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Tanzania combines a mainland coast and high plains with the islands of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. The 1964 union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar after independence, plus Julius Nyerere's village socialism policy called ujamaa, tied Swahili language and wildlife parks to national identity. Jane follows research in Gombe forest, while African Cats tracks families in the Serengeti plains. Open Tanzania on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Tanzania on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Tanzania
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Browse 19 books and 17 movies set in Tanzania.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Tasked by MI6 to find the mythological Pandora's Box an ancient object supposedly containing one of the deadliest plagues on Earth Lara Croft must beat evil Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist Jonathan…

African Cats
African Cats captures the real-life love humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength spirit and wisdom;…

Jane
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our…

Hatari!
A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways?

The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos.

Binti
Four Tanzanian women are unknowingly connected through their ability to persevere extreme hardships in the city of Dar-es-Salaam.

The Freddie Mercury Story: Who Wants to Live Forever?
The last years of Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) rock legend and frontman of Queen a band that conquered the world of music in the seventies and eighties: what was his lifestyle and the path that led him to a tragic death…

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The Gift
Mashoto’s life in the city is a hustle. It’s a fast life in the fast city of Dar es Salaam. There’s no time to stop and Mashoto likes it this way. There’s no time to think about the people he left behind in the village.…

Shout at the Devil
During World War One an English adventurer an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The…
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