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 PROBLEMS THAT THE EXPLORERS ENCOUNTERED IN EAST AFRICA The explorers faced the following problems while in East Africa: 1. They faced a problem of language barrier whereby they knew the East African languages nor did the East African people know theirs. Besides they lacked interpreters, Communication with the local people therefore became difficult. 2. They faced a problem of transport, whereby there were no roads, cars and other means of transport to move the long distances. It was not easy to move on foot. 3. Many of the explorers suffered from homesickness, because they had spent many years in East Africa without going back to Europe. 4. In addition, there was a problem of loneliness and lack of company, because the East African people feared they were ghosts and always ran away from them. 5. There was a problem of poor climatic conditions, where some areas were very hot and others very cold hence making them uncomfortable and in most cases fall sick. 6. The explorers always ha...

 EXPLORERS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE RIVER 1. The issue of the Nile River remained a big problem to the European explorers. 2. The issue of the Nile River became certain when Ptolemy first suggested that River Nile originates from a lake. This was in A.D 1. 3. John Leander and Richard Burton proved that the Nile River did not have any connection with the Niger River. 4. In 1849, Edhart drew an accurate map of East Africa showing the lake system of East Africa, and this increased a lot of interest in Europe about the source of the Nile River. 5. The mystery of the source of the Nile was later solved through a number of journeys made by various explorers. 6. In 1856, the Royal Geographical Society (R.G.S) asked Richard Burton and John Speke to come to East Africa and locate the source of the Nile. 7. In 1857, the two who had already arrived at the east African coast, set off from Zanzibar to Tabora. 8. In February, 1858 they reached Lake Tanganyika where they discover...

 Europeans were the whites who came into East Africa from the continent of Europe. They came from countries such as Britain, France, Germany and others. The various groups that came into east were: The explorers, missionaries, traders and imperialists THE EXPLORERS IN EAST AFRICA REASONS FOR THE COMING OF THE EXPLORERS TO EAST AFRICA 1. To explore means to discover, research, find out about something. Those who are involved in exploration are called explorers. 2. In East Africa, explorers were people who came from Europe to discover more about the people of East Africa and the surrounding. 3. In East Africa, the early explorers were: Burton, Speke, Grant, Stanley, Livingstone, Krapft, Rebmann, Count Teleliki, Sir Samuel Baker and Thompson among others. 4. The explorer came to East Africa because of the following reasons: 5. They came to discover the source of the Nile River because it had been a mystery disturbing European explorers. 6. Other explorers came to discover the social ...

 The system of Agriculture before the coming of the British was subsistence and by 1900 nothing much had changed. Each family was producing only enough food for its survival until the next farming session. However, after establishing their rule, the British transformed Agriculture in East Africa. This was done through the introduction of cash crops, like cotton, coffee tobacco and tea. The British colonial policy intended to make Uganda and Kenya produce raw materials like coffee and cotton to feed the industries back in their countries. In Communities such as the south western parts of Uganda, there was large scale Agriculture and the British thought that these communities would easily adapt growing of cash crops. The Growing of cash crops was another way of integrating East African countries in the cash crop economy .The East African countries shifted from subsistence farming to growing crops for sale. Agricultural Development also created employment opportunities for the locals ...