Bagamoyo is located about 75kms north of Dar Es Salaam and was founded around the end of the 18th century by Arab settlers from Oman, although Arab settlement in the region dates back much further as there are Muslim ruins from the 13th century within 5km of the town. Bagamoyo was once the capital and administration centre, for German East Africa.
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- Abandoned building in Bagamoyo.
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- This is the stone stairway that leads up into the old slave market.
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- A view inside the old slave market – many thousands of unfortunate souls lost their freedom within these walls?
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- These elaborate, Arabic styled doors led through to the office where the slave market was administered from.
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- Beachside fish market at Bagamoyo. This is where the local fishermen come to sell their catch. It is also where, in years gone by, many thousands of slaves were loaded for transport to locations such as the Middle East, North Africa and India. This was known as the Oriental or Eastern Slave Trade.
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- Old and abandoned German colonial building, administration centre or Boma.
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- View looking down the road to the fish market.
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- Christian statue dating from 1887.
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- One of the many abandoned old buildings in Bagamayo.
(To be continued as there are more images and further information, about Bagamoyo, to be added, soon).