ABSTRACT
On 14 July 1945, Eslanda Goode Robeson was mid-way through a tour of East and Southern Africa. She spent the day in Zanzibar, and her diary entry confirms that the Museum’s reputation now extended far beyond the confines of the island:
Hired a car and a guide so that Pauli and I might see as much as possible of the island. We stopped at the famous museum. As we arrived at the entrance we saw a class of Indian and Arab schoolgirls leaving, chattering and giggling as schoolgirls will, and very picturesque in their motley dress – some in shorts, some in saris, and some with veils. 1
