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  1. 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.

    • Walking across the continent of Africa from the East coast to the West Coast. Involved in the 19th century expeditions of Europeans to locate the source of the River Nile
    • 1885 (aged 64–65), Africa
    • Explorer, Guide
  2. Jun 15, 2022 · And when they meet Sidi Mubarak Bombay, however, they both - it's very interesting, both in their writing, they say they knew immediately they had to have him with them.

  3. 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 wanted.

  4. 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 ...

  5. 7 MIN READ TIME. Amazing lives. Sidi Mubarak Bombay Unsung African adventurer. Stolen from his village as a boy, enslaved and trafficked to a distant land, the intrepid and big-hearted Sidi Mubarak Bombay returned to travel across his home continent on pioneering expeditions. CANDICE MILLARD introduces a little-known but exceptional explorer.

    • BBC History
  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

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