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The Westerners Desperately Trying to Turn Tanzania Into an Anti-Vax Paradise
The first things they need? A crypto expert and a TV presenter.
Meet the Metal-Scientist-Turned-Singer Writing a Swahili Cookbook
Zanzibar native Mim Suleiman began writing a book of Swahili coastal recipes in 2012. Six years later, it's still not done—she wants it to be something special.
How to Run a Restaurant in the Middle of the Indian Ocean
Situated on a tiny coral structure off the East Coast of Zanzibar, The Rock is an almost painfully postcard-perfect restaurant.
From Techno to 105-Year-Old Tanzanian Singers, Mim Suleiman’s Music Knows No Boundaries
How the genre-hopping artist, educator, and mother from Zanzibar's bringing East African stories to the world.
Zanzibar Has a Freddie Mercury Problem
The Queen frontman's birthplace, a semiautonomous island off Tanzania, is happy to make money off his name, despite the country's entrenched homophobia.
Busara Was a Blast
I woke up one morning on the floor covered in octopus tentacles and money with no idea what happened. I assume it was a good night.
Electric Independence
In Zanzibar for a few days during September, I wandered with my sister through the narrow streets of the East African island's ancient capital, Stone Town, one sweltering afternoon.