanzania which led to a diplomatic row between the 2 countries
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  • Two years ago, the lessee of the taxes in Shupanga district, a Portuguese, massacred some Landeens--some say to weaken their power, or, as others assert, to seize some ivory said to have been brought to the villages for sale.
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      trade in ivory was so essentional and profitable that leaders would do anything to get their hands on it. this is an example of the lengths people would go to trade ivory
  • On the east coast there is the chief Makanjira, who has many Arabs at his village and does a large trade in ivory and slaves. I once met one of his headmen at the ivory market, six hours out of Quilimane. To the west is Mpemba's, another similar chief. From Livingstonia a long day's run takes us to Kotakota, where Jumbe's is one of the largest villages on the lake. He owns several dhows, built on the spot, in which he carries his ivory, white and black, to the other side, often to Losewa~
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      ivory trade was a massive business the eastern-central Africa. with large ships being bough and built for the purpose of exporting them to counties overseas
  • An Arab, Kabnnda, who had been settled there for about ten years, having many houses and slaves, determined to go to Zanzibar with his ivory.
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      the transporting of ivory from khabunda to Zanzibar is a contentious issue in Tanzania ad it is one of the major ivory smuggling routes . Khabunda is a village which has is one of the largerst wiled life reserves with a significant population of elephants
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Tanzania's Ivory Stockpile.pdfIn July 1989, - 1 views

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  • In July 1989, Kenya issued a call-to-action to alert the world to a poaching crisis. Then President Daniel arap Moi, together with then Executive Director of Kenya Wildlife Service Dr. Richard Leakey, burned 12 tons of ivory stock.
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      the Kenyan government then passed several laws to monitor and restrict ivory trade. ivory trade is still a major problem in kenya today even after 2 cenuries
  • In September of that year, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) secured an agreement among its member states to ban all international trade in ivory.
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      2 countries from eastern africa are in the top 10 of the CITES where elephants are in danger
  • Unlike Kenya, Tanzania, one of the poorest countries in the world, has not agreed to burn its stockpile of ivory, arguing that the money from a sale
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      ivory trade is still a profitable form of trade .and countries like tanzania still rely on the money from the sales of ivory
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AOMYNK245351372.pdf - 2 views

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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      first-second paragraph notes this primary source is a valueble historical document that provides insight into the geopolitical and economical dynamics of the 19th century this source also mentions how ivory trade is a major source of wealth for the east african coast as it is strategically located to the souce of ivory and had already established trade links with india, arabia and europe in this source the leitunent is showing concern regarding the ivory trade in zanzibzr if and when their enemis take over congo.he alo mentions that the ivory trade in these countries continue to operate effietiently even with attempts of stopig slave trade this source also tells us that ivory trade and slave trade were connected their used the same route to get to other continents
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26053212.pdf( https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/179483.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A3f... - 2 views

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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      ivory trade has only gotten worse with the years in eastern Africa .according to the convention international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora Tanzania and Kenya(both eastern countries0are in the top 10 countries in the word with the highest levels of illegal ivory trade .between the years 2009-2014 about 100000 elephants were killed for their ivory which is very high for 5 years compared to the 1800s
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      siphamandlagiven on 25 Apr 23
       
      the vast majority of this imports being from eastern African countries mainly Kenya and Tanzania
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