![]() When they arrived in Buganda in 1844, they encountered for the first time a large, powerful state. Coastal traders set up a base at Ujiji in 1831 that made it easier for caravans to penetrate areas beyond Lake Tanganyika. The oldest route stretched from Yao country to Kilwa.īy 1811 traders from the East Coast were venturing into the interior of central Tanzania by the 1820s they were on the southern plateau and soon traveling around the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. ![]() Eventually, this route crossed Kamba and Maasai country, branching east towards Uganda and north to Lake Turkana. Kamba ivory traders from central Kenya opened a route that ended at Mombasa. Nyamwezi caravans from central Tanzania, reaching the coast about 1800, developed the most important route from their homeland to Bagamoyo on the mainland directly opposite Zanzibar. The pioneers of all the major routes were African traders. ![]() The caravan trade of the nineteenth century opened up the interior, bringing many African peoples into the world economy as suppliers of ivory or slaves or producers of food or local products that provisioned caravans.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |