Author : Norman Robert Bennett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Mirambo of Tanzania, 1840?-1884 by : Norman Robert Bennett
Download or read book Mirambo of Tanzania, 1840?-1884 written by Norman Robert Bennett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1971 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Mirambo, the nineteenth-century leader of the numerous Nyamwezi peoples of East Africa, in what would become central Tanzania. He occupied a central position in the affairs of the Arabs and Europeans active during the 1870s and 1880s in this area. He was involved in the historical trends affection his region including the rise and decline of the Arab position among the Nyamwezi, the success and failures of European missionaries, the sluggish progress of Leopold II of Belgium and his International African Association, and the efforts of the British Consul General in Zanziar to spread influence.