A visit to Freddie Mercury's House in Zanzibar by Eurovision participant Zlata Ognevich
A visit to Freddie Mercury's House in Zanzibar in Stone Town...
The famous rock star of the legendary band "Queen" is of Oriental origin, was born in Zanzibar in Tanzania and spent his childhood and adolescence on the island of his life... That is why Freddie Mercury is often called the "first Asian rock star"! Now there is a museum hotel in his house
Freddie Mercury was born on September 5, 1946 in Zanzibar in the oldest district of the island's capital - Stone Town. His real name is Farrukh Balsara. He and his family were Parsis (a rare ethnic group in Southeast Asia - India and Pakistan, having Iranian origin). Farukh Balsara lived in Zanzibar until the age of eight, after which his family sent him to study in India near Bombay
