Mangapwani Lighthouse

{{Infobox lighthouse

|location=Unguja
Zanzibar Archipelago
Tanzania

|coordinates = {{coord|5|57|20.4|S|39|10|55.8|E|display=inline,title}}

|yearbuilt = 1886 (first)

|yearlit = 1926 (current)

|construction = stone tower

|shape = square tower with balcony and lantern{{Cite rowlett|tza|accessdate=2016-04-18}}

|marking = white and black horizontal bands

|height = {{convert|23|m}}

|focalheight = {{convert|35|m}}

|range = {{convert|9|nmi}}{{cite ngall|112|2015|}}

|characteristic = Fl W 15s.

|managingagent = Zanzibar Ports Corporation

}}

The Mangapwani Lighthouse is located in Bumbwini, Zanzibar, Tanzania. The lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouses on the island and is a square stone tower, painted with black and white horizontal bands. The lighthouse is near the Mangapwani slave caves, which were built after the slave trade was abolished in 1873.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DDf1ZMyQCIAC&dq=Mangapwani+Lighthouse&pg=PA254|title=Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar|last=Briggs|first=Philip|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=9781841622927|language=en}} According to a July 2008 article in Lighthouse Digest, the lighthouse is area is abandoned and stripped by vandals.{{Cite rowlett|tza|access-date=December 13, 2016}}