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The Caravan Serai, with Swahili-Islamic architecture is one of the place of memory in Bagamoyo historic town linked to the 19th Century ivory and slave trade activities. The two storey building was built in 1860s by Mr. Said Magram Awadh, an Arab…

The Caravan Serai, with Swahili-Islamic architecture is one of the place of memory in Bagamoyo historic town linked to the 19th Century ivory and slave trade activities. The two storey building was built in 1860s by Mr. Said Magram Awadh, an Arab…

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The Caravan Serai, with Swahili-Islamic architecture is one of the place of memory in Bagamoyo historic town linked to the 19th Century ivory and slave trade activities. The two storey building was built in 1860s by Mr. Said Magram Awadh, an Arab…

Mikindani is the most fascinating old town in southern Tanzania with winding streets and interesting blend of thatched mud houses and coral stones influenced by both Swahili and foreign architectures. Mikindani was the home for traders dating back to…

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This is a Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani that was built between the 13th and 14th Century AD.

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Kaole ruins is located about five (5) kilometers South East of Bagamoyo. The ruins, once a prosperous Arab town holds the remains of the first settlement of the Arab foreigners in Bagamoyo. Some of the structures at the site includes house ruins,…

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It is a natural port where you can not structural remains except for mangrove vegetation.

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This was a custom house used by the German colonial administration during 19th century.

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This museum in Bagamoyo Historic Town has a small display documenting the slave trade. The museum is in one of the historic building that was used a guest house for slave trade dealers during the 19th century. The displays in the museum include…

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A historic town with historic architecture which preserves the blending history of eighteenth and nineteenth-century cultures between foreigners and indigenous African people. The town consists of Arabic, Indian and European historic buildings…
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