Post by Tukuler al~Takruri on Oct 4, 2020 11:30:52 GMT -5
I eyn gonna lie. I had no idea.
Especially them diggin on AfrAms and
abolitionists and agro-industrialists
Especially them diggin on AfrAms and
abolitionists and agro-industrialists
... in the 1800s [] Arab traders continued to carry slaves from ports such as ZANZIBAR in East Africa to Arabian and Asian markets. By 1830 the city of Karachi in present-day Pakistan was importing about 1,500 African slaves each year.
Some of these Africans gained fame. Zahur Shah Hashmi and Murad Sahir became noted poets[.] Mohamed Siddiq Mussafar wrote a compelling eyewitness account of the slave trade and the lives of enslaved Africans in Pakistan. Mussafar praised the achievements and hopes of African Americans such as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, who fought for black freedom and dignity. His poem “Africa's Gift” recognized the global presence of people of African descent and their contributions to other societies.
During the early 1800s, free Africans continued to settle in Asia. Some were merchants. Others accompanied Asians for whom they had worked in East Africa. Like earlier African migrants, they adopted various aspects of Asian culture while maintaining some of their own as well. In parts of Pakistan, Habshis still celebrate the Waghu Mela, or Crocodile Festival, which has African roots. In scattered areas of India, people speak SWAHILI, the trade language of East Africa.
Some of these Africans gained fame. Zahur Shah Hashmi and Murad Sahir became noted poets[.] Mohamed Siddiq Mussafar wrote a compelling eyewitness account of the slave trade and the lives of enslaved Africans in Pakistan. Mussafar praised the achievements and hopes of African Americans such as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, who fought for black freedom and dignity. His poem “Africa's Gift” recognized the global presence of people of African descent and their contributions to other societies.
During the early 1800s, free Africans continued to settle in Asia. Some were merchants. Others accompanied Asians for whom they had worked in East Africa. Like earlier African migrants, they adopted various aspects of Asian culture while maintaining some of their own as well. In parts of Pakistan, Habshis still celebrate the Waghu Mela, or Crocodile Festival, which has African roots. In scattered areas of India, people speak SWAHILI, the trade language of East Africa.
