The routes of the slave
trade, it all began here,
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stay tune for the
rest of the story.
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There is an old saying that goes
variety is the spice of life,
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but here in
Zanzibar the saying goes
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that life is the
variety of spice.
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Think of Zanzibar and
images of romantic dhows
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with curved white
sails, veiled women,
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ancient ruins and exotic
spices float before your eyes.
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Zanzibar is known
throughout the world
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as the jewel of the
Indian Ocean and has a romantic,
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colorful history of
seafarers and explorers,
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of riches and tragedy and
the dark stain of slavery.
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Zanzibar is an
island nestled in the
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turquoise waters
of the Indian Ocean,
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around 40 kilometers of the
coast of Tanzania, East Africa.
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The first recorded
visit to this area was
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by a Greek merchant
from Alexandria in 60 AD.
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Now, certainly a lot
of things have changed,
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but let me tell you the
place is still very, very old.
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Oh they've added wiring
they've had different things,
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but architecture
buildings seem ancient
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according to my
standards anyway.
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This island is one of Africa's
most evocative locations,
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with a
mesmerizing mix of influences
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from the Indian subcontinent,
the Arabian Peninsula,
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the African mainland and Europe.
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Stone Town is
the soul of Zanzibar
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with a magical
jumble of alleyways
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where it is easy to
spend days wandering around.
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Each twist and turn
of the narrow streets
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brings something new.
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If these ancient
streets could tell their tales,
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what would they
be? I'm sure intrigued,
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well who knows what?
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Many of the
houses here are more than
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one hundred and fifty years old
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and are constructed from
the island's coral stone.
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Build by Arab and Indian
merchants in the 19th century.
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The Arab influence on
Zanzibar and Pemba Islands
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is evident in the people,
who are a mix of Shirazia
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from Persia, Arabs, Comorians,
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from the Comoros Islands
and Bantu from the mainland.
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Though the latter predominate.
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97% of Zanzibar's population
practices the Islamic faith;
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almost every street
corner in Stone Town
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has a small family mosque.
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The Islamic influence
is seen in the architecture
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and in the
address of the people.
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Amos and AWR
listener had been a Muslim
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until he had heard
of the forgiveness,
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sacrifice and
power of Jesus Christ.
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Amos, it's a privilege
to meet with you today.
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Thank you. You were
baptized about a year ago?
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Two years ago. Two years ago.
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and that came because you
were listening to the radio.
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Yes, that is true. Tell me a
little bit about the process,
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how that all this happen?
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When I first tune in
today AWR morning star FM radio,
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the presenter
shared our first dealing
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exposition of the word of God.
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I was moved by the
program and because of it,
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I know much
more about the Bible.
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So, you were always a Christian?
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No I was a Muslim.
So, you were a Muslim.
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Now, tell me
about your life, what,
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you've been a
Muslim all your life?
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I had a shallow
understanding in the religious
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at first and even my
knowledge of God was very poor.
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I didn't know who Christ
was and why He was my Savior.
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But by listening
to the Christian radio
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my knowledge and
spiritual efforts has gone.
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How old are you?
I'm 37 years of age.
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What did you do in the
first 37 years of your life
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tell me some of
that if you would?
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I was simply an ordinary person.
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I think an
ordinary person is someone
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who cares only
for his physical life,
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and he's not very serious
about his relationship with God.
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Did you grow up having a job,
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did you grow up
worshiping in someway or?
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I was not going to a mosque;
I was not even worshiping that.
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Men, women, boys and girls,
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everyone's listening
to Adventist World Radio
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From the vast plains of Kenya
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to the slopes of
Mount Kilimanjaro.
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All the way here to the exotic
shores of Zanzibar and beyond.
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As you can see AWR is
frontline mission radio.
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Our first priority is to travel
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We broadcast
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Not only do we
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Are these ripe?
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Well, lets see here.
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There is a
luscious fruit inside.
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And at first it
almost tastes like a grape.
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There is a seed inside that
you really don't want to eat,
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but the nectar is, it's bitter
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and it's sweet at
the same time or sour.
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But it's, it's
wonderful, you get addicted.
