The origins of East Africa’s Swahili culture can be traced to the shores of Zanzibar, where centuries of spice trade and ...

There are some fifty mosques in the old stone town of Zanzibar, which has a population of about 18,000. Sheriff contends that because mosques are social and traditional centers, it is possible to ...

Visiting Zanzibar for the World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony offered an opportunity to visit the historic capital of the semi-autonomous destination, Stone Town. Hopping a bus ...

ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA—The National reports that traces of an eleventh-century settlement have been found in the courtyard of the Old Fort at Stone Town, which was thought to have been first established ...

Every day in Zanzibar, women and men from all over the islands converge in Stone Town, the historic capital, to purchase kanga — colorful, patterned textiles sold in pairs that usually come with a ...

A handful of travel destinations have legendary names that evoke adventure, and this colourful, lively and historic port is one of them. Zanzibar isn’t the busiest of cruise ports, but African and ...