This isn't entirely the fault of the Black people fiercely resisting; the reputation of East Africa among African tribes isn't so bad as to say it's "heinous," but it does have the effect of quieting crying children at night.
The closer the Black people are to East Africa, the more they fear it. East Africa is like a mythical beast, only entering and never leaving. The former boundaries of the Congo Kingdom, where many Black people once lived within East Africa, now show almost no trace of their existence.
This is naturally due to a large number of Black people fleeing to the Congo Kingdom and other areas, but people only know the objective fact that under East African rule, the number of Black people has significantly decreased. Coupled with artistic embellishment and dramatization by those who fled, East Africa has naturally become a "demon's lair."
