The Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean: Zanzibar and the Clove Islands

This episode turns from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean world, exploring the East African slave trade that ran through Zanzibar and the Swahili Coast. Lucas and Luna discuss how Omani sultans built an empire on cloves and slaves, the brutal dhow passages across the monsoon seas, and the career of Tippu Tip, a Zanzibari trader who pushed slave caravans deep into the Congo. They look at the 1873 Frere Treaty, which forced the closure of Zanzibar's slave market, and the complicated legacy of figures like David Livingstone and the British anti-slavery campaign in East Africa. The episode also touches on the Shirazi myth, the rise of Mombasa's Mazrui dynasty, and how the Indian Ocean trade differed from the Atlantic system in scale, organisation, and eventual abolition. #Zanzibar #IndianOceanSlaveTrade #TippuTip #OmaniEmpire #SwahiliCoast #CloveIslands #FrereTreaty #DavidLivingstone #Mombasa #Mazrui #Shirazi #EastAfrica #SultanBarghash #DhowTrade #Abolition #History #FexingoHistory #Slavery Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo