Historical Pictures
Ivory Trade |
The Bububu Railway (1905 - 1928) |
Zanzibar Revolution: Political Leaders |
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Picking Cloves |
Chake Chake Court |
Imams and Islamic Scholars (1962) |
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Siti Binti Saad and group |
Zanzibar Soccer Team (1966 Gossage Cup) |
Teachers of Benbella School (1966) |
Zanzibar Municipal Building |
Ministers of the Zanzibar's Internal Self-Rule Government |
Members of the short-lived government of Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1984-1985) |
Nad Ikhwani Safaa (1969) |
Nad Ikhwani Asafa (1922) |
Nad Ikhwani Safaa (1966) |
Zanzibar (1954) |
Mnazimmoja School |
Chief of Zanzibar Police Force, Mir Abdoo Gajian Baluchi (1954) |
Members of the First Zanzibar Government (1963). From left, Sheikhs Ameir Tajo, Ali Muhsin, Miraj Shaalab, Vuai Kiteweo, Mohammed Shamte, and Seyyid Abdulla Bin Khalifa Bin Haroub (Sultan of Zanzibar) |
Malindi Main Mosque (Msikiti wa Ijumaa). This was Zanzibar's main mosque for a long time before recent developments ushered a new era of building spacious mosques out of the stone town. |
Have a glimpse of how taarab has changed in Zanzibar. The dressing style shown here is rather obsolete in today's taarab. |
If you have any historical picture from Zanzibar and would like Zanzibaris to have a glimpse of, please write to us!
You can also visit the Zanzibar's Department of Archives website for more historical pictures.