But it was in the nineteenth century that the great development of the East African ivory trade took place. An increased demand for ivory in America and Europe coincided with the opening up of East Africa by Arab traders and European explorers, and this led to the intensive exploitation of the ivory resources of the interior. Thro
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the value of ivoty from the late 1700s through the 19th the ivory value from the 1700s through the 19th century grew exponentially, booming worldwide as increased societal wealth, conspicuous consumption and cheap labor encouraged its use in artwork, combs, keyboards, jewelry, hand fans, billiard balls, teething rings, and many other whatnots.
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The extent to which these ivory traders opened up the upper Nile is surprising. Giovanni Miani, a Venetian, penetrated beyond the River Asua in modern Uganda, explored the Bahr el-Ghazal and the headwaters of the streams rising in the Nyam Nyam country, and brought back rumours of a great river, the Uele, flowing to th
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Ivory is particularly coveted in Asia where it is used for carving and jewelry. Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe were given permission to sell stockpiles to Japan in 1999 and were joined by South Africa in 2008 in a sale to China and Japan.
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