Tanzania
Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
Afternoon Sunburst, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
Lying just five hours drive from Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, Mikumi is one of Tanzania’s most accessible and popular national parks. Within the park it is possible to easily see four of the ‘big five’ African mammals; Lion, Leopard, Elephant and Cape Buffalo (wild Rhino are absent from the park).
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
East-African Comedian, Masanja Mkandamizaji meets the irrepressible Millenia Ngereza, a member of staff at the British Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Masanja had come to learn English at the British Council. The council is a world leader in English language teaching, assisting over 600,000 people every year to learn the language.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Candles, Power Cut, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Reliable electricity is still a major problem in many sub-Saharan African cities. In Tanzania, regular lengthy blackouts often mean that businesses and richer homes are forced into purchasing noisy, dirty, expensive and inefficient generators to provide backup electricity. Candles are an alternative low-tech lighting solution.
Saadani, Tanzania
Acacia Tree, Saadani National Park, Tanzania
The Acacia tree is an eternal symbol of the African bush. To see one silhouetted against the setting sun is a magical sight.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Seckou Keita, British Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Senegalese musician, Seckou Keita, playing with his quartet during a music festival hosted by the British Council, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The instrument he is seen playing here is the Kora, a traditional West African harp-lute constructed using a calabash as its soundbox. Keita is one of the greatest living exponents of this difficult and unique instrument.
Tarangire, Tanzania
Sunrise from Boundary Hill, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
There are few more beautiful places on Earth than deep in the African bush. Boundary Hill is a truly remote spot, two hours from the nearest tarmac road, a rocky outcrop perched high above the wide plains of Tarangire – a place where, under the giant Baobab trees, large numbers of elephants and lions roam wild.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
A Dhow in the Harbour, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
The most distinctive and traditional of vessels that sail upon the Indian Ocean, the dhow is an unmistakeable craft, a true symbol of Africa’s ‘Swahili Coast’. The elegance and simplicity of its design means that dhows are still much in evidence today, although they are very rarely used for the long-distance voyages to Persia and Arabia that were common hundreds of years ago, and which brought both wealth and fame to the fabled islands of Zanzibar.
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.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Words and Pictures (WAPi), British Council, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
African cities are notably graffiti free, after all – who can afford to waste expensive paint? However, the British Council Tanzania encourages self-expression through street art by whitewashing its walls each month and inviting local artists to decorate them as parts of its ‘Words and Pictures’ (WAPi) project. The event is one of the most popular events in Dar es Salaam, regularly drawing crowds of thousands of people.
Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Livingstone Tower, Holy Ghost Mission, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Bagamoyo was once the terminus of the entire Central-East African slave trade, here the captured and imprisoned would spend their final night on the African mainland before trans-shipment to Zanzibar and Arabia. Today, most outsiders come to Bagamoyo to see the last resting place of the man instrumental to the ending of this evil trade. Here in this tower, David Livingstone’s body spent its final night in Africa, having been carried a thousand miles through the interior (from Zambia, where he died of malaria) by his loyal attendants Chuma and Susi.
Saadani, Tanzania
Sunset on the Wami River, Saadani National Park, Tanzania
Saadani is an extraordinary and unique national park, but frequently overlooked by tourists dashing north from Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjiro and Serengeti. In Saadani, the bush meets the river where the river meets the sea. In a single day, it is possible to see lions, elephants, crocodiles, hippos, kingfishers and fish eagles. This close to the dusk, you’re heading back to camp, thinking about a candle-lit dinner on the beach.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Palm Trees, Touré Drive, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Palm trees, anywhere where tropical Africa meets the sea.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Memorial to the 1998 US Embassy Bombing, National Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A shattered window, a scarred and dismembered statue. Both items recovered from the devastating bomb attack on the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam that took place in 1998. These two objects were several which were incorporated into a memorial artwork to remember an event in which 11 people were killed and 85 wounded.