Zanzibar, Tanzania

Faded Glory, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Stone Town, the tumbledown capital of Unguja, Zanzibar’s largest island, is a UNESCO ‘World Heritage Site’. Efforts to preserve the unique architectural heritage of the town continue, although it is a truly formidable task for one of the world’s poorest countries. By the late 1990s, 75% of the 1709 buildings in the town were judged to be in a deteriorating condition.