Edward Steere

Edward Steere (1828-1882), a lawyer turned Anglican missionary, settled in Zanzibar in 1864, accompanied in 1872 the expedition sent in search of Livingstone and was consecrated Bishop of Central Africa in 1874. He learned Swahili and published a grammar and a dictionary of it, also worked on Yao and Makonde, translated most of the Bible, set up a printing press and had a cathedral built on the site of the slave market, against which he never ceased to speak. He died in Zanzibar.

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• TaleSwahili Tales, as Told by Natives of ZanzibarEdward Steere · 1870Literature