EU: Zanzibar harbour with dhows and dock workers (1933) through time

Zanzibar City 1901–1961 4 photos of this spot

4 photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar City, spanning 1901–1961 — 4 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The wall of the Old Fort and an adjoining street in Zanzibar City, photographed in 1901. Built by Omani Arabs in the late seventeenth century, the Old Fort is among the oldest surviving structures in Zanzibar's Stone Town.

EU: Quartel em Zanzibar - Old Fort wall and street (1901) 1901 The wall of the Old Fort and an adjoining street in Zanzibar City, photographed in 1901. Built by Omani Arabs in the late seventeenth century, the Old Fort is among the oldest surviving structures in Zanzibar's Stone Town.

EU: Zanzibar building overgrown with ivy, Museum of World Culture (1933) 1933 An ivy-covered building in Zanzibar, part of a collection now held by the Museum of World Culture, appears in this 1933 photograph of Stone Town's older coral-stone architecture.

EU: Zanzibar harbour with dhows and dock workers (1933) 1933 Dhows share Zanzibar's harbour with dock workers in this 1933 photograph, capturing the everyday activity of an island whose economy long depended on maritime trade and the clove industry.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - thatched houses (1961) 1961 Thatched houses in Zanzibar City, photographed in 1961, showing simpler vernacular architecture alongside Stone Town's better-known coral-stone buildings.