White sand beaches at Zanzibar

Zanzibar pictures

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June 27th 2007
Hey guys, So this is going to be brief cause I'm about to go out...but I want to share pictures with you while I have fasterish email. Right now Im in Zanzibar (one of those places that you thought was made up but really exists - like timbuktu). Anyway the city is basically Swahili, Arab, Hindu and the West all mixed in to one and because of this it has a really fascinating history (once again t ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » Zanzibar

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more