Christ Church, Stone Town
In slave holding cells, adjacent to Christ Church in Zanzibar Town (Stone Town), Zanzibar
Christ Church (Former Slave Market), Zanzibar, Tanzania
The Christ Church stands on the grounds of a former slave market - the biggest on Zanzibar. Located in the centre of the old town, this historical Anglican church plays an important part of Zanzibar's slave trade history. Visitors may view the former slave chambers, where slaves were kept in overcrowded conditions, with limited fresh air and food. There is also a famous monument dedicated to the slaves on the church grounds.
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Former Slave Market (Anglican cathedral of Christ Church) Zanzibar Tanzania
Zanzibar was one of the largest slave ports in the vast Indian Ocean. The Cathedral was constructed in the center of Stone Town, that previously hosted the biggest slave market of Zanzibar
Zanzibar Anglican Cathedral's anti-slavery project (crowdfunding video)
Zanzibar's Anglican Cathedral needs to raise money for major repairs, and so the diocese also decided to also embark on a visionary project to teach generations of visitors about the horrors of slavery past and present.
We need your help to help us raise the money that will release a $1m grant allowing us to fix the cathedral and build a Heritage Centre where people can learn about the region's past as a centre of the slave trade, and learn practical ways to prevent modern-day slavery.
BUT there's an October deadline by which we have to raise the money! So, please visit and give whatever you can.
If only a fraction of 85 million Anglicans and Episcopalians around the world give a minimum of $1 we'll easily hit the target before the time runs out.
Thanks!
The Anglican Diocese of Zanzibar
Zanzibar- Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church 17.11.2016
The Anglican Christ Church Cathedral was built in 1873 by Edward Steere, the third Bishop of Zanzibar who was famous as British abolitionist. Bishop Steer died in 1882 and was buried behind the altar. The Church is located on the grounds where the island's largest slave market was once positioned.
The wooden cross was made from the tree beneath which the famed explorer and anti-slavery crusader Dr. David Livingstone’s heart was buried. He died in a village of Zambia in 1873 while searching for the source of the River Nile. His loyal companions, Susi and Chumah, removed his heart and buried it under the tree at the spot where he died. They dried his body in the sun for two weeks before carrying it back to Zanzibar.
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2004 Former Stone town slave market , Anglican Christ church & Hamamni Persian Baths
Former Stone Town Slave Market in Zanzibar. Zanzibar had the last legally operating slave market in the world.
What now stands on the site? The Anglican Cathedral Church of Christ. The former whipping tree is marked at the altar by a white marble circle surrounded by red to symbolise the blood of the slaves.
They built the Anglican Christ Church on top of the old slave market auction area. In the exact location where the whipping post was is now the center of the alter. There is also a cross inside made from the tree where Dr. Livingston is buried in Zambia. He died of malaria, naturally.
When entering the church, look at the marble pillars. They were imported as a gift from Italy and the engineer put the first ones in upside down. As a result they put all of them upside down for uniformity. Also has one of only two special types of organs in Africa, other in Cape Town, South Africa.
All slaves would have to spend 3 days in those cramped and horrible conditions to separate the weak from the strong. Many weak died in those chambers as they gave the slaves barely enough food and water to survive. The channels in the middle were used as bathrooms and the chambers were connected to the ocean by a small tunnel.
The Hamamni Persian Baths are an historical building of Stone Town, Zanzibar. The name Hamamni is also used to refer to the neighbourhood where the building is located.
The Baths were built between 1870 and 1888 for sultan Barghash bin Said for use as public baths, and maintained this function until 1920. They are referred to as Persian because their construction was commissioned to Shirazi architects.The word Hamamni means the place of the baths.
The building had a complex structure with several rooms, including hot and cold baths, toilets, shaving areas, and a restaurant. Hot water was provided by underground aqueducts. Entrance was subject to a fee, so that only wealthy zanzibaris could use them regularly. They were open both to men and women, but with different hours of admittance.
The Baths are not working anymore, but they are open to visitors and are a major tourist attractions of Stone Town. Visits are limited to some areas of the original complex because part of it (e.g., the restaurant) has since been adapted for private residences.
Zanzibar Stone Town Cathedral Singing
Christ Church in Stone Town Zanzibar
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Mass in Zanzibar Cathedral
Mass in the Catholic Cathedral of Zanzibar, presided by the Bishop Augustine Shao CSSp and concelebrated by more than a hundred Spiritan priests who came from Bagamoyo, Tanzania, where they were assembled for the 20th General Chapter of the Holy Spirit Congregation. By Firmino Cachada CSSp, 08 July 2012.
