Mirambo (English spelling)

Japanese: ミランボ（英語表記）Mirambo

1840‐84
He was a chief who united the Nyamwezi people who lived in what is now central-western Tanzania in East Africa. As a boy, he was captured by the Ngoni people who had migrated north from South Africa, but he learned their military organization and expanded his power by strengthening the Nyamwezi people, who were divided into small groups led by chiefs and lacked political unity. Under his leadership, the Nyamwezi people were able to compete with Arab and Swahili merchants in the caravan trade connecting Central Africa with the Indian Ocean coast, and prospered after concluding a trade agreement with both in 1876.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1840‐84
東アフリカ，現在のタンザニア中西部に住むニャムウェジ族Nyamweziを統合した大首長。少年のころ，南アフリカから北上して来たヌゴニ族の軍団の捕虜となったが，彼らの軍事組織を学び，首長に率いられた小集団に分かれて政治的統一に欠けていたニャムウェジ族の強化を図って勢力を拡大した。彼の指導下にニャムウェジ族は中部アフリカとインド洋岸とを連絡するキャラバン通商でアラブやスワヒリの商人との競争に勝ち，1876年には両者と通商協定を結んで繁栄した。

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