The Zanzibar I knew was that painted to me by my father – of parties and taarab and the singing of Bakari Abeid, of ‘Ikhwan Safaa’ of ‘koga mwaka’ and the like.
Sheikh huyu inafahamika kuwa ndiye aliyejenga msikiti wa Ijumaa wa Forodhani kwa kusaidiwa na mfalme wa wakati huo Seyyid Majid Bin Said bin Sultani.