The reason no one found evidence of early human settlement in West and Central Africa, Scerri and others say, is that few ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl ...

Sultan Ali married Mrimba's daughter. He lived on good terms with the people." Excerpt from East African Coast, Select Documents, G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville. Undoubtedly there was early contact and ...