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- Anglican
church built over the old slave market in Zanzibar.
- The
old sultan's palace at Zanzibar. Under Arab rule for
several centuries, the commercial city of Zanzibar
is now integrated into the mainland state of Tanzania.
- The
Freedom (Uhuru) Monument at Dar es-Salaam, capital
of Tanzania.
- A
traditional mud-and-thatch African house in Dar es-Salaam,
Tanzania.
- Fishermen
at rest in Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania.
- The
fortress on Gorée Island, used to house slaves, Dakar.
- Modern
Dakar skyline, Senegal.
- Colorful
women salt miners at Pink Lake, Senegal.
- The
salt miners' village by the edge of the lake.
- Busy
street market near Banjul, The Gambia.
- Creative
artist with sand painting, Banjul.
- Colorful
Malay Quarter in Capetown, South Africa.
- Table
Mountain and Capetown skyscrapers at dusk.
- Dutch-style
architecture of the campus at Stellenbach University,
South Africa.
- Township
housing for blacks near Capetown.
- Cape
Point at the Cape of Good Hope.
- The
ramparts at Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya.
- Seventeenth-century
graffiti by Portuguese prisoners at Fort Jesus.
- Model
of Portuguese caravel, Mombasa.
- "The
Problem with African Leadership is Dictators," protest
on wall, Mombasa.
- Typical
wooden balcony in the Arab quarter, Mombasa.
- Dhows
like this one are the traditional means of transporting
goods throughout the Indian Ocean.
- Gravestones
at chapel built by Saint Francis Xavier, Malindi,
Kenya.
- Fourteenth-century
toilet and washbasins at Gedi, an abandoned Muslim
site on the Kenyan coast.
- Shoppers
dressed in jellaba, protective clothing against wind,
sand, and sun, in a village souk, or market, in Morocco.
- Koutubia
Minar, the remaining minaret of a twelfth-century
mosque, a landmark of Marrakech.
- Date
market on the great square of Marrakech.
- The
military harbor of the ancient city of Carthage. Located
near modern-day Tunis, it is today a fashionable suburban
neighborhood.
- The
remains of the ancient city of Carthage. Located on
a hill overlooking the military harbor, it was destroyed
in the second century B.C.E. by the Romans.
- Columns
of the Roman Forum next to the Punic ruins of Carthage
looking out on the bay and the modern city of Tunis.
- Roman
head at the Roman Forum near Carthage.
- Mosaics
at entrance to Roman baths near Tunis, which are made
of brick and are one of the largest bath complexes
of the Roman Empire.
- Tophet
near Tunis, with containers for the remains of children
sacrificed to the gods.
- Colorful
doorways in the Medina, or old quarter, of Tunis.
- Recycled
Roman columns in the medieval entrance to the Tunis
Medina.
- Tunis
mosques and skyline seen from the Medina.
- A
traditional Muslim bed in Tunis. Beds of this size
were designed for use by Muslim husbands who take
up to the permitted four wives.
- A
camel nibbling at a tree in Djibouti, in northeastern
Africa. Camels are still commonly used as beasts of
burden throughout the region.
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