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EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows at harbour (1961)

1961 Zanzibar (Stone Town), Tanzania

This 1961 photograph shows dhows gathered at the harbour in Zanzibar's Stone Town, the old trading centre on the island's coast that had long served as a hub for commerce across the western Indian Ocean.

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