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title: "Protection"
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description: ""
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date: 2018-09-14
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updated: 2021-02-20
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draft: false
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weight: 8
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---
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{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="narrow" padding="both" id="ruins") %}
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### Mbweni Ruins
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The Historic Ruins of the Mbweni School for freed slaves founded in 1874, with associations with Sir John Kirk, Zanzibar’s first scientific botanist. Kirk (1832 – 1922) was also instrumental in the ending of the East African Slave Trade. He was resident in Zanzibar for 20 years from 1866-1886.
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Near Mbweni Ruins is St John's Anglican Church, another thought-provoking reminder of the colonial missionary era. The caretaker-guide is a direct descendant of a freed slave who became the UMCA's first African deacon (junior priest).
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Our aim is to restore the ruins to their old glory and revive it as an education center. We will also integrate the old church.
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