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  Encyclopedia: British Central Africa Protectorate
The British Central Africa Protectorate existed in the area of present-day Malawi between 1891 and 1907.
The Shire Highlands south of Lake Nyasa and the lands west of the lake had been of interest to the British since they were first explored by David Livingstone in the 1850s, and commercial interests began moving in during the 1880s.
B.C.A. A number of new post offices opened during the year, including Blantyre, Zomba, Chiromo, Port Herald, Fort Mlange, Fort Johnston at the southern end of the lake, and Karonga at the northern end of the lake.
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 BRITISH EAST AFRICA - LoveToKnow Article on BRITISH EAST AFRICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is the residence of the bishop of the diocese of Mombasa and possesses a fine church and mission house.
Domestic slavery formerly existed; but on the advice of the British government a decree wa~ issued by the sultan on the 1st of August f 890, enacting that no one born after that date could be a slave, and this was followed in 1907 by a decree abolishing the legal status of slavery.
At Zanzibar British influence was very strong in the last quarter of the 19th century, and the seyyid or sultan, Bargash, depended greatly on the advice of the British representative, Sir John Kirk.
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 BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA - Online Information article about BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA
numbers, and belongs to the Central African variety of Burchell's zebra, which is completely striped down to the hoofs, and is intermediate in many particulars between the true zebra of the mountains and Burchell's zebra of the plains.
total native population of all British Central Africa is about 2,000,000, that of the Nyasaland Protectorate being officially estimated in 1907 at 927,355.
The districts to the westward, forming the provinces of North Eastern and North Western Rhodesia, are governed by two administrators of the British South Africa Chartered Company, in consultation with the governor of Nyasaland and the colonial office.
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 British Central Africa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The British Central Africa Protectorate existed in the area of present-day (A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964) Malawi between 1891 and 1907.
The protectorate was changed to the (Click link for more info and facts about Nyasaland Protectorate) Nyasaland Protectorate on 6 July 1907.
B.C.A. A number of new (A local branch of the United States Post Office) post offices opened during the year, including Blantyre, Zomba, Chiromo, Port Herald, Fort Mlange, Fort Johnston at the southern end of the lake, and (Click link for more info and facts about Karonga) Karonga at the northern end of the lake.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/british_central_africa.htm   (534 words)

  
 Okapi
The only known living relative of the giraffe, the okapi was first described to western science by P. Sclater in 1901.
In his writings, he remarked of his surprise when the native Wambutti pygmies didn't marvel at his horses, saying that they sometimes caught a donkey-like animal in their pits, which they called o'api (misinterpreted by Stanley as atti).
Sir Harry H. Johnston (1858-1927), explorer and author, discovered the okapi while in the Colonial Administration of British Central Africa.
www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Okapia_johnstoni.html   (748 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Shire
The Nyassaland Protectorate, formerly known as British Central Africa, lies between 9°41' and 17°15' S. lat., and 33° and 36° E. long.
It is about 520 miles long, its width varying from 50 to 100 miles.
It is bounded on the north by the District of Angoniland and Lake Nyassa, on the east, south, and west by Portuguese East Africa.
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 British South Africa Company
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Zimbabwe - formerly Rhodesia, officially Republic of Zimbabwe, republic 150,803 sq mi S central Africa.
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