History has always been the key to our existence. We learn from our failures to better our future, just as we learn from our triumphs to excel even further. A very important time in the history of our world was the East Africa long distance trade .In the middle of the seventeenth century, East Africa had a far more important place in the world than other African countries .So wrote Marsh, Z.A & …showed first 75 words of 1674 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1674 total…of Tanzania, CA 1840-1884 Davidson, B: East and Central Africa to the Late nineteenth century, 1967 Gray, J: History of Zanzibar from the middle ages to 1856 Isichei, E: History of African Societies to 1870, 1997, p.438) Kingsnorth, G.W. An Introduction to the History of East Africa, 3rd Ed, 1965 Shorter, A: 'The Kimbu', In, Isichei, E: History of African Societies to 1870, 1997, p.431) NAME: FM MOTLATLA STUDENT NO: 0317358Y COURSE:" ECON 308 (ECONOMIC HISTORY) TOPIC: EAST AFRICAN LONG DISTANCE TRADE