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Sidi Mubarak Bombay (c. 1820–1885), Mbarak Mombée , [1] was a waYao explorer and guide, who participated in numerous expeditions by 19th century British explorers to East Africa. [2] [3] A waYao (subgroup of the Bantu peoples), he was born in 1820 on the border of Tanzania and Mozambique. As a young boy he was captured by Swahili slavers.
Dec 14, 2022 · Sidi Mubarak Bombay, one of the most extensive travelers in sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th century, was honored for his assistance to British explorers and adventurers. Bombay, of waYao/Bantu ethnicity, was born in the Ruvuma Region of southern Tanzania around 1820. Separated from his parents at age 12 and taken into slavery by Arab slavers, he ...
Sidi Mubarak Bombay. 1820?-1885? African guide who accompanied John Hanning Speke, Richard Francis Burton, and Henry Morton Stanley on several expeditions throughout Africa. Bombay, a resilient man who survived disease and constant battle during his journeys through Africa, traveled with Speke and Burton to discover the source of the Nile River ...
Jun 15, 2022 · And Sidi Mubarak Bombay in particular was really extraordinary. So he was with Burton and Speke on this expedition when they were the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika, which is also one of ...
May 14, 2022 · And by the way, I mean Sidi Mubarak Bombay as much as I mean Speke and Burton. MILLARD: Yes, absolutely. I mean, they - obviously the European explorers - it occurred to them that is what they ...
Sidi Mubarak Bombay never forgot the moment he lost everything. It was the early 19th century, and he was just a child living in a remote village in the Yao territory of east Africa, which today lies on the border between Tanzania and Mozambique.
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Sidi Mubarak Bombay (c.1820-1885) Taken to Asia as a slave, Mubarak gained his freedom in the Bombay Presidency. He later returned to Africa and worked for many of the 19th century British explorers active in Africa, including Richard Francis Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Grant, and Henry Morton Stanley.
