Afro-Omanis are Omani people of African Zanj heritage.
Most live in the coastal cities of Oman, with many speaking Arabic and adhering to Islam.
Their origins date back to the time of the Arab slave trade and era Slavery in Oman, and when Zanzibar was a part of the Omani Empire.
On 23 July 1970, the Sultan of Oman Said bin Taimur was deposed in the 1970 Omani coup d'état and his successor Qaboos bin Said initiated a number of reforms, of which the abolition of slavery in Oman was one.
[3] Some Afro-Omanis are still able to maintain rituals related to healing that are of Zanj origin.