History
Tabora was founded by Arab traders in the 1850s (known then as Kazeh) and became a centre of the slave trade. In 1871 it was devastated by the forces of the Wanyamwezi ruler Mirambo. Although the German East Africa protectorate was proclaimed over the region in 1885, as late as 1891 travellers reported it to be a lawless town and the German colonial administration did not gain control of it until later that year. As a major station on the Central Line it became the most important administrative centre of central German East Africa.
During the East African Campaign of World War I colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo ('Force Publique') under the command of General Charles Tombeur captured the city on 19 September 1916 after some heavy fighting. The Arab name of the town was restored after 1919.
Of a more recent character is a noteworthy visit by John Legend in August 2008 to Tabora and the Millennium Development program run by the UNDP close to Tabora.
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