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The ngalawa or "ungalawa" is a traditional, double-outrigger canoe of the Swahili people on the Tanzanian coast. It is used for short-distance transport of goods or people, as well as fishing.

The Old Fort in Bagamoyo, Tanzania is one of the historic building built by an Arab trader; Abdallah Sulleiman, during the 1860s. By then, it was a stand-alone two-storey building in Bagamoyo and continue to be used as a residential house until the…

An Old Boma in Bagamoyo, situated along the central coast of Tanzania, was built by the Germans in 1895. The BOMA served as administrative headquarters for German East Africa until 1919. After the Versailles Treaty which marked the end of the German…

3d objects of Rock Art Paintings from Kondoa

Part of Kolo 1 3D model indicating flaking/spalling of the rock surface and loss of the art

Kolo rock art is a cultural heritage site within Kondoa World Heritage Site. The site is located on the slopes of the Maasai escarpment that flanks the western side of the Great Rift Valley in central Tanzania in an area about 2300 km. There are…

Pahi rock art site, Kondoa in central Tanzania. One of the series of ancient paintings on rock shelters and hanging slabs of sedimentary rocks. The exact number of rock art sites in the Kondoa area is unknown but it is estimated that there are…

Isimila is a historical site located almost 21 kilometers (km) southeast of Iringa town. It has a unique artefact in both primary and secondary contexts consisting of thousands of hand axes - including enigmatic giant hand axes; and a brilliant…

Isimila Stone Age Site is located within an erosion gulley on the Iringa plateau in Tanzania. The site has long been recognised as of international importance for understanding the behavioural complexity and plasticity of hominin ancestors following…

Isimila Stone Age Site is located within an erosion gulley on the Iringa plateau in Tanzania. The site has long been recognised as of international importance for understanding the behavioural complexity and plasticity of hominin ancestors following…