{"id":5510,"date":"2019-11-13T21:50:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T21:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/?p=5510"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T09:14:29","slug":"zanzibar-prison-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/en\/2019\/11\/13\/zanzibar-prison-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Zanzibar: Prison Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After the big islands of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unguja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unguja<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pemba_Island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pemba<\/a>, another most know island of the <strong>Zanzibar<\/strong> Archipelago is <strong>Prison Island<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=prison%20island%20zanzibar&amp;t=m&amp;z=12&amp;output=embed&amp;iwloc=near\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"prison island zanzibar\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i><u>History<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Changuu<\/strong> is the name, after the swahili name of the fish which is common in the waters around it, of <strong>Prison Island<\/strong>, that it is also shown as <strong>Kibandiko Island<\/strong> on some old maps. But this name is no longer used.<\/p>\n<p>The island was inhabited untill 1860, when the first Sultan of Zanzibar Majid bin Said gave it to two zanzibar arabs who used it as a prison for rebellious slaves prior to shipping them abroad or sell them at the slave market in Stone Town.<\/p>\n<p><b>Zanzibar<\/b> became a british protectorate following 1890 Heligoland Zanzibar treat with government, this resulted in the appointment of british first minister Lord William Mattew in October 1891 when Lord Mattew purchased changu from it is arabs owner on behalf the Zanzibar government.<\/p>\n<p>In 1893 with the intention\u00a0of building a prison upon it, the prison was to have housed violent and recidivist criminals from the part of Africa mainland which was under the jurisdiction of <b>Zanzibar<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite of prison buildings being completed in 1894 and the island became known commonly as the <b>Prison Island<\/b> the authorities who concerned by risk of disease epidemics affecting Stone Town, then East Africans main port.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1426 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1424 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zanzibar-Prison-island-crystal-water-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zanzibar-Prison-island-crystal-water-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zanzibar-Prison-island-crystal-water-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zanzibar-Prison-island-crystal-water-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zanzibar-Prison-island-crystal-water-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zanzibar-Prison-island-crystal-water-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5518 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Several-boats-docked-on-the-beautiful-beach-of-the-island-of-Prison.-Zanzibar.-Tanzania.-Africa-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Several-boats-docked-on-the-beautiful-beach-of-the-island-of-Prison.-Zanzibar.-Tanzania.-Africa-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Several-boats-docked-on-the-beautiful-beach-of-the-island-of-Prison.-Zanzibar.-Tanzania.-Africa-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Several-boats-docked-on-the-beautiful-beach-of-the-island-of-Prison.-Zanzibar.-Tanzania.-Africa-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Several-boats-docked-on-the-beautiful-beach-of-the-island-of-Prison.-Zanzibar.-Tanzania.-Africa-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Several-boats-docked-on-the-beautiful-beach-of-the-island-of-Prison.-Zanzibar.-Tanzania.-Africa-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Actually just the ruins of the old square where the slaves where counted remains, while this island was literally converted is a conservative kingdom for Aldabra giant tortoise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Woman-holding-Aldabra-giant-tortoise-in-turtle-sanctuary-on-Prison-island-reservation-Zanzibar-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Woman-holding-Aldabra-giant-tortoise-in-turtle-sanctuary-on-Prison-island-reservation-Zanzibar-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Woman-holding-Aldabra-giant-tortoise-in-turtle-sanctuary-on-Prison-island-reservation-Zanzibar-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Woman-holding-Aldabra-giant-tortoise-in-turtle-sanctuary-on-Prison-island-reservation-Zanzibar-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Woman-holding-Aldabra-giant-tortoise-in-turtle-sanctuary-on-Prison-island-reservation-Zanzibar-600x400.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><u>The Aldabra giant tortoise<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<p>In 1919 the British governor of\u00a0Seychelles\u00a0sent a gift of four\u00a0Aldabra giant tortoises\u00a0to <b>Prison Island<\/b> from the island of\u00a0Aldabra.<sup id=\"cite_ref-private_1-8\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>These tortoises bred quickly and they reached the number of 200. Unfortunately local people began to steal the tortoises for sale in the world as pets or for food and their numbers dropped rapidly to just seven in 1996.<sup id=\"cite_ref-travel_2-3\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Other 80 animals were taken to the island in 1996 to increase the numbers but 40 of them vanished. The <b>Zanzibar <\/b>government, with assistance from the World Animal Protection began a project to protect the animals and numbers had finally start to rise up again.<\/p>\n<p>This specie is now considered\u00a0vulnerable\u00a0and has been placed on the\u00a0IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<p>Still today more tortoises, mainly juveniles, continue to be brought to the island from other locations for conservation, ans there is also a dedicated foundation on the island .<\/p>\n<p>Previous<br \/>\nNext<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/affiliates\/scudoguidezanzibar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/LOGO-KHAMIS_300PXL-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We already had the pleasure of Khamis during the excursion of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/?p=5486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mangapwani Caves<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0also for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hoaexp.com\/offers\/prison-island-excursion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this excursion<\/a>\u00a0he confirmed to be a great guide.<\/p>\n<p>FOR THIS AND OTHER EXCURSION ON THE BEAUTIFUL ZANZIBAR ISLAND:<\/p>\n<p>[product_categories number=&#8221;5&#8243; columns=&#8221;5&#8243; hide_empty=&#8221;0&#8243; orderby=&#8221;count&#8221; order=&#8221;asc&#8221; ids=&#8221;159&#8243;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After the big islands of Unguja and Pemba, another most know island of the Zanzibar Archipelago is Prison Island. History Changuu is the name, after the swahili name of the fish which is common in the waters around it, of Prison Island, that it is also shown as Kibandiko Island on some old maps. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,11,14,24,46,117,130,131,142,143,189,190],"class_list":["post-5510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-experiences","tag-africa","tag-african-history","tag-african-slavery","tag-changuu-island","tag-giant-turtle","tag-prison-island","tag-slavery","tag-slaves","tag-swahili-history","tag-tanzania","tag-zanzibar","tag-zanzibar-excursion","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zanzibar: Prison Island - Heart Of Africa Expedition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prison Island was an island of Zanzibar Archipelago where slaves were detained and held until they were transported to Middle East or Europe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/en\/2019\/11\/13\/zanzibar-prison-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"zanzibar prison island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prison Island was an island of Zanzibar Archipelago where slaves were detained and held until they were transported to Middle East or Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/en\/2019\/11\/13\/zanzibar-prison-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heart Of Africa Expedition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hoaexp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-13T21:50:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-02T09:14:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.hoaexp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prison-island-zanzibar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heart of Africa Expedition\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"zanzibar prison island\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Prison Island was an island of Zanzibar Archipelago where slaves were detained and held until they were transported to Middle East or Europe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heart of Africa Expedition\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heart of Africa Expedition\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/739be46001fbb6d9b29a69e6c9575543\"},\"headline\":\"Zanzibar: Prison Island\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-13T21:50:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-02T09:14:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/Prison-island-zanzibar.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa\",\"african history\",\"african slavery\",\"changuu island\",\"giant turtle\",\"prison island\",\"slavery\",\"slaves\",\"swahili history\",\"tanzania\",\"zanzibar\",\"zanzibar excursion\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Travel experiences\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.hoaexp.com\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/13\\\/zanzibar-prison-island\\\/\",\"name\":\"Zanzibar: Prison Island - 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