06/06/2026
A ƙarni na 18, jiragen ruwa daga ƙasashen Turai da dama kamar Birtaniya, Faransa, Holland (Dutch), Portugal da ma Sifaniya (Spain) suna yawo a ruwan Gabashin Afirka. Babban burinsu shi ne kafa kasuwanci da cibiyoyin ciniki, ba cinikin bayi kaɗai ba. Sai dai wasu daga cikinsu, musamman Faransawa waɗanda ke buƙatar bayi domin gonakinsu a tsibirin Mauritius, suna shiga harkar cinikin bayi sosai.
Larabawan da ke zaune a gabar tekun Kenya sun samu arziki ta hanyar mallaka da kuma sayar da bayi. Amma manyan hanyoyin da ayarin masu safarar bayi ke bi sun fi ratsawa ta Malawi da Tanzania maimakon Kenya. Hakan ya faru ne saboda wahalar yanayin ƙasar Kenya da kuma tsananin tsaron da mayaƙan Masai da kiban guba na Akamba ke yi, wanda ya hana masu safarar bayi shiga yankin cikin sauƙi.
Wannan ne ya sa yawancin bayin da aka kai gabar tekun Kenya, da kuma zuriyarsu da ke rayuwa a can a yau, asalinsu daga Malawi da Tanzania suke.
A shekarar 1807, Birtaniya ta ɗauki mataki na farko wajen haramta cinikin bayi ta hanyar dokar majalisa. Bayan haka, gwamnatin Birtaniya ta dage ƙwarai wajen yaƙi da cinikin bayi, har ta kai ga cewa wannan mataki ya zama ɗaya daga cikin tubalan da s**a kafa tarihin Kenya ta zamani.
Mummunan halin da ake ciki a kasuwannin bayi ya motsa masu wa’azi da mishanoni su shiga yankin domin yaƙi da wannan zalunci. Wannan ya haifar da bincike da gano sabbin yankuna, wanda ya buɗe ƙasar ga kasuwanci da ci gaba. Daga baya kuma kamfanonin kasuwanci masu goyon bayan gwamnati s**a shigo, gasa tsakanin ƙasashen Turai ta ƙaru, kuma a ƙarshe aka raba yawancin yankunan Afirka masu zafi zuwa yankunan tasirin ƙasashen Turai daban-daban.
