east africa

In October 1978, war broke out between Uganda and Tanzania. While the exact circumstances of what happened are still unclear, the outbreak of a shooting conflict wasn't exactly a surprise. Not only did Uganda have territorial claims to the Kagera Salient, which was under Tanzanian control, but...

I wanted to make the Zanj rebellion survive as an independent state and while trying to gather more information on that i stumbled upon the East African version of the Lechina Empire called the Shenzi Empire, so fantastic claims lacking sufficient proof including discovering America, colonizing...

It's been said on here that a natural Italy could maintain full control over Libya and Eritrea while Ethiopia is wildly considered as not possible, however Somalia is generally considered possible to some degree with some saying full occupation is hard but possible while others say the Italian...

A rather simple scenario. So, with a PoD after 1000, that is, after Queen Gudit's purported "reign of terror", how can Ethiopia oversee stable enough growth to politically and economically vassalize the tribes of Yemen on the other side of the Red Sea, like Axum had done centuries before? How...

One of those events in OTL that would probably be dismissed as implausible if it was in an ATL is the settlement of Madagascar. The island is usually thought to have been settled by both Bantu people and seafearers from Borneo about 2000 years ago. Today the Malagasy language is Austronesian and...

Basically, the last people that speak Continental Celtic are in East Africa. By East Africa I mean Eritrea and Nubia.Let's say it is around the time of the reconquista . A kingdom lies on the edge of the Muslim Empire. That kingdom's language is the only remaining descendant of Continental...

Connected by a small land bridge to the mainland that appeared in low tide, Kilwa's fortuitous position made it a much better East African trade center than Mogadishu, and it became Africa's primary trading port; its wealth came from the exchange of gold and iron from Great Zimbabwe, to which it...

During Zheng He's voyages, some of the treasure fleets visited the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. However, after the Yongle Emperor died his successor prevented further voyages, and only one more expedition wasdone after his death. Suppose this does not happen and Chinese interest in...

With a POD no earlier than 1800, is it possible for (most) of Britain's east and south African colonies and protectorates to be ruled under a single dominion, similar to Canada, Australia, and others? The "core" of this territory would cover modern-day South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho...

i don't know in which forum to put this thread, but i think the "before 1900" one is good for it. What would it take for european whites to colonize eastern Africa? As in, Kenya and Tanzania? I hear that both these countries have a few regions (such as highlands) that are suitable for european...

The Modern idea is that Madagascar was first settled sometime around 700 AD by shipwrecked Indonesians. This seems fairly easy to avoid. Madagascar is far from Indonesia and it wouldn't seem hard to prevent a shipwreck. The next people who settles there were Omani Traders and East Africans. To...