The blue monotone azure of Zanzibar, indecipherable between land and sky, has forever lured adventurous voyagers to its faraway shores. The ingredients for the exotic and magical is successfully brewed on this island off the coast of Eastern Tanzania. During the 19th century, the African floating world was run and owned by the powerful Omani Arabs, whose Sultan dominated the largest slave trade in East Africa and the greatest spice trade in the world. Known as the “Spice island,” Zanzibar is idyllic and inspiring. The image of young men throwing their bodies into the soft twilight, is quintessential to the beauty and natural manner of living on the island’s North Eastern shores.
The blue monotone azure of Zanzibar, indecipherable between land and sky, has forever lured adventurous voyagers to its faraway shores. The ingredients for the exotic and magical is successfully brewed on this island off the coast of Eastern Tanzania. During the 19th century, the African floating world was run and owned by the powerful Omani Arabs, whose Sultan dominated the largest slave trade in East Africa and the greatest spice trade in the world. Known as the “Spice island,” Zanzibar is idyllic and inspiring. The image of young men throwing their bodies into the soft twilight, is quintessential to the beauty and natural manner of living on the island’s North Eastern shores.