ZANZIBAR
Zanzibar.—A British protectorate comprising the island of the same name (1,658 sq. km.) and the nearby island of Pemba (984 sq. km.) off the coast of Tanganyika.
Both islands consist of low coral formations and are inhabited by Swahili, Arabs, and Indians (in total 270,000 inhabitants, of whom about three-sevenths are on Zanzibar). Pemba and Zanzibar supply 80% of the world's production of cloves and clove oil; notable also is the export of coconuts, copra and coconut oil, oranges, and bananas. Zanzibar (45,000 inhabitants) is an important coaling station.
THE APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF ZANZIBAR
The Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar comprises the British protectorate of Zanzibar and the southeastern part of Kenya.
It is entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit; it has an area of 96,558 sq. km. and a population of over 1,536,000 inhabitants. Catholics number 75,651, of whom 62,419 are indigenous, 13,115 foreign, and 117 of mixed race. There are about 100,000 Protestants, 800 Jews, over 390,000 Muslims, and over 954,000 pagans. There are 34 main missionary stations, 94 secondary ones; 28 churches, 61 chapels, served by 82 foreign priests and 157 nuns, of whom 19 are indigenous; 1 seminary, 5 hospitals, 20 dispensaries; 5 orphanages; 1 leper colony; 1 old people’s home; 188 schools. Catholic Action is flourishing (Legion of Mary, Boy Scouts, Guides, etc.).
Vasco de Gama took possession of the island of Zanzibar in 1499 and established there an Augustinian convent, which, however, seems to have been limited to the care of Europeans, for which purpose a residence was also created at Paté and Mombasa; but they were driven out by the Arabs in 1698.
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(Zvizzera). He was a master of theology, honorary doctor of the Academy of Athens, member of the Royal Society of Sciences of Prague, and corresponding member of the Bohemian Academy.
He gained world renown as a biblical scholar through his works: *Hermeneutica Biblica* (1897); *Der Totemismus und die Religion Israels* (1901); *Grammatica linguae Hebraicae* (1902; 3rd ed. 1921); *Alttestamentliches* (1903); *Das Buch Kohelet* (1905); *De poësi Hebraeorum* (1909); *Der Schöpfungsbericht der Genesis* (1911); *Das Buch der Richter* (1923). He also wrote biblical novels: *Der biblische Samson*; *Jephtha's Tochter*; *David und Saul*. Pietro G. Duncker