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The Stone Town market is a
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colorful sight
of bustling people,
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all buying or selling
exotic fruits and vegetables.
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In an array of spices
that excite the senses.
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And I take a big smell of
that, I wish you could smell it,
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because we're in the spice
market and it smells wonderful,
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now you move from the fish
and meat into good old spices.
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Do you grow your vanilla here?
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Yes, not in Madagascar?
No. Foreign Language .
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This from Zanzibar, yeah.
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This is the real saffron
not the imitation, it's real.
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Traders in wooden dhows
from Indonesia were among
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the first to arrive on the
shore of this beautiful island,
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laden with plants,
spices and exotic fruits
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such as coconuts and bananas.
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While spices no longer dominate
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Zanzibar's
economy as they once did,
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plantation still dot
the center of the island.
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The popular spice tours
involves a walk in the western
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and central regions of the
island through plantations,
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private gardens, and forests.
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This is a spicy tree
and always this is the tree
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we call Queen of the Spice,
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because we don't waste
anything out from this.
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We eat the leaf,
bark, root and stem.
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And if one to bark
here you have to come
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with this knife
then you peel like this.
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After peeling
the bark like this,
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the plant never die aftertime
it regenerates. It recover.
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Oh! That's beautiful,
what this tree called?
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Cinnamon, oh! This is cinnamon?
Yeah, this is cinnamon.
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No wonder it smells awesome.
So, the cinnamon sticks that
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we buy in the super
market they are actually bark,
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dried and
rolled, after dry this,
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it roll and
becomes normal stick.
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all this digging
you're looking for a root
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and what do you with the
roots? Roots are medicine,
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wow that is a strong smell,
it smells like a medicine.
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Because we believe
all spices are medicine.
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Not like, we get
medicine in lemongrass,
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we get medicine in black pepper,
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I get medicine in cinnamon,
we get medicine in cardamom.
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All spice, we use as a spice
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and also we can
use as a medicine.
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Now, it's interesting because
the Bible talks about cinnamon
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as one of the spices
that God directed Moses
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to use in his sanctuary.
So that, you know it's
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such a sweet smelling
spice, now I can see why?
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There are more than
50 spices and fruits,
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including cinnamon,
pepper, pimentos, ginger,
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tamarind, coffee and sugar cane.
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Coconuts are another
main product of the islands.
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Coconut palms grow
wild along the coastline,
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and they are
cultivated in plantation
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scattered
throughout the islands.
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After cloves, coconuts are
the second most important crop
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and harvested
throughout the year by men
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who scale the long trunks
using a short loop of rope.
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The tough hairy brown
shells of the bright coconuts
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have split open and
the kernel is pounded
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and mixed with water
to make coconut milk.
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The kernel is also
processed in oil, used in foods
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and in the production of
soaps, candles and hair tonics.
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The white moist flesh
of the coconut is used as a
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cooking ingredient in
almost every island dish.
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Veiled women, ancient ruins
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and exotic spices
float before your eyes.
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Located about 2 kilometers
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north of Stone Town
along the Bububu road.
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Livingstone's House
was built around 1860
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and was used as a base by
many European missionaries
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and explorers,
before they started
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their journeys to the mainland.
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During his
travels, David Livingstone,
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he was tormented by the ravages
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of the slave trade
that surrounded him.
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Amos tripped back to Europe,
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he spoken and wrote
tirelessly against it,
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in an effort to
expose its horrors
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and injustices to
the rest of the world.
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British attempts to
halt the trade were mobilized
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and it finally ground to a
halt in the early 20th century.
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According to our
listener, he had once been
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chained to the way of life
that offered him little peace,
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but once he accepted
Christ all of that changed.
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My family had many
economic challenges,
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so my parents could not afford
to send me to high school.
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Did you grow up in the
city or in the country?
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I grew up in a rural area.
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And what did you do in
the rural area for the family?
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My business was very simple,
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I will sell fruit and
the money I would made,
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I would share with my family.
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So, did you continue
to live with the family
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or did you move
away at some point?
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I left my family and
moved to another region
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where I tried to make a living.
