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'''Ujiji''' is the oldest town in western [[Tanzania]] and is located in [[Kigoma-Ujiji District]] of [[Kigoma Region]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takwa |first=Esther |date=2023-04-13 |title=Ujiji, a port with historical significance - Daily News |url=https://dailynews.co.tz/ujiji-a-port-with-historical-significance/,%20https://dailynews.co.tz/ujiji-a-port-with-historical-significance/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> Originally a [[Swahili people|Swahili]] settlement and then an [[Indian Ocean slave trade|Arab slave trading]] post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the [[Sultanate of Zanzibar]],<ref name="Bennett 1961">{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Norman Robert | title=The Arab power of Tanganyika in the nineteenth century. | publisher=Boston University | date=1961 | url=https://hdl.handle.net/2144/10700 | access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref> the town is the oldest in western [[Tanzania]]. In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 41,000.<ref>Brown, Beverly Bolser. UJIJI: THE HISTORY OF A LAKESIDE TOWN, C. 1800--1914. Boston University Graduate School, 1973.</ref> The site is a registered [[National Historic Sites of Tanzania|National Historic Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antiquities Sites|url=https://www.maliasili.go.tz/uploads/ANTIQUITIES_SITES_LOCATION_AND_ACCESSBILITY.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
'''Ujiji''' is the oldest town in western [[Tanzania]] and is located in [[Kigoma-Ujiji District]] of [[Kigoma Region]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takwa |first=Esther |date=2023-04-13 |title=Ujiji, a port with historical significance - Daily News |url=https://dailynews.co.tz/ujiji-a-port-with-historical-significance/,%20https://dailynews.co.tz/ujiji-a-port-with-historical-significance/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> Originally a [[Swahili people|Swahili]] settlement and then an [[Indian Ocean slave trade|Arab slave trading]] post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the [[Sultanate of Zanzibar]],<ref name="Bennett 1961">{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Norman Robert | title=The Arab power of Tanganyika in the nineteenth century. | publisher=Boston University | date=1961 | hdl=2144/10700 | url=https://hdl.handle.net/2144/10700 | access-date=2023-05-16}}</ref> the town is the oldest in western [[Tanzania]]. In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 41,000.<ref>Brown, Beverly Bolser. UJIJI: THE HISTORY OF A LAKESIDE TOWN, C. 1800--1914. Boston University Graduate School, 1973.</ref> The site is a registered [[National Historic Sites of Tanzania|National Historic Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antiquities Sites|url=https://www.maliasili.go.tz/uploads/ANTIQUITIES_SITES_LOCATION_AND_ACCESSBILITY.pdf|access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Ujiji is the place where [[Richard Francis Burton|Richard Burton]] and [[John Hanning Speke|John Speke]] first reached the shore of [[Lake Tanganyika]] in 1858. It is the site of the famous meeting on 10 November 1871<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stanley-meets-livingstone-91118102/|title=Stanley Meets Livingstone|website=Smithsonian|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> when [[Henry Morton Stanley|Henry Stanley]] found Dr. [[David Livingstone]], and reputedly uttered the famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone, whom many thought dead as no news had been heard of him for several years and who had only arrived back in Ujiji the day before, wrote “When my spirits were at their lowest ebb, the good Samaritan was close at hand, for one morning [my servant] Susi came running at the top of his speed and gasped out, ‘An Englishman! I see him!’ and off he darted to meet him. The American flag at the head of the caravan told of the nationality of the stranger. Bales of goods, baths of tin, huge kettles, cooking pots, tents, etc., made me think, ‘This must be a luxurious traveller, and not one at his wits’ end like me.’”<ref>{{Cite book|first=David|last=Livingstone|title=The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death|publisher=R.W. Bliss & Company|location=Hartford, CT|year=1875|page=317|asin=B003YJF3QK}} republished by Qontro Classic Books (12 July 2010)</ref>
Ujiji is the place where [[Richard Francis Burton|Richard Burton]] and [[John Hanning Speke|John Speke]] first reached the shore of [[Lake Tanganyika]] in 1858. It is the site of the famous meeting on 10 November 1871<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stanley-meets-livingstone-91118102/|title=Stanley Meets Livingstone|website=Smithsonian|language=en|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> when [[Henry Morton Stanley|Henry Stanley]] found Dr. [[David Livingstone]], and reputedly uttered the famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone, whom many thought dead as no news had been heard of him for several years and who had only arrived back in Ujiji the day before, wrote “When my spirits were at their lowest ebb, the good Samaritan was close at hand, for one morning [my servant] Susi came running at the top of his speed and gasped out, ‘An Englishman! I see him!’ and off he darted to meet him. The American flag at the head of the caravan told of the nationality of the stranger. Bales of goods, baths of tin, huge kettles, cooking pots, tents, etc., made me think, ‘This must be a luxurious traveller, and not one at his wits’ end like me.’”<ref>{{Cite book|first=David|last=Livingstone|title=The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death|publisher=R.W. Bliss & Company|location=Hartford, CT|year=1875|page=317|asin=B003YJF3QK}} republished by Qontro Classic Books (12 July 2010)</ref>


