Sir Reginald Coupland East Africa and Its Invaders

Annotation

East Africa and Its Invaders, originally published in 1938, covers the history of mid-East Africa-the area between Mozambique and Cape Guardafui-from its beginnings down to the death of the greatest Arab ruler in East Africa, Seyyid Said, in 1856.The author-prominent British Empire historian Sir Reginald Coupland (1884-1952) and a longtime Oxford professor, best known for his scholarship on African history-describes in detail, and mainly from hitherto unpublished sources, the character of Arab rule in East Africa and the impact on its people of European and American 'invaders': merchants, missionaries, explorers, and political agents. Special attention is given to the British efforts to suppress the Arab Slave Trade.