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Κυριακή 30 Απριλίου 2023

The Greek community in Kenya and Uganda

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For the first time!!!! The history of the Greeks in Kenya and Uganda.  Kenya and Uganda have been destinations of migration for the Greeks s...
Πέμπτη 26 Μαΐου 2022

Greek pioneers in Mozambique-Struggling for a better life in the 1890s

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(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Mozambique’) During the first years of their settlement in Mozambique, Greeks who were i...
Δευτέρα 9 Μαΐου 2022

The tragic story of a few Greek miners in Tanzania in the 1930s

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  In 1923 gold deposits were found in the Lupa River to the southwest of Tanzania. A gold rush developed in the area and some pioneer ...
Τετάρτη 6 Απριλίου 2022

Greek pioneers in Burundi

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(excerpt from the book 'The Greek community in Burundi and Rwanda)     In 1954, Christos Baïraktaris (Philipou) who left Lesvos and immi...
Τετάρτη 19 Ιανουαρίου 2022

Crossing one of the most dangerous areas of the world-The incredible story of a Greek in the 1880s

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Excerpt from the book-The Greek presence in the Horn of Africa Sotiris Chryseos was born in Samos and in 1880 he settled in Aden where...
Δευτέρα 3 Ιανουαρίου 2022

The first bakery in Malawi

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 [excerpt from the book 'The Greek community in Malawi'] In 1928, Nikos Trataris left Lemnos and went to Beira to work for his uncle...
Πέμπτη 30 Δεκεμβρίου 2021

The sad story of a Greek in Burundi

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  Michael Iatrou was born in Agios Efstratios in the 1900s. In 1925 he immigrated to Congo and in 1944 he moved to Bujumbura in Burundi wher...
Παρασκευή 26 Νοεμβρίου 2021

Greek pioneers in Malawi in the early 1900s

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(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Malawi’)   Greek presence in Malawi (pr. Nyasaland) dates back to the 1900s. The pioneers o...
Δευτέρα 1 Νοεμβρίου 2021

Greek heroes who resisted the Italian fascism in Ethiopia

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  (Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek presence in the horn of Africa’) For lots of historians, WW2 started when 100,000 Italian soldiers attac...
Δευτέρα 25 Οκτωβρίου 2021

For the first time -The history of the Greek community in Malawi

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The Greek presence in Malawi (former Nyasaland) is dated back to the late 19th century when few pioneers settled in. During the 1930s, a mas...
Παρασκευή 3 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021

The death toll of the Greek pioneers in South Africa

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  (Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in South Africa’)   Between 1890 and 1920, lots of Greeks who immigrated to South Africa w...