Following the African History is very fascinating for me , however it is not easy to get information about Kenya’s history particularly pre colonialism. I have heard from some Historians that some Kenyans particularly from Coast and Western Kenya were sold into slavery. However, they went to the middle east and were castrated and so would work until they grew old and then would be executed. Meaning they had no offspring like what we would call African Americans or Haitians or Jamaicans or other people of African descent who are outside Africa. The popular narrative is the one of Trans Atlantic slave trade from West Africa where Africans were sold by fellow Africans into slave ships that docked at the world renowned ,world heritage site of Gore Island. What is the story of slave trade in Kenya pre colonialism period?
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Yeap, most slaves from E.A. were shipped in the Arab world, ever wondered why loyalties in Arab world look darker, while the general population looks lighter ?
Naogopa kurudi after deportation ya Miguna
Dr. Makena your Title is a question while your post is an answer. Tukusaidiaje?
Yes there was slavery alot of it infact slavers used to come inland all the way to Kamba land.Since middle east slavers did not widely practice agriculture like Brazil and USA there isnt a large population of Blacks in the urban world. Slaves were mostly used by nobles and rich merchants or were made eunuchs in service to the arab nobles and women were forced to join Harems of wealthy middle easteners
Hio ni ile ya Keroche…makali ndani ya chupa ya beer?
What I can say is there was nothing like tribes then. Tribes are just an artificial construct started before the colonial period and continued from there. And do not blame the colonists for all that, we (Kenyans) were/are willing participants in divide & rule tactics.
Kenyans - Turkanas,Coast tribes and people from Mumias were sold to North Africa, India and Middle East. The siddis of India are descendants
Hawa ni akina nani?
siddis are/were not slaves but ship and dock workers
Should have gone ahead and mentioned that Chief Kivoi was very good in slave trade and the Kikuyus due to proximity together with the Maasai were the primary ‘goods’ for sale. This trade was patronized by Tippu Tip and Seyyid Said.
Also don’t forget that the other slaves were shipped to Zanzibar to work on the clove fields were Seyyid was a sultan.
The Africans who were begotten through Arabs kufikisha threshold on our sisters are called Vijoho.
Whatever u think it is, deal with it.
Hehe tulia boss
This is how people who sleep with their mothers think
That was on a light note and you do not need to be an imbecile
The Arabs enslaved the Mijikenda and only gave them freedom when one would convert to Islam. Many did.
The unlucky ones were taken to the middle east.
It’s funny how history repeats itself. Today many Kenyans go willingly to work for Arabs.
There is also an area in Mombasa where freed slaves from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia were settled. I think Leonard Mambo Mbotela is one of their descendants.
Mm ile trade najua ya east africa ni ile ya kina @culture na muarabu