 "The Economist (US)")
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Sleeper awakes. (entrepreneurship in Zanzibar)
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WHETHER dealing in cloves, coconuts, ivory or slaves, the inhabitants of the island of Zanzibar have long enjoyed a reputation as East Africa's wiliest entrepreneurs. The Sultan of Oman had so many interests in Zanzibar that he moved his main residence there in 1832, and the United States set up the first foreign consulate in Zanzibar soon afterward. But Zanzibar's fortunes declined after the islanders revolted against the sultanate in 1964 (he now lives in Portsmouth) and joined Tanganyika to become Tanzania.
Twenty-five years of Tanzanian socialism have transformed ...
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