Sidi Mubarak Bombay
A former slave becomes one of Africa's foremost explorers
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Show Notes
Sidi Mubarak Bombay grew up a slave - taken from his home in Africa to India. But that didn't stop him from being one of the most accomplished explorers and travelers of Central Africa. Over a period of 20 years, Bombay traveled = with the most famous African explorers, including Richard Francis Burton, Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingston, and Richard Speke.
Sources
Black Past: https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/sidi-mubarak-bombay-a-k-a-mbarak-mombee-1820-1885/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Mubarak_Bombay
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Sidi_Mubarak_Bombay._Across_Africa_%281877%29.jpg
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