Z. A. Marsh and G. Kingsnorth, An Introduction to the History of East Africa.

1962 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-271
Author(s):  
Chancellor Williams
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
History Of

The War of Legs

Transfers ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-120
Author(s):  
Michael Pesek
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
World War ◽  
East African ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Belgian Congo

This article describes the little-known history of military labor and transport during the East African campaign of World War I. Based on sources from German, Belgian, and British archives and publications, it considers the issue of military transport and supply in the thick of war. Traditional histories of World War I tend to be those of battles, but what follows is a history of roads and footpaths. More than a million Africans served as porters for the troops. Many paid with their lives. The organization of military labor was a huge task for the colonial and military bureaucracies for which they were hardly prepared. However, the need to organize military transport eventually initiated a process of modernization of the colonial state in the Belgian Congo and British East Africa. This process was not without backlash or failure. The Germans lost their well-developed military transport infrastructure during the Allied offensive of 1916. The British and Belgians went to war with the question of transport unresolved. They were unable to recruit enough Africans for military labor, a situation made worse by failures in the supplies by porters of food and medical care. One of the main factors that contributed to the success of German forces was the Allies' failure in the “war of legs.”

The fossil history of Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi) in equatorial East Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tyler Faith ◽  
Christian A. Tryon ◽  
Daniel J. Peppe ◽  
David L. Fox
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Equus Grevyi ◽  
History Of ◽  
Grevy’S Zebra

A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Stanley W. Liszka ◽  
J. S. Mangat
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
History Of

J. S. Mangat, A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945.

1970 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-339
Author(s):  
Moses D. E. Nwulia
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
History Of

Structural framework and denudation history of the flanks of the Kenya and Anza Rifts, East Africa

Tectonics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Foster ◽  
Andrew J. W. Gleadow
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Structural Framework ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals History of Sleeping Sickness in East Africa

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Hide
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sleeping Sickness ◽  
Tsetse Fly ◽  
Tsetse Flies ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Molecular Approaches ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Right

SUMMARY The history of human sleeping sickness in East Africa is characterized by the appearance of disease epidemics interspersed by long periods of endemicity. Despite the presence of the tsetse fly in large areas of East Africa, these epidemics tend to occur multiply in specific regions or foci rather than spreading over vast areas. Many theories have been proposed to explain this phenomenon, but recent molecular approaches and detailed analyses of epidemics have highlighted the stability of human-infective trypanosome strains within these foci. The new molecular data, taken alongside the history and biology of human sleeping sickness, are beginning to highlight the important factors involved in the generation of epidemics. Specific, human-infective trypanosome strains may be associated with each focus, which, in the presence of the right conditions, can be responsible for the generation of an epidemic. Changes in agricultural practice, favoring the presence of tsetse flies, and the important contribution of domestic animals as a reservoir for the parasite are key factors in the maintenance of such epidemics. This review examines the contribution of molecular and genetic data to our understanding of the epidemiology and history of human sleeping sickness in East Africa.

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