Mikindani School In Mikindani, Tanzania On February 08, 2009 -

TANZANIA - FEBRUARY 08: Mikindani school in Mikindani, Tanzania on February 08, 2009 - Special restriction: Image not available in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Russia Territories from September 01, 2009 to February 28, 2010. Traders from the Arabian Peninsula settled in Mikindani in the 9th and 18th centuries. By the second half of the 15th century, trade from Mikindani was also going as far as Malawi, Zambia, Angola and Zaire. The products exported included ivory, animal hides, tortoise shells and copper, while manufactured products such as clothes, household utensils and weaponry were imported. Portuguese expansion along the East African coast disrupted trade links in the 16th century. However, from the mid-18th century, large numbers of slaves were exported from Mikindani to present-day Reunion, the Seychelles and Comores. This trade continued well into the 19th century, until the British government, under pressure from notables such as Dr. Livingstone, banned slave trading and encouraged other countries to do the same. Dr. Livingstone set out from Mikindani on his final expedition. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)