EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - fort wall and street (1961) through time

Zanzibar 1961 6 photos of this spot

6 photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar, spanning 1961 — 6 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Traditional village houses on Zanzibar photographed in 1961, illustrating rural building styles distinct from the coral-stone architecture of Stone Town.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - traditional village houses (1961) 1961 Traditional village houses on Zanzibar photographed in 1961, illustrating rural building styles distinct from the coral-stone architecture of Stone Town.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - fort wall and street (1961) 1961 A section of fort wall and the adjoining street in Zanzibar, photographed in 1961; the island's Old Fort was built by Omani forces in the late seventeenth century.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow fleet in harbour (1961) 1961 This 1961 view over Zanzibar's harbour shows a fleet of dhows riding at anchor, the traditional lateen-rigged sailing vessels that carried trade along the East African coast for centuries. Stone Town's sheltered anchorage made it a natural stop for such craft.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - moored dhows on the water (1961) 1961 A row of dhows sits moored on the water off Zanzibar in this 1961 photograph, part of the wooden sailing fleet that once dominated trade between Stone Town and the wider Indian Ocean, carrying goods to and from ports in Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow off the Stone Town waterfront (1961) 1961 Taken off the Stone Town waterfront in 1961, this photograph captures a lone dhow near the shore of Zanzibar's old harbour quarter, a stretch of coastline that had served Indian Ocean trade for generations by the time the picture was made.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar Samtidigt förvärv: Böcker och arkivmaterial. 35 bilder i serie. (1961) 1961 Part of a Swedish travel series documenting a journey through Africa, this 1961 photograph was taken on Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast long known for its Stone Town architecture and historic spice trade.