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What caused you
to leave the family,
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why did you leave,
there wasn't enough money
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there to help support
you or why did you leave?
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I had to leave home because
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my family economic
situation was not very good.
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I had to look for
ways to sustain my own life
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while also supporting my family.
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Did it work for you, you
moved away from the family,
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where you able then to
make a living and if so, how?
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No, unfortunately I was not the
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very successful
supporting my family.
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My financial state is
really no concern to me,
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what I care most about now
is my relationship with God.
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God has given me something
even greater than money
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and that is the meaning of life.
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Did you have God at that time?
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No, my understanding
of God was different
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before I heard
the radio programs.
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Explain that difference to me?
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Three years ago, I
heard a Christian radio
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and since then my life
has continued to change.
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I now have hope in
Christ, because I was lost,
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but now I have
received direction from God.
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So, I'm very
grateful for the radio,
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what is that sense of
direction you've talked about?
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I thank God everyday
for his radio program,
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because they are so
different from other stations.
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The Christian
program are very effective
00:14:08.16\00:14:10.00
and their teaching
of the word of God.
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They relieved the many
truth of the only scriptures,
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I'm now very different
from when I was a Muslim.
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And I want to thank God
for this change in my life.
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So, are you saying now
that you have a real peace
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in your life that
you didn't have before?
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That is true and even right now
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I have a float of
peace in my heart.
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Every alleyway, every
street and every nook,
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every cranny I'm told
everything leads to one place,
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you can get lost
in old Stone Town.
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They either lead to the ocean
or they lead to the old river,
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which is now a
roadway. But wherever it is,
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it is all pretty incredible,
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pretty amazing to
see the architecture,
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the old and the newer blend,
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but not much of
it is actually new.
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Between the 12th
and the 15th centuries,
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the archipelago came into
its own as trade with Arabia
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and the Persian Gulf blossomed.
00:15:09.66\00:15:11.43
With trade from the
East also came Islam
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and the Arabic architecture
00:15:14.06\00:15:15.43
that still characterizes
the archipelago today.
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Did you know that even
a door can tell a story
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about the person
who resides inside.
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In this case, a
person of wealth,
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of power, of prestige.
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The more ornate,
the more massive,
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the more wealth
the person inside had.
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Every door a
particular and unique story.
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The most famous feature
of Zanzibar architecture
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is the carved wooden doors.
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There are more than five hundred
00:15:46.06\00:15:47.60
remaining today in Stone Town.
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Many of which are
older than the houses
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in which they are set.
00:15:51.30\00:15:52.40
While older Arabic
doors have a square frame
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with geometrical
shape, newer doors,
00:15:55.86\00:15:58.13
many of which were built towards
the end of the 19th century
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and incorporate
Indian influences,
00:16:01.83\00:16:03.90
often have semicircular tops
00:16:04.20\00:16:06.50
and intricate
floral decorations.
00:16:06.50\00:16:08.50
Some doors have
large brass spikes,
00:16:08.96\00:16:11.10
which are a
tradition from India,
00:16:11.10\00:16:12.76
where spikes protected doors
00:16:13.10\00:16:14.66
from being
battered down by elephants.
00:16:14.66\00:16:16.63
Well this is the house of
the infamous slave trader.
00:16:20.66\00:16:23.26
I can only
imagine what he paid for
00:16:24.46\00:16:26.53
all these
ornate decoration with,
00:16:26.53\00:16:28.23
the blood, sweat,
tears and lives of slaves.
00:16:29.70\00:16:32.80
This is the oldest
Christian Church in East Africa,
00:16:43.20\00:16:45.83
constructed in the 1870's
00:16:46.53\00:16:48.40
by the universities
mission to central Africa.
00:16:48.40\00:16:50.70
The Anglican Cathedral
was the first Anglican Church,
00:16:51.06\00:16:53.80
it was built on the
site of the old slave market
00:16:54.43\00:16:56.53
alongside Creek Rd.
Although nothing remains
00:16:56.53\00:16:59.86
of the slave market today,
other than some holding cells,
00:16:59.86\00:17:03.10
the site remains
a sobering reminder
00:17:03.43\00:17:05.86
of the not so distant past.
