From the Vault: Zengjiani, the Zanzibari Traveler in China
History of Africa

From the Vault: Zengjiani, the Zanzibari Traveler in China

B2Upper-intermediateJune 9, 202512 min

As my voice recovers, please enjoy this "from the vault" episode about Zengjiani, a famous East African traveler who reached numerous impressive destinations.

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Hey guys, it's Andy from the History of Africa podcast. I'm sure you can tell my voice is not doing super well. So I decided to take a little bit of a great, come with my voice rest. Very sorry, there's not a main episode this week, and instead I'm going to be publishing this premium episode that I've been working on.

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I was almost ready to publish, and I recorded a few days ago. It focuses on Zeng Jiani, who is this Zanzabari man who travels to East Asia in terms or down over there. So I hope you enjoy this episode and I look forward to speaking with you in the next

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one. Hello everyone and welcome back to the premium episodes of The History of Africa podcast. I've been about you but I've always had a special fascination with the idea of famous historical travelers.

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