Reaching Zanzibar in 1499 thePortuguese soon established a Catholic Mission and trading station in Zanzibar Town. For the next 200 years they dominated the shipping lanes of East Africa and strived to establish a string of coastal settlements.
Mara tu ya kuwasili Zanzibar Wareno katika mwaka 1499 walianzisha Ujumbe wa Kanisa la Kikatoliki na kituo cha biashara ndani ya mji wa Zanzibar. Wareno kwa miaka 200 iliyofuata walihodhi njia za baharini za meli za Afrika Mashariki na walijitahidi kuanzisha msururu wa makaazi katika eneo la mwambao.