TRAVEL – EXPLORE – LEARN
Zanzibar is a “spice island” and officially, an autonomous territory of its mainland neighbour Tanzania. Once a busy international trading hub, its main products were not always savoury. Besides spices, Zanzibar thrived for hundreds of years a major trading hub for slaves.
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In Arabic the country is known as Al-Jaza’ir, which is short for Al-Jaza-iriyah ad-dimuqratiyah ash-sha’biyah. Luckily it’s also called Algeria!
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Nairobi, the capital of Kenya with a population of three million, has been dubbed the “Safari Capital of the World” because it is a major hub of Safari tourism.
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The food markets of Senegal teem with colour- the bright garb of the vendors blending with their wares of tropical fruits and vegetables. Peanuts are the main crop of Senegal and everywhere the aroma of roasted peanuts permeates the air. Seafood is the mainstay of the diet.
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Jackson Pollack was born Paul Jackson Pollock in 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, the youngest of five sons. His father was a travelling surveyor and moved around on government jobs which took Pollock around the western United States. For a while he lived in Echo Park in Los Angeles.
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