Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180115:04:05:00
Here? how far back to you guys go? >> i'm half indian, half africaen, my family has been here four generations. >> four generations so that's starting out in -- >> late 1700s. >> wow. who built stonetown? who built this neighborhood? >> construction started in about 1813. the portuguese colony. we had portuguese, right. they stayed from 1846. they left in 1964. but they lost a lot of power in 1896. >> confused? let's take a step back. the persians were the first major power to set up here around 975 a.d., expanding their empire onto the strategically positioned island. then the portuguese used...
Source: news source