00:17:06.23\00:17:08.40
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He maybe the only one
who really knows about
00:19:45.66\00:19:47.96
true slavery and what
really happens in suffering
00:19:47.96\00:19:51.10
and what happened to the
suffering and the people here.
00:19:52.20\00:19:54.53
This was the center
of the Slave market;
00:19:54.90\00:19:57.00
the whipping post
was right in this area.
00:19:57.33\00:19:59.13
I've gonna ask myself,
00:20:00.30\00:20:01.26
why did they even
need a whipping post?
00:20:01.26\00:20:02.73
These people were
already beaten and chained
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.30
in submission,
they were starved.
00:20:05.30\00:20:06.66
But here in the
center of the market
00:20:07.60\00:20:09.13
they would whip
them and beat them
00:20:09.13\00:20:10.36
and then they would auction
them off to the highest bidder.
00:20:10.36\00:20:12.80
But ten years
after slavery was banned,
00:20:13.76\00:20:15.76
they built this
edifice to commemorate
00:20:15.76\00:20:18.76
all the lives
that were lost here.
00:20:19.66\00:20:21.20
Slavery has been
practiced in Africa
00:20:26.50\00:20:28.60
throughout recorded history,
but its greatest expansion
00:20:28.60\00:20:31.86
in East Africa came
with the rise of Islam,
00:20:31.86\00:20:34.43
which prohibited
enslavement of Muslims.
00:20:34.43\00:20:36.76
Demands of European plantation
holders on the islands
00:20:37.23\00:20:40.23
of Reunion and Mauritius
were another major catalyst,
00:20:40.23\00:20:43.40
particularly during the
second half of the 18th century.
00:20:43.73\00:20:47.00
At the outset,
slaves were taken from
00:20:47.33\00:20:49.60
coastal regions
and shipped to Arabia,
00:20:49.60\00:20:51.86
Persian and the
Indian Ocean islands.
00:20:51.86\00:20:54.40
Well, right now we're
going down the slave chambers,
00:20:56.33\00:20:58.20
where they used to keep
hundreds of slaves in an area
00:20:58.20\00:21:01.36
you probably can't see it
here because it's too dark,
00:21:01.36\00:21:03.40
but an area that is so
tiny and would be so vile
00:21:03.40\00:21:06.53
and so filthy,
it's beyond imagination.
00:21:06.73\00:21:09.26
This is where they
brought them from the mainland,
00:21:13.50\00:21:15.00
to be chained down here,
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.43
hundreds at a time
in these tiny cells,
00:21:16.43\00:21:19.03
waiting for the
slave ships to come.
00:21:19.66\00:21:21.46
What awaited
them on their journey?
00:21:22.20\00:21:23.63
Pain, torture, sickness,
death, for the fortunate few,
00:21:24.06\00:21:27.96
if we can called them fortunate?
00:21:27.96\00:21:29.36
To finally make
it to the mainland,
00:21:29.70\00:21:31.00
to a place where
they're going to be whipped
00:21:31.36\00:21:33.10
and sold into slavery
for the rest of their lives.
00:21:33.56\00:21:36.50
It's beyond the imagination
for us to even think about it.
00:21:36.96\00:21:40.96
By the 19th century,
00:21:42.46\00:21:43.80
with the rise
of the Omani Arabs,
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.43
Zanzibar had eclipsed Kisiwani
00:21:45.76\00:21:47.76
as East Africa's
major slave-trading depot.
00:21:47.76\00:21:50.63
According to some estimates,
00:21:51.03\00:21:52.33
by the 1860s some
10,000 to as many as 50,000
00:21:52.33\00:21:57.23
slaves were passing through
Zanzibar's market each year.
00:21:57.23\00:22:00.93
Overall, close to
600,000 slaves were sold
00:22:02.16\00:22:05.46
through Zanzibar
between 1830 and 1873,
00:22:05.46\00:22:09.76
when a treaty with Britain
00:22:10.30\00:22:11.80
finally ended
the regional trade.
