The football team of the Hellenic Athletic Club of Khartoum in the 1930s

The football team of the Hellenic Athletic Club of Khartoum in the 1930s

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

During the pre-war period, the Greek football team took part in the local championship. The matches were usually held at the Gordon College. There were also two annual cups, the ‘Governor-General's Challenge Football Cup’ and the ‘Morhig Cup’. In 1931, H.A.C. played a total of 20 football matches with 14 wins, 3 defeats and 3 draws.

The Greeks of Omdurman (Sudan) in the 1890s

The Greeks of Omdurman (Sudan) in the 1890s

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

In 1885, the Mahdi forces conquered Khartoum. Those who survived the fall of Khartoum, including the 20 Greeks, were forced to convert to Islam, change names, wear local costumes and get married. The prisoners from Khartoum and the other cities settled in a district of Omdurman which was named Masalma (the district of Islamized) and received a monthly allowance. The Greeks formed a group that was represented by Dimitris Kokorempas.

The first Greek newspaper of Sudan

The first Greek newspaper of Sudan

(Excerpt from the book 'The Greek community in Sudan')

In 1911, two Greek entrepreneurs, Saoulis and Chrysantheou, founded Victoria Press and published the newspaper “Sudan Herald”. It was a four-page newspaper, written in English and Greek, and circulated once a week. Apart from Sudan, it was also distributed in Egypt, Ethiopia and Congo. After 1913, the newspaper was also accompanied by an Arabic edition of “Ra' id al-Sudan”.

The Greeks in Eritrea in the late 19th cen.

The Greeks in Eritrea in the late 19th cen.


In 1894, acording to the Italian census, 178 Greeks lived in Eritrea. Most of them resided in Keren and Masawa.That year they founded the first organised community in Eritrea, that of Keren.

The Greeks of Malawi

The Greeks of Malawi

The 1930s marked a transformation in the organisation of commercial fishing on Lake Malawi since fishermen from Greece had begun to have a strong effect on the lake fisheries . In 1934, Nicholas Yiannakis and his brothers Christos and Stavros started fishing commercially at Chipoka, some twelve miles from Fort Johnston. From their base in the area between Mangochi boma and Monkey Bay, they dominated the fish industry in Malawi.

 

 

A Greek merchant against the British in Kenya of 1905

A Greek merchant against the British in Kenya of 1905

During the late 19th century, Britain's presence in Kenya was marked by dispossession and violence. British troops carried out atrocities against the native population who resisted. A Greek merchant from Lesvos, Coutlis, who had settled in Kenya a decade earlier, provided the Kenyans with arms and gunpowder. In 1905, the British organised a campaign to kill Coutlis (FO 403/340)

The founder of the Hellenic Athletic Club of Khartoum

The founder of the Hellenic Athletic Club of Khartoum

George Fragoudis was a lawyer and settled in Khartoum in 1909. He was the founder and first president of the Hellenic Athletic Club of Khartoum, which was established in 1912.Later, he returned to Greece and established the Department of the Political Sciences of the Panteion University.

Η αλιευτική δραστηριότητα των Ελλήνων του Burundi

Η αλιευτική δραστηριότητα των Ελλήνων του Burundi

Μετά το Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο, η αλιεία κατείχε εξέχουσα θέση μεταξύ των επαγγελματικών δραστηριοτήτων των Ελλήνων του Burundi . Την δεκαετία του ’70, η δραστηριότητα των Ελλήνων στον τομέα της αλιείας κορυφώθηκε, όπως μαρτυρά η κατασκευή όλο και πιο μεγάλων αλιευτικών σκαφών.
Μια από τις μεγαλύτερες επιχειρήσεις στον χώρο ήταν η ‘Peza-Lac’ του Τάσου Αναστασιάδη, η οποία ξεκίνησε την δραστηριότητά της το 1958. Την περίοδο 1966-1970 διέθετε ένα στόλο 12 αλιευτικών με 300 εργαζομένους. Με αφετηρία το Kalemie του Congo, η ‘Peza-Lac’ δραστηριοποιόταν στην λίμνη Tanganyika και διοχέτευε τα προϊόντα της σε διάφορες πόλεις του Congo αλλά και στην Bujumbura.

The Greek volunteers during the Second Boer War in South Africa, in 1900

The Greek volunteers during the Second Boer War in South Africa, in 1900

In 1899, the Second War between the British Empire and the two Boer states in South Africa: Republic of Transvaal and the Orange Free State started. The British war effort was supported by volunteers from the British Empire and people from other countries. In 1900, twenty Greeks from Odessa in Russia joined this war as volunteers and fought against the Boers. However, there were a few Greeks who fought against the British.

The Greek community of Juba (South Sudan)

The Greek community of Juba (South Sudan)

During the 1930s, Juba evolved into a great trade center of the South Sudan. As a result the Greek migration became more massive. In 1935, the Greeks proceeded to the establishment of a community with the intention to build a temple and a school. Gerasimos Condomichalos, the then president of the Greek community of Khartoum pioneered this effort offering 500Eg pounds. In 1941, Condomichalos visited Juba, and launched a fundraiser for the erection of a church. In 1951, Stelios Roussos covered the cost and the church of St. Stylianos was completed in 1954. In the next years, due to the increasing number of the Greeks, the local community constructed a community hall

The church of St George ‘the liberator of the captives’ in Tunis

The church of St George ‘the liberator of the captives’ in Tunis

In the mid-16th century, many Greeks had been the victims of the pirates and were imprisoned in Tunis. In 1647, the Greeks of Tunis who had been liberated founded the oldest organized Greek community in Africa and proceeded to the erection of a church. The temple was dedicated to St. George, the "liberator of the captives." In 1846, the church was destroyed due to deterioration and a new one was created. In 1901, the Greeks of Tunis built the temple of St. George that stands up to this day.