The Anglican cathedral Christ Church
The Anglican cathedral Christ Church (or Church of Christ) is a landmark historical church in Stone Town, Zanzibar
Cathedral Church of Christ, Zanzibar
This is the main Anglican church in Zanzibar and was built of the site of the former slave market. I visited it in December 2007.
Tanzania - Zanzibar - Stone Town - Nungwi
Zanzibar Stonetown
A Brief journey through Zanzibar's Old City; once the centre of the East African Slave Trade. A look at the Slave Exhibition, the fish and vegetable markets and the picturesque streets.
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Cathedral Church Of Christ,Tanzania (former slave market)
Tanzanian church built on former slave marketing site....uploaded by;Historian Dr.Stevie Lundy Jr...tags- Zanzibar
Bigwa Lutheran Church
Bigwa Lutheran Church choir sings as a slide show of pictures is displayed from the Thanksgiving Service on October 7.
Stone Town Impression - by Zanzibar Palace Hotel
Stone Town Zanzibar: the world heritage site
Choir St. Joseph Stonetown
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Oldest church in East Africa renovated
Salma Said, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Zanzibar, Tanzania (29 August 2010) The first Catholic Church which was built in 1867 is now undergoing major renovation including roofing of the two towers or minarets. Although Christian population is small and fluctuates, masses are normally conducted mainly on Sundays. The first Christmas mass was held in the church in 1898.
Mr Evaristus Mushi, Zanzibar Parish Priest said the catholic church, named St Joseph cathedral, was now dilapidated and requires major renovation of mainly the two towers, walls, and paints affected by salty moisture from the nearby ocean.
The renovation work estimated to cost more than Tanzania shillings 42million, has already started by contribution from church parishioners who fundraised about TZS 40million. 'The Catholic Church depends mainly on contribution from its members and visitors who come to see the historical church,' said Mr Mushi.
He said beside the catholic church, the Anglican Church was another big church in islands. It was built on former slave site, and compared to the catholic, the Anglican is more wealthy because it attracts many better because the contribution from tourists who visit the Mkunazini slave site and donate funds. this was the first catholic church in east and central Africa
Zanzibar is an Island off of Tanzania . More than 95 percent of the Islands ' population are Muslim, the remaining are a combination of Hindu and Christians. Although in some areas non Muslim houses of worship are strictly regulated on the Island , the number of churches have been increasing, an indication of religious tolerance in the islands since the 1867 when the first church was opened in the island.
Zanzibar have a long history of religious tolerance, where during the sultanate, the Anglican Church was permitted to build a church. Catholic and Anglican Church are the two main churches in the islands, but there are also small churches practising their religion freely.
The Anglican church is the first church to be build in Zanzibar once after abolitions of slaves trade 1873 and the church was build on the market side is where there was a small hurts for slaves and in the church there is a wooden cross made from the tree under which Dr. DAVID LIVINGSTONE died at Chitambo in Zambia.
Zanzibar has an approximate of 10, 000 Christians, including about 3000 Catholics. Most Christians are at areas or villages of Kitope, Machui, Mbweni, and Mpendae, on Unguja Island, and in Chakechake, and Wete, in Pemba Island. There other emerging small churches with small followers. But Mr Mushi says that most followers are immigrants (employees of union institutions working in Zanzibar , and in tourists sector, 'therefore the number of worshipers is unstable'.
Dilapidated towers are being renovated along line with the repair of walls including painting started July this year by a contractor from Bagamoyo. Salty humidity from the ocean affects the paint inside, and the walls inside the church which 'is able to accommodate about 800 worshipers at a time.'
Most parishioners St Joseph Church in the heart of the Zanzibar stone town were not really aware of the dilapidated state of the building, although they were seeing the effects of the humidity from the sea had taken on many parts of the building.
'Something had to be done,' said a worshiper Ms Jane John, adding repairs are being carried out now by a construction company from Bagamoyo, Coastal town in the Tanzania mainland after a complete survey was undertaken. The church setup a motion for major repairs and refurbishment of the church. Early this year the Catholic Church launched an appeal for funds, and fortunately July this year was target date, this being almost 142nd anniversary of the opening of the church.