Isle of Cloves: A View of ZanzibarLongmans, Green, 1955 - 230 pages |
Contents
Chapter page 1 FROM SEAWARD I | 1 |
SULTANATE | 13 |
THE EMPIRE OF ZINJ | 47 |
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African Ahmed Arab cities arrived Arthur Hardinge askaris Barawa Barghash became Blue Maria Bombay bowed boys British Bwana Caliph cattle century clove club coast coconut palms colony coloured Consul coral courthouse crowd dance Dar-es-Salaam dark David Livingstone dhows door drums East Africa engine European eyes face fish gaol Goanese Government green hand head House of Wonders houseboy Hussein Indian Islam kanga kanzu Kenya Kiembe Samaki Kilwa Kiswahili knew Kufa Lamu land lived looked mainland Malindi Mazzizini miles Mombasa Monsoon morning mosque motor-car Mvita Nairobi native never night Officer palace Pemba Persian plantations police Portuguese prisoners Ramadhan reef road round sailing Saleh seemed servants Seyyid Shiites ship shouted side slave trade slavery streets Sultan of Zanzibar Swahili Tanganyika tarboosh things thought to-day took town Unguja village women young Zanzibar Island