Forodhani Park shines again, after $2m facelift

Landmark: His Highness the Aga Khan, Zanzibari President Amani Abeid Karume (centre) and Sam Pickens, deputy director of AKDN (right) officially open the rehabilitated Forodhani Park. Photo/LEONARD MAGOMBA
Landmark: His Highness the Aga Khan, Zanzibari President Amani Abeid Karume (centre) and Sam Pickens, deputy director of AKDN (right) officially open the rehabilitated Forodhani Park. Photo/LEONARD MAGOMBA

By MIKE MANDE and FRED OLUOCH – Monday, August 3 2009 – After 18 months of painstaking work, the Forodhani Park in Zanzibar was finally opened to the public on Thursday.

Rehabilitated by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) at a cost of $2.2 million, the park was officially opened by Zanzibari President Amani Abeid Karume in a function that was also attended by His Highness the Aga Khan.

Read at the source: The East African

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Author: ismailimail

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  1. Thanks to His Highness the Aga Khan. I hope he will also rehabilitate the historical Muslim Academy building which is just besides the Forodhani Park.

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