It is an extraordinary feature of Goan migration, and certainly one which must intrigue the anthropologist, that wherever satellite Goan communities sprang, and mostly these were located in port towns whether in India or East Africa, the trajectory of their formation and organisation followed analogous patterns. One aspect of Goans arriving in frontier towns was the pioneering spirit with which they embraced nation-building. Manuel D’Abreo who arrived in 1846 was the father of Cincinnatus D’Abreo, who initiated ‘Cincinnatus Town’ (now Garden East) in Karachi. Rodrigues tells us, the idea of building such a town, a sort of model or smart city, originated with A. N. Menezes, and the foundational stone of the first house was laid in December 1907. My own research documents in Baker Butcher, Doctor Diplomat: Goan Pioneers of East Africa, a similar pioneering spirit in the townships of Zanzibar, Mombasa, Nairobi Entebbe and Kampala, where Goans enthusiastically built churches, schools, club houses, large European-styled retail stores and palatial houses of their own. The zebra-riding Dr Rosendo Ribeiro was a member of the Nairobi Township Committee constituted in 1900 to comprise of ‘four of the leading merchants or other residents of the township.’
https://www.joaoroqueliteraryjournal.com/nonfiction-1/2021/5/25/revisiting-pakistani-and-east-african-goan-diasporas All best,Selma Carvalho
