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THE FALL OF THE CONGO ARABS IBD

SCRAWNY GOAT BOOKS
06 / 2023
9781915645609
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Sinopsis

A first-person account of the two-year-long combined European military campaign in central Africa aimed at removing the Arab Muslim slave-trading empire and potential Khalifa that was developing in that region.áThe author, a British military veteran, served as an important commander of the European-led forces, bolstered by local recruits, and played a significant role in the ultimate defeat of the slave-trading forces.The Arab slave traders, under the overall command of Sefu, the son of the infamous Tippu Tip, nearly overran all of central Africa before being turned back towards their jumping-off point, the island of Zanzibar on AfricaâÇÖs east coast. This dramatic turn of events, as narrated in HindeâÇÖs book, saw intense fighting rage up and down the Congo River and its tributaries.Victory was ultimately to go to the Belgian Force Publique, led by Francis Dhanis.This firsthand account tells the course of the war, and HindeâÇÖs personal observations of the Congo, its people, and the Arab slave trade in general.Completely reset, with all the original illustrations and maps, and a new index.