Anjouan
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Anjouan is an autonomous volcanic island in the Comoro Islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean, part of the Union of the Comoros. It is known in Shikomori as Ndzuani, Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and, until t
The town of Mutsamudu
French Residency in Anjouan, 1900
Teaching Arabic in a prescolair class. Though students speak Shikomori, they commonly learn Arabic and French in the classroom.
Indian Ocean Sunset on Anjouan Island
Mutsamudu
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Mutsamudu is the second-largest city in the Comoros. It is also the capital and largest city on the island of Anjouan as well the former home of former Comorian president Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.
Anjouan
…still sometimes used by English-speakers in Zanzibar), in English as Johanna. Historically it was also called Hinzuan or Hanzoan. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, as of 2006, its population is around 277,500. The total area of the island is 424 square kilometres (163 square miles). The first inhabitants of…
October 2009 view of Mutsamudu and its port
Citadel of Mutsamudu
Islamic Tomb, next to the Friday Mosque
Stone stairway, Mutsamudu