Visitors can wander through maze-like streets, where shops, markets, and traditional houses sit alongside huge palaces.

Officially abolished in Zanzibar in 1873, the slave trade flourished illegally on the islands for another 35 years, leaving an indelible mark. The contrast is at its most extreme the next day ...

and grandson of an African slave. He was born in Zanzibar of African Arab parentage and went on to establish a base West of Lake Tanganyika, linking up with Msiri. He and his men operated in an ...

and grandson of an African slave. He was born in Zanzibar of African Arab parentage and went on to establish a base West of Lake Tanganyika, linking up with Msiri. He and his men operated in an ...

It housed British soldiers who arrived at the Coast in 1824 to combat slave trade. It is from the same Leven House that the Mazrui dynasty briefly resisted the Sultan of Zanzibar. The Sultan of ...

I returned to Stone Town, Zanzibar and onto the beach where dhows ... through which slaves were marched in chains to the slave market. The market is today the site of the Anglican Church built ...

The history of the spice trade, from Zanzibar to India ... as Katie discovers at what was once the local slave market. Food historian Monica Askay recounts the cultural importance that these ...