Ecwile emlandweni kanye nephunga lezinongo, Iziqhingi zaseZanzibar - isifunda esizimele ngasogwini lwaseTanzania, I-East Africa - iyindawo eyaziwayo futhi ekhangayo yezivakashi. Okungaziwa kakhulu futhi okwaziswa ifa elicebile laseZanzibar lamasiko endabuko, namuhla imelelwa kakhulu abantu base-Afrika bomdabu waseSwahili. Isici esibalulekile saleli gugu ingcebo yaseZanzibar yezindawo zemvelo ezingcwele, njengezihlahla ezingcwele—iziqephu zamahlathi acebile anezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo endaweni yasehlathini eya ngokuya yonakala. Inakekelwa imindeni eqaphile noma imiphakathi, lezi zindawo zinikeza isixhumanisi esibalulekile emasikweni namasiko aseZanzibar, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kusize ukukhuthaza ukubumbana komphakathi kanye nokuphila kahle.Imvamisa imvelaphi yezindawo zilahleka phakathi nenkungu yesikhathi., futhi abantu abaningi abahlotshaniswa nezindawo basabalale emadolobheni amaningana. Amahlathi amaningi ayeyizindawo lapho kuvela khona izizukulwane ezithile. Ngokwesiko, abaqaphi babeya emagcekeni ukuze benze iminikelo yokudla neziphuzo futhi benze imithandazo nokunxusa kokhokho babo.