The arrival of Arab traders in Eastern Africa significantly influenced the region's economy, culture, and social structure. They established trade routes along the coast, facilitating the exchange of goods such as gold, ivory, and slaves, which integrated Eastern Africa into the broader Indian ocean trade network. This interaction led to the spread of Islam, influencing local customs, languages, and architecture, and fostering a rich cultural blend that remains evident today. Additionally, the traders' presence contributed to the formation of powerful city-states, enhancing political organization and regional connections.
Leopold II wanted to defeat the Swahili traders in eastern Africa to gain control of the region's resources, expand his empire, and increase his wealth and power. He saw the Swahili traders as competitors and obstacles to his goals of domination and exploitation.
From slave traders in central Africa
From slave traders in central Africa.
cause it was alot of traveling
At first it was a pretty good influence. East African people combined their ancient beliefs and superstitions with the new Islamic faith, and it was all very relaxed. The clan system was more important to, for example, Somali people than Islam was. Then, with the arrival of the Muslim Brotherhood in approximately the 1980s, everything changed. Islam became more demanding, more militant, more oppressive of women. It enhanced the status of men while requiring total submission from women. Imams preached unceasingly, and everyone was required to obey their (the Imam's) interpretations of Quran. When this dreadful oppression combined with the already aggressive and competitive clan system, Somalia fell into troubled times which have become worse as the years have gone by. The country has now been wrecked by both Islam and the clan system.
cause it was alot of traveling
European slave traders come to West Africa because they were free as others.
Groups that settled on the eastern coastal plain grew new crops, such as BANANAS and YAMS that had been brought to East Africa by traders from Southeast Asia
Traders bought enslaved people from Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
Africa is in the Eastern part of Africa