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
[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
