Zanzibar Stories & History

There are many who have childhood memories of living in Zanzibar in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a different world then. This is an attempt to record stories of that world as well as interesting historical accounts of the islands.

Thursday, January 8, 2026

The 1964 Zanzibar Revolution - from my old scrapbook

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The revolution in Zanzibar took place on 12 January 1964 and changed the country for ever. We were living there, I was 16 years old, and my ...
Sunday, March 19, 2023

A visit to my Homeland – Zanzibar

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  A visit to my Homeland – Zanzibar  … and a Meditation on ABUNDANCE (Part 2) By Bhadra Vadgama.  We spent a day visiting Jozani Forest, a...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

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A Meditation on ABUNDANCE &  a visit to my Homeland. Zanzibar. 2019 (Part 1 of 2) The House of Wonders or Beit al Ajaib By Bhadra Vadgam...
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Monday, May 10, 2021

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  Different Shades of Diaspora - My Lived Experiences from East Africa. Part 3 of 3.  by Urmila Jhaveri John Okello: the self-appointed ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

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Different Shades of Diaspora — My Lived Experiences from East Africa by Urmila Jhaveri. Part 2 of 3. OUR DHOW SAFARI ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Different Shades of Diaspora — My Lived Experiences from East Africa by Urmila Jhaveri. Part 1 of 3.

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Urmila Jhaveri at the GRFDT Conference. I consider it an honor, privilege and a pleasure indeed to be here and thank the organizers of JNU -...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

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  91-year-old Bhanubahen Babla, née   Kapadia - reminiscences of some of her experiences as a girl of 11 in Zanzibar (1940s).  by    Bhadra ...
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