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Zanzibar in Brief
Zanzibar is well known for her profound history. The Citizens, Arabs and Missionaries will always have a story to tell. Zanzibar witnessed an influx and outflux of Sumerians, Assirians, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Indians, Chinese, Malays, Persians, Portuguese, Dutch and the British, each leaving behind their legacy. While the Bantu inhabited the land from earlier times, by 700 AD the Indian ocean trade winds had brought Persians and Arabs to her shores.
The Cathedral
Next to the House of Wonders is the Old Fort, built on the site of a Portuguese Church when the Arabs took over the islands, and now the venue for many of Zanzibar's numerous theatrical and musical events. The high Court and Africa House a former English gentleman's club and now a boutigue hotel offer the best view of the sunset. One can also visit Livingstone House where a Scottish explorer lived for three months in 1866. At the centre of Stone Town are the Persian-Styled Mamamni Baths, built at the command of Sultan Barghash at the end of the 19th Century while nearby is the Cathedral Church of Christ completed in 1879 on the site of an open slave market. Echoes of Zanzibar's More sinister past are also to be found in Tippu Tip House, built fo the notorious slave an ivory trader Hamad bin Muhammad el-Marjab, and a former slave pit in nearby Kelele Square.
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