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The word Watoro (singular Mtoro, from Swahili language verb kutoroka "to escape") references escaped slaves from West Africa during the 19th century. They established themselves in Tanzania, Kenya and Somalia.

Sources

  • The Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia, ISBN 9780714654867 (S. 61)
  • Jan-Georg Deutsch: Emancipation Without Abolition in German East Africa, 2006, ISBN 9780852559857 (S. 75)


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