Sir John Kirk, the British Consul to the Sultan of Zanzibar, received in 1884 a report from his Vice-Consul John G. (Jack) Haggard. The brother of Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard had summarised his adventurous journey from his station on the Island of Lamu to the rebellious Simba, Sultan of Witu. As the Vice-Consul’s more [...]
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Deciphering Livingstone’s 1871 Field Diary
Posted in Contemporary History, Imperial History, tagged Africa, British Empire, East African Slave Trade, Imperial History, Livingstone, Livingstone 1871 Field Diary, Nyangwe Massacre, The David Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project on 16/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
A year after the great African explorer Dr David Livingstone’s death in 1873, his friend Horace Waller published an edited version of his diaries. In his introduction to ‘The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to his Death’ Mr Waller remarks ‘Whilst in the Manyema country he ran out of note-books, [...]
An East African Israel
Posted in Imperial History, tagged Africa, British Empire, East Africa, Imperial History, Israel, Jewish Settlement, Kenya, Sir Charles Eliot, Uganda on 30/06/2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the first few years of the 20th century, British authorities were speculating into the feasibility of establishing a Jewish settlement on the Gwas Ngishu plateau in the British East Africa Protectorate. In this regard the Commissioner of British East Africa, the multi-linguist Sir Charles Eliot, produced a memorandum contemplating the potential consequences of establishing, what [...]
McLeod of the Niger
Posted in Imperial History, tagged Africa, Anti-Slavery Squadron, British Empire, Imperial History, Lyons McLeod, Victorian History on 21/08/2010 | Leave a Comment »
An old soldier neglected by an ungenerous country. (The Morning Leader, October 1892) English governments have a rather unpleasant reputation for neglecting the humbler heroes of the nation; and another instance of the kind which goes to support the public impression has been brought before the notice of The Morning Leader. The story of Capt. Lyons [...]
Relative Economic Development
Posted in Economic History, tagged Africa, British Empire, Economic Development, Ghana, Kenya, Misgovernment, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Zambia on 16/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
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