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Cecil Majaliwa
Cecil Majaliwa was a former slave from Zanzibar who became the first African to be ordained as a priest in what is now Tanzania. After being freed, he was educated in Zanzibar and England by the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. He was highly successful during eleven years as an Anglican missionary in the south of the country. However, the European leaders of the mission downplayed his achievements and failed to promote him. Early years Cecil Majaliwa was a Yao people (East Africa), Yao. At the age of six he was sold in the slave market of Zanzibar. Bishop Edward Steere received him in the early 1870s, and he was educated at the Kiungani school. By 1878 he had become a teacher. In 1879 he married Lucy Magombeani, also a teacher and former slave. He became a lay reader and worked at the Mbweni, Zanzibar, Mbweni mission. He excelled among the former slaves at Kiungani and around the end of 1883 was sent to St Augustine's College, Canterbury, a missionary college in England. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yao People (East Africa)
The yao people, ''wayao'', are a major Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based at the southern end of Lake Malawi, who played an important part in the history of Southeast Africa during the 19th century. The Yao are a predominantly Muslim people of about 2 million spread over three countries, Malawi, northern Mozambique, and in Ruvuma Region and Mtwara Region of Tanzania. The Yao people have a strong cultural identity, which transcends the national borders. History The majority of Yao are subsistence farmers and fishermen. When Arabs arrived on the southeastern coast of Africa they began trading with the Yao people, mainly ivory and grains in exchange for clothes and guns. Because of their involvement in this coastal trade they became one of the richest and most influential tribes in Southern Africa. Large Yao kingdoms came into being as Yao chiefs took control of the Niassa province of Mozambique in the 19th century. During that time the Yao began to move from their trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
