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The Caravan Serai
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…
Tags: Museum, slave route, Swahili town
The Caravan Serai
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…
Tags: Museum, slave route, Swahili town
The Caravan Serai
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…
Tags: Museum, slave route, Swahili town
Mikindani Old Town Conservation Area
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…
Kilwa Kisiwani Great Mosque
This is a Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani that was built between the 13th and 14th Century AD.
Kaole ruins Bagamoyo
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,…
Kaole Old Port
It is a natural port where you can not structural remains except for mangrove vegetation.
Tags: Marine heritage, Swahili town
German Custom House
This was a custom house used by the German colonial administration during 19th century.
Caravan Serai Museum
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…
Tags: Swahili town
Bagamoyo Stone Town
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…
