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...e applied to them when they were too long dead to show their resentment. As to the truth of these tales, I can only say that they were told to me, in Zanzibar, by negroes whose ancestors told them to them, who had received them from their ancestors, and so back; so that the praise for their accuracy, or the blame for their falsity, lies with the first ancestor who set them...

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...g carried away in the Arab dhows. Our heroes encountered a slave trader almost at the very spot where they come ashore, and thereby managed to get to Zanzibar in a British warship that had captured the trader's dhow in which our friends had hitched a lift. At Zanzibar they pick up some funds, and set forth on a journey into the interior. Here again they encounter the vile ...

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... have finished that, draw another thousand, and so on; but, FIND LIVINGSTONE. How I Found Livingstone is Stanley's personnel account of his trip from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika on this quest, including time spent exploring the area with Livingstone. - Written by Lizzie Driver...

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... relier les explorations faites par Burton et Speke en Afrique orientale à celles de Heinrich Barth dans les régions du Sahara et du Tchad. Partis de Zanzibar, les trois aéronautes réalisent effectivement la traversée, au prix de mille aventures au terme desquelles ils parviennent au Sénégal avant de retourner en Angleterre où ils reçoivent un accueil enthousiaste. (Résumé...

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....html http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/leonardo_da_vinci.html War In 1896 Zanzibar surrendered to British forces after 38-45 minutes. It w... ...imself the new Sultan in the palace. England ran a protectorate on the island of Zanzibar since 1890. On August 27, three warships of the Royal ...

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... adjective Omani Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Arab, with small Baluchi, Zanzibar!, and Indian groups Religion: 75% Ibadhi Muslim; remainder Sunni... ...ve African consisting of well over 100 tribes; 1% Asian, European, and Arab; Zanzibar almost all Arab 238 Religion: mainland 33% Christian, 33% Musli... ...tal: Dar es Salaam Administrative divisions: 25 regions 20 on mainland, 5 on Zanzibar Legal system: based on English common law; permanent constitutio... ...al system: based on English common law; permanent constitution adopted 1977 (Zanzibar has its own constitution but remains subject to provisions of th... ...zi (Revolutionary Party); National Assembly consists of 233 members, 72 from Zanzibar, of whom 10 are directly elected, 65 appointed from the mainland... ...million votes cast Communists: a few Communist sympa- thizers, especially on Zanzibar Member of: AfDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC... ...kel Agriculture: cotton, coffee, sisal on main- land; cloves and coconuts on Zanzibar Major industries: primarily agricultural processing (sugar, beer...

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...apture of hammerhead sharks saves the expedition -- Trouble with the sultan of Zanzibar -- Reception of da Gama by an African King -- Making good use ... ... on the African coast, and also visited Madagascar, and probably the island of Zanzibar. His descriptions of the natives and, products of these lands ... ...crews greedily devoured, because it was fresh meat. TROUBLE WITH THE SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR. Coasting along the eastern shore of Africa, for a long time, ... ...s taken, and being treated in a friendly manner, guided them to Mozambique (or Zanzibar), where the weary voyagers cast their anchor, hoping for a lon...

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...void AIDS. This same approach to the immorality of condom use is found in Zanzibar and with some religious conservatives in Pakistan, where giving bi...

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...ve it, Talisker, Isla, or Glenlivet! For after years wi’ a pockmantie Frae Zanzibar to Alicante, In mony a fash and sair affliction I gie’t as my sinc...

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...ve may have been genuine. The movements of the shaken body were those of a Zanzibar stick dance, such as you see at Aden on the coal-boats, and even a...

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... his well-known friends Monsieur and Ma- dame Binat, and ordered himself a Zanzibar dance of the finest. Monsieur Binat was shaking with drink, but Ma... ... played the piano, and to the tin-pot music of a West- ern waltz the naked Zanzibari girls danced furiously by the light of kerosene lamps. Binat sat ...

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...ight shone out afar; It guided home the plunging boats That beat from Zanzibar. Spirit of Fire, where’er Thy altars rise. Thou art Light of Guida...

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... GUINNESS. There’s a man for you! They say he sold himself to the devil in Zanzibar before he was a captain; and the older he grows the more I believe... ...aptains, but not Captain Shotover, because he sold himself to the devil in Zanzibar, and can divine water, spot gold, explode a cartridge in your pock... ...seizing him by the sleeve]. Then why did you sell yourself to the devil in Zanzibar? CAPTAIN SHOTOVER [stopping, startled]. What? ELLIE. You shall not... ...TOR. You are under a spell, man. Old Shotover sold himself to the devil in Zanzibar. The devil gave him a black witch for a wife; and these two demon ... ...ng, Addy. LADY UTTERWORD. Guess. HECTOR. Demons. Daughters of the witch of Zanzibar. Demons. LADY UTTERWORD. Not a bit. I assure you, all this house n...

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...road. It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar. Yet do this even till you can do better, and you may perhaps find...

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...e road. It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar. Yet do this even till you can do better, and you may perhaps fin...

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...D, class E get a steadily diminishing share of worship; class L (Sultan of Zanzibar), class P (Sultan of Sulu), and class W (half king of Samoa), get ...