The blackout comes as the popular local store Zanzibar Fair Trade is closing its doors after 26 years. "Sales. It all comes down to sales. We have not had the patronage and the sales we need to make ...

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

Saturday marked day one of a goodbye more than two decades in the making. Hundreds of loyal Zanzibar Fair Trade customers maintained a steady line all day just off Broadway as the Sacramento staple ...

buildings in Stone Town showcase distinct elements such as particularly well-recognized across Zanzibar wooden carved doors, elaborate balconies with intricate fretwork, and crenellated parapet walls ...