Legacy of colonial state in Africa

History has always been the key to our existence. We learn from our failures to better our future, just as we learn from our triumphs to excel even further. A very important time in the history of our world was the East Africa long distance trade .In the middle of the seventeenth century, East Africa had a far more important place in the world than other African countries .So wrote Marsh, Z.A & …

…of Tanzania, CA 1840-1884 Davidson, B: East and Central Africa to the Late nineteenth century, 1967 Gray, J: History of Zanzibar from the middle ages to 1856 Isichei, E: History of African Societies to 1870, 1997, p.438) Kingsnorth, G.W. An Introduction to the History of East Africa, 3rd Ed, 1965 Shorter, A: 'The Kimbu', In, Isichei, E: History of African Societies to 1870, 1997, p.431) NAME: FM MOTLATLA STUDENT NO: 0317358Y COURSE:" ECON 308 (ECONOMIC HISTORY) TOPIC: EAST AFRICAN LONG DISTANCE TRADE