July 26, 1500
I am outraged! How dare they insult us like this? We have traveled near thousand miles to arrive at Kilwa, and they dare deny us trade? Do they not realize the profit that they can make off this? It is a mutually beneficial relationship! And yet they are unwilling. Why, because we are foreigners? Because our skin is of a different hue, can we not foster meaningful trade between our nations? Half our fleet were sacrificed, unwillingly, to the great storming weather. They, in essence, were a martyr to our cause of arriving in India and continuing the agenda, of our people, for indian trade. I will not stay here if I am to be refused by those in Kilwa. We will soon travel to the next port, whom the people here say is named Melindi. After the cordial greeting received at Mozambique on July 20th, I am dissapointed to say the least with our arrival at the less pleasant residences of society, namely Kilwa.
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