XVIIIᵉ siècle – XIXᵉ siècle
East African coast and hinterland
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The East African long-distance trade network connected coastal ports with the interior through routes carrying ivory, slaves, and imported commodities such as cloth, wire, and beads. By the 1870s it linked much of present-day Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, northern Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique to Zanzibar through ports including Kilwa, Bagamoyo, Pangani, Tanga, and Mombasa.
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From the 1840s, expanding trade in ivory and slaves drew the East African interior into a commercial network already established along the coast. These commodities were exchanged for bulky imports such as cloth, wire, and beads, which also had to be transported over long distances. The resulting system connected coastal city-states with inland societies and transformed pre-existing regional trading networks rather than simply replacing them.
Long-distance routes radiated from coastal towns including Kilwa, Bagamoyo, Pangani, Tanga, and Mombasa. By the 1870s, most of present-day Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, northern Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique had become part of a vast hinterland connected with Zanzibar through these ports. The degree of integration varied across regions and societies.
The network carried more than commodities. New crops such as maize and rice moved into the interior, while Islam and, more significantly, the Swahili language spread inland. The extract emphasizes that African groups, including the Yao and Nyamwezi, often took the initiative in establishing relations with the coast, even as the slave trade inflicted severe human and social damage.
Four principal regional corridors are identified: the Kilwa hinterland routes, the central Tanzanian routes, the Pangani valley route, and the Mombasa hinterland routes. The Kilwa routes were probably the oldest, stimulated by late eighteenth-century demand for slaves in the French-dominated islands, and were controlled in part by the Yao, who transported ivory, wax, and slaves to Kilwa.
XVIIIᵉ siècle – XIXᵉ siècle
East African coast and hinterland
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The East African long-distance trade network connected coastal ports with the interior through routes carrying ivory, slaves, and imported commodities such as cloth, wire, and beads. By the 1870s it linked much of present-day Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, northern Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique to Zanzibar through ports including Kilwa, Bagamoyo, Pangani, Tanga, and Mombasa.
Poursuivre l’exploration
Le récit
From the 1840s, expanding trade in ivory and slaves drew the East African interior into a commercial network already established along the coast. These commodities were exchanged for bulky imports such as cloth, wire, and beads, which also had to be transported over long distances. The resulting system connected coastal city-states with inland societies and transformed pre-existing regional trading networks rather than simply replacing them.
Long-distance routes radiated from coastal towns including Kilwa, Bagamoyo, Pangani, Tanga, and Mombasa. By the 1870s, most of present-day Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, northern Zambia, Malawi, and northern Mozambique had become part of a vast hinterland connected with Zanzibar through these ports. The degree of integration varied across regions and societies.
The network carried more than commodities. New crops such as maize and rice moved into the interior, while Islam and, more significantly, the Swahili language spread inland. The extract emphasizes that African groups, including the Yao and Nyamwezi, often took the initiative in establishing relations with the coast, even as the slave trade inflicted severe human and social damage.
Four principal regional corridors are identified: the Kilwa hinterland routes, the central Tanzanian routes, the Pangani valley route, and the Mombasa hinterland routes. The Kilwa routes were probably the oldest, stimulated by late eighteenth-century demand for slaves in the French-dominated islands, and were controlled in part by the Yao, who transported ivory, wax, and slaves to Kilwa.
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