CNN Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown September 14, 2015 03:05:00
>> i'm half indian, half african, and my mother's 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 1986. >> 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 zanzibar as a hub for their slave...