Alfred Sharpe

Sir Alfred Sharpe ( born May 19, 1853 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England; † December 10, 1935 in London) was a British explorer and colonial administrator.

Biography

Sharpe went to the mid-1880s to Africa to hunt elephants to drive with the ivory trade. After his arrival in the Shire Highlands in Nyasaland, now Malawi, however, he fell into disputes with Arab slave traders.

In 1889 it was brought by the African explorer Henry Hamilton Johnston during his visit in Nyasaland instructions of the British government as well as by Cecil Rhodes, as the British settlements would not only slave traders, but also threatened by other colonial powers. At Sharpe therefore fell to a task, just west of Lake Nyasa to pull to the side of the British Native. On the other hand, he managed large part of Northern Rhodesia in contractual relations with the British South Africa Company to integrate. In addition, he was also successful with the integration of parts of Katanga in the British Empire.

However, in the ensuing period there was a long struggle with multiple stems, but were ultimately ended by a peace treaty. Sharpe was doing to a relevant person in ending slavery in this part of Central Africa.

Explored between 1889 and 1895, he charted the Lake Mweru, the northern part of Zambia and Katanga.

1891 before he was appointed first vice-consul, and then in 1896 a commission ( Commissioner) of the new British Protectorate Nyasaland, whose governor he finally was on 1 May 1908. For his services he was beaten in 1903 knighted ( Knight). In 1910 he retired from the British colonial service.

Most recently, he explored in 1919 parts of the interior of Liberia.

Works

• Alfred Sharpe: The Backbone of Africa: A Record of Travel During the Great War, with Some Suggestions for Administrative Reform .. Witherby, London 1921, LCCN 21-18397.