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.
Wildlife of Zanzibar The 54 terrestrial mammals found in Zanzibar include 23 species of bats ("popo" in Swahili). Other species are: bush tailed mongoose (local name "chongwe"), which is found in the coral rag forests of the south-eastern coast of Unguja and in the deep soil region on the western part of Pemba Island; the small blue duiker; suni (mammalian) or dwarf antelope (just tall); African and small Indian civet; as well as green and hawks-billed turtles. The Zanzibar red colobus has been known to consume charcoal, possibly a learned behaviour, after eating the leaves of the Indian almond tree and "Mangifera indica"