When Vasco da Gama, in 1498, reached the East African coast, he sought out an Arab pilot willing to take his ship across to India.
Xa uVasco Dagama ngonyaka wekhulu lamashumi anesine lamawaka linamashumi alithoba anesibhozo wafika kwinxweme lempuma Afrika walungisa amaArabhi aqhuba inqanawa awayefuna ukuthatha inqanawa yakhe enqumla i-Indiya.