A monument known as the "Dr. Livingstone Memorial" was erected in Ujiji to commemorate the meeting. There is also a modest museum. There is a former slave route near the market. In 1878, the [[London Missionary Society]] established their first missionary post on the shore of Lake Tanganyika at Ujiji. Some in [[Burundi]] claim the location of the famous meeting is a few miles south of the former capital [[Bujumbura]]. However, the [[Livingstone-Stanley Monument, Burundi|Livingstone-Stanley Monument]] in Mugere actually marks a visit the two men made 15 days later on their joint exploration of northern Lake Tanganyika. {{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
A monument known as the "Dr. Livingstone Memorial" was erected in Ujiji to commemorate the meeting. There is also a modest museum. There is a former slave route near the market. In 1878, the [[London Missionary Society]] established their first missionary post on the shore of Lake Tanganyika at Ujiji. Some in [[Burundi]] claim the location of the famous meeting is a few miles south of the former capital [[Bujumbura]]. However, the [[Livingstone-Stanley Monument, Burundi|Livingstone-Stanley Monument]] in Mugere actually marks a visit the two men made 15 days later on their joint exploration of northern Lake Tanganyika.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

[[Liwaliate of Ujiji]] or sometimes known as the Sultanate of Ujiji was a vassal state of Omani Empire and then Zanzibar Sultanate in Ujiji town established in 1830s under the auspices of Arab oligarchs of Ujiji town during slave trade.


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Latest revision as of 23:50, 4 August 2024

Ujiji
Swahili house in Ujiji
Ujiji is located in Tanzania
Ujiji
Shown within Tanzania
LocationKigoma-Ujiji District,
Kigoma Region,
 Tanzania
Coordinates4°54′40″S 29°40′30″E / 4.91111°S 29.67500°E / -4.91111; 29.67500
TypeSettlement
History
Founded18th Century
CulturesManyema, Jiji, Ha, Swahili and Arab
Site notes
ConditionEndangered
OwnershipTanzanian Government
ManagementAntiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Architecture
Architectural stylesSwahili
Official nameUjiji Historic Town
TypeCultural

Ujiji is the oldest town in western Tanzania and is located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region.[2] Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanzibar,[3] the town is the oldest in western Tanzania. In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 41,000.[4] The site is a registered National Historic Site.[5]

History

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The "Ujiji Sultanate" in the mid-nineteenth century

Historically the town that is now Ujiji was the home of the Jiji people. The settlement has close connections with the Swahili community of Buyenzi north of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi. [6] Ujiji is the place where Richard Burton and John Speke first reached the shore of Lake Tanganyika in 1858. It is the site of the famous meeting on 10 November 1871[7] when Henry Stanley found Dr. David Livingstone, and reputedly uttered the famous words “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone, whom many thought dead as no news had been heard of him for several years and who had only arrived back in Ujiji the day before, wrote “When my spirits were at their lowest ebb, the good Samaritan was close at hand, for one morning [my servant] Susi came running at the top of his speed and gasped out, ‘An Englishman! I see him!’ and off he darted to meet him. The American flag at the head of the caravan told of the nationality of the stranger. Bales of goods, baths of tin, huge kettles, cooking pots, tents, etc., made me think, ‘This must be a luxurious traveller, and not one at his wits’ end like me.’”[8]

A monument known as the "Dr. Livingstone Memorial" was erected in Ujiji to commemorate the meeting. There is also a modest museum. There is a former slave route near the market. In 1878, the London Missionary Society established their first missionary post on the shore of Lake Tanganyika at Ujiji. Some in Burundi claim the location of the famous meeting is a few miles south of the former capital Bujumbura. However, the Livingstone-Stanley Monument in Mugere actually marks a visit the two men made 15 days later on their joint exploration of northern Lake Tanganyika.[citation needed]

Liwaliate of Ujiji or sometimes known as the Sultanate of Ujiji was a vassal state of Omani Empire and then Zanzibar Sultanate in Ujiji town established in 1830s under the auspices of Arab oligarchs of Ujiji town during slave trade.


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  • Burton and Speke Monument
    Burton and Speke Monument
  • Cine Atlas
    Cine Atlas
  • Pan Africanism mural
    Pan Africanism mural
  • Livingstone Memorial
    Livingstone Memorial

References

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  1. ^ "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
  2. ^ Takwa, Esther (2023-04-13). "Ujiji, a port with historical significance - Daily News". Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  3. ^ Bennett, Norman Robert (1961). "The Arab power of Tanganyika in the nineteenth century". Boston University. hdl:2144/10700. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  4. ^ Brown, Beverly Bolser. UJIJI: THE HISTORY OF A LAKESIDE TOWN, C. 1800--1914. Boston University Graduate School, 1973.
  5. ^ "Antiquities Sites" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ Croucher, Sarah, and Stephanie Wynne-Jones. "Slave Routes in Western Tanzania: A preliminary report on survey in Tabora and Ujiji." African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter 9.4 (2006): 18.
  7. ^ "Stanley Meets Livingstone". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  8. ^ Livingstone, David (1875). The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death. Hartford, CT: R.W. Bliss & Company. p. 317. ASIN B003YJF3QK. republished by Qontro Classic Books (12 July 2010)
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