00:22:11.80\00:22:13.86
Slavery is so evil,
so vile, so hideous,
00:22:20.13\00:22:24.70
it's hard to
imagine, and it goes on
00:22:24.70\00:22:27.60
in some places
in the world today.
00:22:27.60\00:22:29.10
But you know, it
goes on more than
00:22:29.66\00:22:32.13
we think because everyone
of us are enslaved somehow,
00:22:32.13\00:22:34.70
at some point in
our lives by the devil.
00:22:34.70\00:22:37.40
We're chained to every evil vice
00:22:38.03\00:22:40.63
that the devil
sets in front of us,
00:22:40.63\00:22:42.06
but praise God, ministries like
00:22:42.33\00:22:44.30
AWR are putting
the gospel message
00:22:44.30\00:22:46.70
on there to set people free.
00:22:46.70\00:22:48.30
Can lives are being
changed, hearts are being
00:22:48.66\00:22:51.30
given to Jesus Christ
and in Jesus we are set free.
00:22:51.30\00:22:55.16
What do you think would
have happened in your life
00:22:57.80\00:22:59.86
had you never
turned on that radio dial?
00:23:00.20\00:23:02.73
I wanted to
really know who God is,
00:23:06.46\00:23:08.60
if God hadn't use the radio
presenter to bring the light
00:23:09.33\00:23:12.56
of Jesus Christ
to the people through
00:23:12.56\00:23:14.80
the radio I would still be lost.
00:23:14.80\00:23:16.90
But because I've
heard the message
00:23:17.73\00:23:19.36
I thank God in special
way. And it is my prayer
00:23:19.63\00:23:22.60
that this
Christian radio ministry
00:23:22.60\00:23:24.16
continue to
broadcast to the people.
00:23:24.70\00:23:26.60
Why did you
listen that first day,
00:23:27.23\00:23:29.40
what got you to tune
the radio to the program
00:23:29.40\00:23:31.70
on that very
first day you heard?
00:23:31.70\00:23:33.30
The first time I
heard the radio program
00:23:36.30\00:23:38.16
he was answering
question on Bible efforts,
00:23:38.43\00:23:41.03
I was very moved by the answers
00:23:41.66\00:23:43.50
that were
provided by the presenters.
00:23:43.50\00:23:45.70
The radio showed
people that didn't have a deep
00:23:46.06\00:23:48.43
understanding
of the word of God,
00:23:48.43\00:23:50.10
this made me want to know more.
00:23:50.60\00:23:51.96
After the program
I was over realized
00:23:52.56\00:23:54.90
that this radio program was
such a necessity for people.
00:23:54.90\00:23:57.93
And many would
have been enlightened
00:23:58.30\00:23:59.73
on spiritual and
Biblical efforts.
00:23:59.73\00:24:01.70
I was so moved by the program
that I continue to listen
00:24:02.93\00:24:05.96
and I haven't
stopped listening since.
00:24:05.96\00:24:07.86
Do you tell other people
to listen to the radio now?
00:24:09.20\00:24:11.50
I tuned into the radio program
and I increased the volume,
00:24:15.03\00:24:18.20
so it is loud enough
for my neighbor to hear.
00:24:18.20\00:24:21.20
I'm very happy to
shared that my neighbors
00:24:23.50\00:24:25.43
were touched by
the Christian music
00:24:25.90\00:24:27.50
and they came closer to listen,
00:24:27.50\00:24:29.16
so this is one of the
ways I'm sharing what I heard.
00:24:29.70\00:24:32.60
So, other hearts are
changing because you turned
00:24:33.06\00:24:35.20
the radio up loud
enough for everybody to hear.
00:24:35.20\00:24:37.53
I do believe this has influenced
the people living around me.
00:24:41.40\00:24:44.96
Because when I'm at
home, I heard them tuning
00:24:45.43\00:24:48.16
into the Christian
radio programs on their own
00:24:48.16\00:24:51.10
and I think this is also
attracting others to listen.
00:24:51.10\00:24:54.20
Has it made a
difference for your family,
00:24:54.60\00:24:56.70
the rest of your family?
