Let’s face it — Zanzibar does not get a whole lot of face time even in circles where African affairs are on the front burner. I’m as guilty of this sin of omission as anyone — according to my “Categories” list, I have yet to devote an entry to Zanzibar.
Well, consider that sin rectified now: A few weeks back Andrew Wheatcroft reviewed Christiane Bird’s The Sultan’s Shadow: One Family’s Rule at the Crossroads of East and West, calling it an “enticing and extraordinary story.”
