Africa House

Africa House

Heritage · Stop 14 on the route

The formerly all-white 'English Club' of the Imperial British East Africa Company era, and the social headquarters of colonial Zanzibar. The upstairs sunset terrace bar is open to all now - the same Indian Ocean view the members pretended not to admire, no tie required.

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CARVED DOOR

Its deep veranda doors are late-Victorian joinery rather than Swahili carving - a reminder that Stone Town's doorways tell the story of every community that landed here, not just one.