00:24:56.70\00:24:57.86
In fact something has actually
happened within my family,
00:25:01.13\00:25:04.03
many of my
relative and family members
00:25:04.90\00:25:06.93
are now tuning to
the radio programs.
00:25:06.93\00:25:09.10
This makes my
witnessing to my family easier
00:25:09.46\00:25:12.23
because the
radio program answers
00:25:12.83\00:25:14.66
many question
about God that I can't.
00:25:15.06\00:25:17.36
I already know
the answer to this
00:25:18.03\00:25:19.70
I think but I wanna ask you
00:25:19.70\00:25:20.90
anyway because
I like your smile,
00:25:20.90\00:25:22.63
do you believe that
the Lord is coming soon
00:25:22.93\00:25:24.56
and are you looking
forward to his coming?
00:25:24.56\00:25:26.23
Yes, I'm really looking
forward to the coming of Jesus.
00:25:29.46\00:25:32.30
His arrival is my
greatest expectation.
00:25:32.80\00:25:35.53
I'm looking
forward to being there
00:25:36.53\00:25:37.70
with you brother,
thank you so much.
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.23
Amos in our story
today was very nominal
00:25:41.16\00:25:44.43
in the religion
that he grew up with.
00:25:44.43\00:25:46.56
He told us that he
was only interested
00:25:47.00\00:25:49.20
in the physical things of life.
Where he would get his food
00:25:49.20\00:25:52.73
and the things that he
could surround himself with.
00:25:52.73\00:25:55.76
He was not very
successful financially,
00:25:56.26\00:25:58.63
but then he began
listening to morning star radio.
00:25:59.13\00:26:02.86
The local FM station in
Dar es salaam in Tanzania,
00:26:03.26\00:26:06.83
a station that AWR
helped to establish.
00:26:07.13\00:26:10.30
After he began listening he said
00:26:11.26\00:26:13.40
I began to get a
sense of direction.
00:26:13.96\00:26:16.40
He also found Jesus Christ
by listening to those programs.
00:26:16.80\00:26:20.86
And I just love the
statement that he made.
00:26:21.23\00:26:23.60
I have a flood of peace that
came into my heart as a result.
00:26:24.00\00:26:29.73
It reminds me of
that text in the book of
00:26:30.30\00:26:32.90
Isaiah chapter 26 and
verse 3 speaking of God:
00:26:32.90\00:26:36.56
Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace,
00:26:37.56\00:26:40.70
whose mind is stayed upon thee:
00:26:41.06\00:26:44.26
when we think about God,
God brings peace into our lives.
00:26:45.46\00:26:49.36
You too can have
a sense of direction
00:26:49.96\00:26:52.80
and peace of mind in your life.
00:26:52.80\00:26:55.10
Come to Jesus accept Him
00:26:55.53\00:26:57.70
and your life can
be flooded with peace.
00:26:57.70\00:27:00.60
Amos, for Amos
listening to the radio
00:27:01.23\00:27:03.83
was the start of a new life,
00:27:03.83\00:27:05.43
AWR often hears from
listeners about the peace
00:27:06.56\00:27:10.23
that comes into their lives
00:27:10.23\00:27:12.70
when they listen
to our programming.
00:27:12.70\00:27:14.70
So, why don't
you partner with us,
00:27:14.96\00:27:17.30
so that we can
continue to spread peace
00:27:17.76\00:27:21.16
in people's
lives around the world?
00:27:21.73\00:27:23.86
AWR is helping to break
the chains of the devil,
00:27:24.33\00:27:27.50
if you'd like to
help in that process
00:27:28.06\00:27:29.63
of setting people
free in Jesus Christ.
00:27:29.63\00:27:31.63
Give us a call
today 1-866-503-3531
00:27:31.63\00:27:36.56
or you can write us at
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00:27:37.00\00:27:40.53
Silver Spring, MD 20904
or log on to www.awr.org
00:27:40.53\00:27:48.33
and thank you for
watching and please join us
00:27:48.63\00:27:50.53
again for another
exciting gospel adventure
00:27:50.53\00:27:52.53
because around the
world AWR is Making Waves.
00:27:52.53\00:27:56.46