Re: [Goanet] When did East Africans come to Goa?

2020-05-10 Thread Venantius J Pinto
As a child growing up in Bombay I heard on and off about the Habshis/ Khapris fleeing into the jungles. Could someone say what was their fears? I presume by “Abhar” you mean to say thank you. Thank you, Venantius J Pinto On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 3:46 AM Voznadik Vojem wrote: > The answer

[Goanet] When did East Africans come to Goa?

2020-05-10 Thread Voznadik Vojem
The answer may lie hidden and buried deep inside North Canara in Karnataka. To say that East African came to Goa is an understatement. In fact, majority of East Africans were brought to Goa as slaves. To understand we have to go back 6th or 7th century when Arabs took control of Swahili