Zanzibar
Where Africa Meets the Middle East and Asia
Online Lecture
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Lecturer: Kenneth W. Park
Date: Thursday 6 March, 2025
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 10.00am AEDT | 9.00am QLD | 9.30am SA | 7.00am WA | 12.00pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD
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Overview
The breathtakingly beautiful island of Zanzibar boasts golden beaches, turquoise-blue waters and countless palm trees - as well as an utterly unique cultural history.
Centuries ago, the island was an important area for the spice trade. As a result, slavery features quite prominently in its history, and the island was ruled by many powers including the Portuguese, the British (as a protectorate), the Omanis (as the Sultans of Zanzibar), and also as a short lived ‘independent’ republic before achieving a degree of autonomy in recent times.
Join Kenneth W. Park for a beautifully illustrated lecture which shines the spotlight on Zanzibar - the extraordinary isle where Freddie Mercury was born. An exploration of the island's fascinating historic trade centre, Stone Town, is also included, whose unique architectural mixture of Arab, Persian, Indian and European elements have made it a UNESCO World Heritage Site of interest.
Your Expert lecturer
Kenneth W. Park is a curator, presenter, fund-raiser, tour leader and writer. Over the years, Kenneth has been involved with many travel companies, arts/cultural organizations and professional associations. During his career, he has lectured at every state art gallery in Australia. Kenneth’s strong professional and personal interest and clear love of culture, art and architectural history is reflected through longstanding and regular lecturing and tour leading commitments.
An inveterate traveller who has visited well over 150 countries, Kenneth enjoys the journey as much as the destination. He thrives on exploring new destinations, but also enjoys revisiting old and familiar places, as with each new trip he discovers different ways of looking and appreciating much loved cultural landmarks and treasures. When on tour, Kenneth takes much delight in sharing insights with his fellow travellers.
With tertiary studies in fine arts, museum studies, history and international relations, and interests in travel, food, wine, arts, architecture and history, Kenneth is undeniably an aspiring expert on ‘the good life’. He lives by the motto that ‘life is a grand tour, make the most of it’.
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