International School of Zanzibar Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar, in the Mazizini area which is 5 minutes from the airport and 10 minutes from Stone Town. International School of Zanzibar The International School of Zanzibar (founded in 1988) is a private international school located on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. It hosts students from over 20 countries, ages 2–16, from pre-kindergarten, to Year 12. The official language, and language of instruction of this school, is English. The academic program is based on the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education, the IGCSE. Currently, there are about 200 students enrolled in the school, from many different countries.
History of Zanzibar slave trade was officially abolished in 1876, but slavery itself remained legal in Zanzibar until 1897. Zanzibar had the distinction of having the first steam locomotive in the African Great Lakes, when Sultan Bargash bin Said ordered a tiny 0-4-0 tank engine to haul his regal carriage from town to his summer palace at Chukwani. One of the most famous palaces built by the Sultans were the House of Wonders, which is today one of Zanzibar's most popular tourist attractions. The British Empire gradually took over; the relationship was formalized by the 1890 Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty, in which Germany pledged, among