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Remains of the ramparts of Zinder, Niger
ca. 1954
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Front view of the Foumban Museum
(native museum)
Bamum, Cameroon.
ca. 1937
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entrance to the palace of the Emir
Kano, Nigeria.
ca. 1930-31
-Etnografiska Museet

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mosque at Traghan, Libya
former capital of Kanem's province in the Fezzan

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General view of Khartoum
portrait of a member of the Khartoum elite, named as Kadi of Khartoum
portrait of a seated woman wearing numerous pendant ornaments from her braided hair and around her neck

ca. 1877 - 1879
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Old monument at Malindi on the coast, Kenya
ca. 1953

-Pitt Rivers
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Bridge near Tisisat Falls, Ethiopia
ca. 1960
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this is the Alata Bridge of Susǝnyos built in 1626, extended by Fasilidas and later rulers who added 4 arches. It was still intact in 1936.
it was likely destroyed at the end of Italian rule like the Sebara Dildiy

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DJenne, Mali, ca. 1905.
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Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1874.
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View of Harar, Ethiopia
ca. 1856,
1884,
1937,
ca. 2010.

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River transport in Timbuktu, Mali
ca. 1897
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Royal Palace at Gondar, Ethiopia, ca. 1880

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Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia, ca. 1845-1859
Derr, La Capitale de la Nubie, ca. 1860
(el-Derr is now submerged under Lake Nasser)

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'Une porte de la Ville de Mutsamudu,'
ca. 1901
Anjouan (Nzwani, Comoros).

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Zinder, with the Sahara Desert in the distance
ca. 1930-31
-Etnografiska Museet
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Engraving of boats on river in Monrovia, Liberia, circa 1850.
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Dowla's house, Massowah (Eritrea), ca. 1833
Abyssinian doorway, Ethiopia. ca. 1842
Shoan warrior, Abyssinia, Ethiopia. ca. 1842
Triumphal Entry Into Angollala, Ethiopia. ca. 1845

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"Ancient Ruins discovered at Zinbabye supposed to be the Residence of the Queen of Sheba."

The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, Volume 42. July to December, 1890.
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Architecture of Djenne, Mali, ca. 1897
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Dowla's house, Suakin, Sudan.
ca. 1933
-Royal Geographical Society

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Sketches from Madagascar - Antananarivo

Illustrated London News, ca. 1858
Royal Geographical Society, ca. 1865

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The walls of Katsema (Katsina), Nigeria, 1930.
A compound in Katsena, Nigeria, 1898.
Town wall, Nigeria, circa 1899. (Kano or Katsina)
Town wall, Nigeria, circa 1899. (Kano or Katsina)

-Royal Geographical Society

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(top) Brava and Mogadishu, Somalia
(bottom) Malindi and Mombasa, Kenya
ca. 1875

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Freetown, Sierra Leone
ca, 1803, 1856

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Views of Mombasa, Kenya

ca. 1875, 1897, 1970
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panorama of Mopti, Mali
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-Kassala in Sudan, ca. 1880.
-The Taka Mountains and the town of Kassala, Sudan, ca. 1861.
-Mountainous Landscape near Kassala, Sudan, ca. 1896.
-Typical National Dress & Costume in the 1920's, Eastern Sudan.

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-Costumes of the King of the Kongo, and a nobleman. they wear hats with brims, and carry scimitars. ca. 1843
-Pagazis people of Catumbela, province of Benguela. Angola. ca. 1877
-Loanda. Panorama of the port. ca. 1890
-Caconda in Angola, 1881

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A street in Zanzibar City, Tanzania. ca. 1860
Zanzibar, Tanzania. View of the town, ca. 1911

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The King's Seat at Axum, Abyssinia (Aksum, Ethiopia)
The old church at Axum

ca. 1809
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