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‘The elites can’t touch me’: How Zanzibar became a Covid sceptics’ paradise

By Julia Llewellyn Smith
The Times·
15 mins to read

Richard Ashby was one of hundreds of people who moved to Zanzibar during the Covid pandemic to avoid the lockdowns. So is it a libertarian utopia or just a business opportunity?

It’s Sunday lunchtime in Paje, a small town on the eastern coast of Zanzibar, about an hour’s drive from the capital, Zanzibar City, and at the Ndame Paje Hotel — a collection of bungalows on the beach — the weekly pool party is in progress.

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