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African military systems (1800-1900) - Wikipedia - 2 views

  • The introduction of firearms was important, but guns on African battlefields were often of indifferent quality, and traditional weapons and tactics sometimes compared favorably with them. Indeed, Africans were well aware of the deficiencies of trade muskets and often demanded better quality than that offered. Most guns imported from Europe had not been test fired by the manufacturer to check for imperfections in bore and breach, although this was essential in the era of hand-forged barrels. Proven guns had proof-marks, and counterfeits flourished in the Africa trade.
ndcekeasemahle

The Cartography of Exploration: Livingstone's 1851 Manuscript Sketch Map of the Zambesi... - 2 views

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  • Kuruman
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      Kuruman is located at the Nothern Cape province of South Africa
  • Bombay
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      Bombay is located in India
  • ape Town
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      Cape Town is located at the Western Cape province of South Africa
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  • n this map, the location of Mosioatunya (Smoke that Thunders), or Victoria Falls, is indicated four years before Livingstone saw the falls for the first time
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      Livingstone was the first person to discover the Victoria falls.
  • Victoria Falls
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      Victoria falls is in Zimbabwe along the course of the Zambesi river.
  • Linyanti 2 to as far north as the confluence of the Leeba or Londa (the main stream of the Zambesi), with the Leeambye or Kabompo
    • ndcekeasemahle
       
      These are the places that he journeyed through in his exploration on the fourth journey out of five.
  • Livingstone, who was brought up in the evangelical tradition of Calvinism, decided at an early age that he wanted to become a medical missionary. To prepare himself, he studied Greek, theology, and medicine for two years in Glasgow. In 1838, he was accepted by the LMS. He initially wanted to go to China, but a meeting with Robert Moffat, the notable Scottish missionary in Africa, convinced him that Africa would be his sphere of service. On 20 November 1840, he was ordained as a missionary, and on 14 March 1841 he arrived in Cape Town. Supported in his religious fervor by philanthropic ideals to bestow the values of liberty, humanity, and justice on the heathens in Africa, Livingstone chose as his mission field an area bordering on the Kalahari Desert in the country now known as Botswana.
    • ndcekeasemahle
       
      After David Livingstone was convinced to come to Africa by the Scottish missionary in Africa who was Robert Moffat he came to Africa and chose to live in Botswana. This is how he got to expore Africa.
  • between 1850 and 1854 undertook five journeys in which he explored south-central Africa. The first was undertaken in 1849 in the company of his wife and children, the hunters William Cotton Oswell and Mungo Murray, as well as the trader J. H. Wilson; it resulted in the discovery of Lake Ngami. During his second journey to the lake in 1850, his wife and children were the only Europeans in his party
    • ndcekeasemahle
       
      David Livingstone took 5 journey between 1850 and 1854. He discovered the Lake Ngami in his first exploration where he was accompanied by Oswell and Murray
  • Oswell, and together they managed to reach the mainstream of the Zambesi near Sesheke.
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      Out of the five journeys he took, the one that lasted for seven months led to the discovery of the Zambesi mainstream.
  • fi gure 1 The Zambesi drainage area depicted on the map presented to the Swedish Academy of Sciences by C. J. Andersson in 1852. Courtesy of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm
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      This map shows the drainage pattern of the Zambesi river and the Victoria falls.
  • 1853, he undertook his fifth voyage along the Upper Zambesi when he left Linyanti for Luanda in Angola, which he reached on 31 May 1854.
    • ndcekeasemahle
       
      The last journey out of five journey he took was to Angola.
  • Bechuanaland
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      Botswana was called the Bechuanaland before the 1840s.
  • rudimen
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      Rudiments are the basics
  • here is no evidence that Livingstone made any astronomical observations before his first journey to Lake Ngami in 1849.
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      Livingstone did not do any astronomical observations before traveling to Lake Ngami
  • Lake Ngam
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      The firts lake that Livingstone discovered on his first journey in Africa
  • Mosioatunya, which he much later named the Victoria Falls. 25
    • ndcekeasemahle
       
      The main stream of the Zambesi river was called Mosioatunya but now called the Victoria falls was discovered and named by Livingstone
  • 25 Livingstone was passionately interested in the potential of the area between the Chobe and the Zambesi as a viable place for trading and missionary work, and one can assume that he constantly questioned the MaKololo regarding the nature of the country to the south, as well as to the north of the Zambesi. The only viable way to convey an impression of the area to the directors of the LMS in London was to compile a sketch map of the Zambesi drainage area.
    • ndcekeasemahle
       
      The main reason why Livingstone sketched the drainage pattern map of Zambesi is because he was interested into knowing the potential for trading and missionary work of the area between Chobe river and the Zambesi river.
  • tributaries
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      Tributary is a small river or a stream flowing into a large river or lake
  • qualms
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      qualms are doubts
nokubongakhumalo

Notes on Hasty Defences as Practised in South Africa.pdf - 1 views

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  • The Zulus mere then only armed with assegais, and when an “impi” (Le. army) mas discovered by any party, it retired slowly, retarding the Zulus as much as possible, and sending off messengers at oncc to warn the train.
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      The Zulus used spears during the war.
  • At Utrecht, in the I’ransvaal, during the Zulu War of 1879
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      this states when and where the Zulu war took place.
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    This source is all about the techniques and defences that people used during the Zulu war.
bandilezwane

