The memoirs of Emily Ruete who was born a princess in Zanzibar, raised in a harem, married to a German, and then became embroiled in a bitter struggle for political control over the island during the period of nineteenth-century European colonialism.
Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition through Zanzibar, introducing some of the diverse wildlife found there, including monkeys, snakes, and giant snails, and crabs.
Presents a study of the plants and animals that inhabit Zanzibar, an archipelago in Eastern Africa, and discusses the coconut crab, Colobus monkeys, Acacia and Baobab trees, African land snails, and more.
