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8/ Next, we head to Zanzibar, islands on the coast of Tanzania 🇹🇿.
The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 was an agreement between the UK and Germany, whereby the UK ceded Heligoland, a small island 45 km off the German North Sea coast (taken by Britain during the Napoleonic War) to Germany.
In return, the UK gained control over Zanzibar and other territories in East Africa.
This exchange was a key moment in late 19th-century colonial reshuffling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland%E2%80%93Zanzibar_Treaty
9/ In the center of the Indian Ocean, The Republic of Seychelles 🇸🇨 is the smallest and least populated (only 100,000 people) African country. The islands were uninhabited until the 18th century.
It is one of the few countries were a creole language - Seychellois Creole, spoken by up to 91% of the population - has official language status (along with French and English)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychellois_Creole
#geoweirdness