Correspondence Respecting Sir Bartle Frere's Mission to the East Coast of Africa - Docu... - 1 views

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    the mission and missionaries in east Africa Christianity introduced in a form of education as seen in the above photo the followers are listening the their leader.
lukhonamaphisa

Black Slaves Loaded On Ship 1881 Stock Illustration - Download Image Now - Slavery, Shi... - 3 views

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pheeha21

SLAVERY IN EAST AFRICAN - Google Search - 1 views

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preciousbosiki29

slavery in east africa - 1 views

  • e last permanent slave market in East Africa was in Zanzibar (T anzania) and was closed in1873
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      The end of slavery in zanzibar.
  • Slave trading continued in East Africa until the1880s. Captives were taken from a vast area, extending south of Lake Nyasa (now Malawi) west of LakeT anganyika (now DR Congo) and north of LakeVictoria (now Uganda). By the1850s there were up to 70,000 slaves in Zanzibar. All ethnicities and creeds participated in the trade
preciousbosiki29

Strategic tangles: Slavery, colonial policy, and religion in German East Africa, 1885-1... - 1 views

  • Slavery and the slave trade in East Africa were quite distinct from their West African and transatlantic counterparts. In East Africa, the translocal slave trade did not emerge until the late eighteenth century and grew throughout the nineteenth century, fuelled by the expansion of ivory hunting and the caravan economy into the hinterland, as well as by the labour demands of Zanzibar’s booming clove plantations. When the clove market declined in the 1870s and the British forced the Zanzibari sultan to end slave exports in 1873, the slave trade in Tanganyika did not decrease, but was now driven by the demand from coconut and sugar plantations along the coast as well as the acquisitions by wealthy households along the caravan routes. 1 In the 1860s, European missionaries began to discover East African slavery as a rallying cause, most notably the Universities’
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      In comparison to West Africa and the transatlantic slave trade, slavery and the slave trade in East Africa were considerably different. The translocal slave trade did not start in East Africa until the late eighteenth century, and it developed during the nineteenth century thanks to the growth of the caravan economy and the extension of the ivory trade into the hinterland, as well as the labor needs of the thriving clove plantations in Zanzibar. When the demand for cloves decreased in the 1870s and the British forced the Zanzibari sultan to stop exporting slaves in 1873, the slave trade in Tanganyika did not decline; instead, it was now fueled by demand from coconut and sugar plantations along the coast as well as the purchases of affluent families along the caravan routes.1 Around 1860, European.
  • Initially, slavery and the slave trade were of no concern to the German colonial acquisitions. Carl Peters, the infamous pioneer of German acquisitions in East Africa, and his German East Africa Company sought to lay the economic and political foundations for their nationalist expansionist ideology, and had no interest in the humanitarian rhetoric of their abolitionist contemporaries. Instead, the Company pondered various measures of how to “raise the Negro to plantation work,” and its schemes for labour coercion soon provoked the criticism that the Company was itself practising a form of slavery. 6 Likewise, on the side of Imperial politics, there was no incentive to get involved in the fight against slavery and the slave trade. Bismarck’s charter policy only allowed for political interference as far as German trade interests were concerned and did not make room for larger geopolitical narratives of “civilisation.” When in 1885 the German consul in Zanzibar, Gerhard Rohlfs, suggested to use the German corvette “Gneisenau” for disrupting the slave trade as a way of bolstering German authority in the region, Bismarck famously replied: “[...] the slaves are none of your business. You are to strive for friendship and transit. ” 7 Similarly, a judicial expertise by the Foreign Office concluded a few months later that subjects in the territories of the German East Africa Company could not be seen as German citizens and thereby could not claim a constitutional right of freedom from slavery. 8 All of this drastically changed in 1888, when the Sultan of Zanzibar leased the coastal strip of Tan
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      Initially, the German colonial acquisitions had no concern about slavery or the slave trade. Carl Peters, the infamous forerunner of German acquisitions in East Africa, and his German East Africa Company showed no interest in the altruistic rhetoric of their abolitionist predecessors and instead wanted to build the economic and political foundations for their nationalist expansionist philosophy. Instead, the Company considered other ways to "raise the Negro to plantation work," and its plans for forced labor quickly sparked accusations that the Company was actually engaging in slavery.6 Similarly, there was no reason for Imperial politics to get engaged in the struggle against slavery and the slave trade. The charter philosophy of Bismarck only permitted political involvement .
  • Therefore, the newspaper’s geopolitical clamour about “Arabs” and Islam reflected the rise of colonial activism, 16 as well as the realisation that the German endeavours in East Africa would require a powerful narrative for replacing the current rulers there. However, this did little to sway Bismarck’s opinion, who even after the East African uprising was opposed to military aid for the German East Africa Company. 17 This is where the issue of slavery rose to ultimate prominence. In early October 1888, Friedrich Fabri, the former Lead Inspector of the Rhenish Missionary Society and prime architect of the German colonial movement, suggested to Bismarck that he utilise the anti-slavery movement for foreign and domestic politics alike.
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      As a result, the geopolitical clamor in the newspaper about "Arabs" and Islam reflected the increase of anti-colonial activism16 and the realization that German efforts in East Africa would need a compelling story to overthrow the incumbent authorities there. This didn't significantly change Bismarck's mind, who continued to oppose military support for the German East Africa Company despite the East African insurrection.17 The topic of slavery attained its highest level of importance at this point. Early in October 1888, Bismarck was advised to use the anti-slavery campaign for both home and foreign politics by Friedrich Fabri, the former Lead Inspector of the Rhenish Missionary Society and the principal architect of the German colonial effort.
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    Slave trafficking
lukhonamaphisa

Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free-Soiler on JSTOR - 2 views

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preciousbosiki29

The End of Slavery in Zanzibar and British East Africa.pdf - 1 views

  • THE long crusade against Slavery in the Sultan of Zanzibar's dominions, which has been brought to a successful issue by the recent promulgation of the Decree dated the 9th June last, may be divided into two periods. In the first place, there was the series of attacks directed against the Slave Trade, that is to say, the seizure and transport of raw slaves from the African mainland into Zanzibar and from Zanzibar to Arabia, and, in the second place, there are the steps more recently taken in connection with the institution of domestic slavery. The existence of a traffic in human beings was, of course, directly due to the demand for domestic slaves in Mohammedan countries on the Coast and elsewhere, and, if means could have been found to check the demand, the supply would naturally have ceased. Until the latter part of the nineteenth century, however, the institution of domestic slavery, sanctioned, as it is, by the writings of the Prophet and by the Law of Islam, was far too firmly established in the Zanzibar dominions to be open to direct attacks from outside. It was only, therefore, by
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      The protracted campaign against slavery in the lands of the Sultan of Zanzibar, which was recently brought to a successful conclusion by the promulgation of the Decree dated June 9, last, may be divided into two periods. First, there were the attacks on the slave trade, which included the capture and transportation of enslaved people from the African mainland to Zanzibar and from Zanzibar to Arabia, and second, there have been more recent actions related to the institution of domestic slavery. The desire for domestic slaves in Moham- medan countries on the Coast and elsewhere was, of course, the primary driver of the formation of a human trafficking industry.
  • Very little advance could be made towards closing the sources from which raw slaves were supplied so long as Mohammedan influence was still paramount on the Coast, and the slave-dealers could count on the active co-operation of the Arab authorities, and it was not until the "partition of Africa had taken definite shape that a death-blow could be struck at this inhuman traffic. The first step in this direction was the incorporation of the Imperial British East Africa Company in i888, which was quickly followed by the transfer of a large portion of the Zanzibar mainland dominions to the German Government, by the establishment of a British Protectorate in Uganda, and by the extension of European administration throughout the central regions of the African Continent. With these forces at work the Slave Trade was doomed, and in a very few years it had altogether ceased to exist. In the meanwhile the British Navy had been working hard to check the transport of raw slaves from the mainland to Zanzibar and th
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      As long as Mohammedan influence was still dominant on the Coast and the slave-dealers could rely on the active cooperation of the Arab authorities, very little progress could be made toward closing the sources from which raw slaves were supplied. It was not until the "partition of Africa" had taken definite shape that a death-blow could be struck at this inhuman traffic. The Imperial British East Africa Company's incorporation in 1888 was the first step in this direction. Soon after, the German government was given control of a sizable portion of Zanzibar's mainland dominions, a British Protectorate was established in Uganda, and European rule was expanded to include the continent's central regions.
  • wners, was declared to be illegal. In 1889 Seyyid Khalifa bin Said granted to England and Germany a perpetual right of search over all local dhows in Zanzibar territorial waters. It was at the same time ordained that all persons entering the Sultan's dominions after the Ist day of November, 1889, and all children born therein after the Ist January, 189o, should be free. A year later Seyyid Ali bin Said signed a Decree of which the principal provisions were as follows: all exchange, sale or purchase of slaves, domestic or otherwise, was prohibited; only the lawful children of a slave-owner could inherit his slaves at his death, such slaves otherwise becoming free; any persons found ill-treating a slave or in possession of raw slaves was made liable to severe punishment, and, in flagrant cases, to the forfeiture of all his slaves; freed slaves were debarred from holding slaves themselves; freed slaves were given the right of prosecuting claims or complaints in the local Courts; and every s
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      England and Germany were given a perpetual right of search over all local dhows in the territorial waters of Zanzibar by Seyyid Khalifa bin Said in 1889. At the same time, it was decreed that everyone entering the Sultan's domains after November 1, 1889, and everyone having a child there after January 1, 1890, should be free. A year later, Seyyid Ali bin Said signed a decree with the following main clauses: no domestic or foreign exchange, sale, or purchase of slaves was permitted; only a slave-owner's legal children could inherit their father's slaves at his death; otherwise, slaves became free; anyone found abusing a slave or in possession of raw slaves was subject to harsh punishment.
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