The following is a documentation of correspondence between myself and my good friend Iqbal, who is currently out of the country. To begin at the beginning is advisable, but unnecessary, as the nature of our conversation is, by all accounts, deeply universal and fundamentally relatable.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Dearest Iqbal-

I am a bit confused about the nomenclature.  Tanzania and  Zanzibar? Tanzania or Zanzibar?  Tell me if I am correct about the following:

Tanzania, it seems, is a relatively large East African nation.  The name, shockingly, is a combination of the word Tanganyika (which is the mainland part) and Zanzibar (the island).  I don't know.  It seems sloppy.  Can that be right?  Like a child named it.

Please shed some light on this.

-Robert de Saint-Loup


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