The Greeks in Beira of Mozambique in the late 19th century

The Greeks in Beira of Mozambique in the late 19th century

[excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Mozambique’]

In the 1890s, the first Greeks from Kasos and Lemnos Island immigrated to Beira. That time, malaria, sleeping sickness and other tropical diseases plagued the whole region resulting in an increased mortality. The transformation of Beira from an uninhabited and almost unknown place in Eastern Africa to an important port soon started

The Greeks of Sudan in the late 1900s

The Greeks of Sudan in the late 1900s

(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Sudan’)

Due to the construction fever that Khartoum experienced between 1899 and 1902, thousands of workers arrived in the capital of Sudan. Most of them were of Greek origin. Gradually, more Greeks settled in the city making the Greek community the largest among the Europeans of the Sudanese capital.

The Greek pioneers of Malawi in the 1900s

The Greek pioneers of Malawi in the 1900s

In 1903, Blantyre of Nyasaland (cur. Malawi) connected with Rhodesia through railway. As a result, several Greeks who resided in Salisbury and Umtali of Rhodesia and owned small trading firms moved eastwards to Nyasaland to expand their business. They settled in Blantyre which was the main commercial centre of the Nyasaland protectorate and they started selling products to the local small European community.