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Hostage to Cloth_ European Explorers in East Africa 1850-1890.pdf - 1 views

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Prior to 1830, foreign merchants little ventured into the interior of East Africa. Arab and Indian traders,
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brought to the shores of East Africa by favorable monsoon winds from at least the 10
- pregannkosi on 26 Apr 23
  
  Most of them saw Africa as a source of material and they exploited material and exported good or rather resources from Africa
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Most of them saw Africa as a source of material and they exploited material and exported good or rather resources from Africa</div>
  
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goods. Responding to the growing and changing demands of international trade, they gathered and
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ferried gold, ivory, slaves, grain, aromatics, and other stuffs to the coast – and to Portuguese posts in the
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Zambezi (Alpers 1975, Rockel 2006). Responding to their own economic and social needs and desires,
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- pregannkosi on 26 Apr 23
  
  The Portuguese explorers seized and abused African resources, exploited the African and engaging in slave trades. Enslaving Africans to their continent so that they can benefit while using and exploiting them for hard labour.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Portuguese explorers seized and abused African resources, exploited the African and engaging in slave trades. Enslaving Africans to their continent so that they can benefit while using and exploiting them for hard labour.</div>
  
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these caravans from the interior came to favor partners and ports capable of supplying the types of cloth
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and other goods they sought, shifting their routes accordingly.
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From the late eighteenth century, various factors pushed and pulled foreign merchants to increasingly
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leave the comforts and safety of East Africa’s coasts and venture inland. In the first instance, Omani
- pregannkosi on 26 Apr 23
  
  The Portuguese exlplorers settled in east Africa before seizing and establishing colonies in other African states howerver the moved from the east african countries to other african countries such as mozambique because they saw more resources in that state and therefore proceded to colonise the state
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Portuguese exlplorers settled in east Africa before seizing and establishing colonies in other African states howerver the moved from the east african countries to other african countries such as mozambique because they saw more resources in that state and therefore proceded to colonise the state</div>
  
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For travelers to even begin trading for food and services, cloth outlays of a different sort altogether were
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territories
- pregannkosi on 26 Apr 23
  
  So since the local leaders required gifts before they allowed entry to their territories, explorers provided those gifts because they knew that they would benefit more resources from African countries.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">So since the local leaders required gifts before they allowed entry to their territories, explorers provided those gifts because they knew that they would benefit more resources from African countries.</div>
  
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European interest in the area shifted from free trade to territorial colonialism and the Scramble for
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Africa began in earnest. Already by 1885 Germany had landed troops in today’s Tanzania, while
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  The European explorers took advantage that Africans were not skilled as they were so they used this opportunity to colonize African countries or rather states.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The European explorers took advantage that Africans were not skilled as they were so they used this opportunity to colonize African countries or rather states.</div>
  
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