(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in
Tanzania’)
In the late 19th century some adventurous Greeks
settled in the then German East Africa. They were traders whose activity sphere
included mostly the coasts and the northern part of Tanganyika. Some of these
pioneers were: Chrysostomou in Rombo, George Tzouganatos in Mombo, Panagis
Krousos in Ukonongo, Christos Tsavalos in Iringa, Kostas Meimaridis in
Kiboscho, Nikos Kilikis in Tanga, Alexander Efraim in Saadani, Antonis Mamakos
in Tabora, Nikos Michalakis in Arusha and
Nanos in Mpapua. Most of the Greeks owned small shops. Some of them resided in
Bagamoyo, the port opposite Zanzibar. There was one European hotel in Bagamoyo,
the ‘Grand Hotel’, which was Greek owned.
