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Tippu Tip
Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa
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Artikel-Nr:
9781911487913
Veröffentl:
2026
Seiten:
384
Autor:
Stuart Laing
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Stuart Laing had his first career in the British diplomatic service, specializing in Arab affairs. After working in Saudi Arabia (twice) and Egypt, he was Ambassador in Oman and then in Kuwait. Since 2008 he has been Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where - in between his duties to the College and the University - he has researched and written on British-Omani history, and the abolition of slavery in East Africa and the Indian Ocean.
Tippu Tip was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and changing Africa.This biography transports the reader into his extraordinary world, describing its exotic cast of characters and the principal factors that shaped it.