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Tanzania (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Laying the foundation stone of the Sultan’s new bungalow at Chwaka, April 22 1900, 1900-04-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/33
Scope and Contents

255 x 207 mm. A view showing a group of Arabs and Swahilis gathered around the foundation stone while Joseph Thomas Last (c. 1849-1933), Commissioner for Slavery in Zanzibar 1897-1905, reads the opening address. The figure facing Last across the foundation stone is probably the Liwali of Chwaka. Photograph by J.B. Coutinho. See also Y30468D/86. The ceremonies are reported in detail in The ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ for April 25 1900.

Dates: 1900-04-22
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