Gregor Röhrig

I took this picture in the meat market in Stone Town – right then an there I wish I had a less intrusive camera – the place felt a little hostile and the smell of the dangling meat did not make me feel any more comfortable. I think that is the reason I like the picture as I find it depicts that tense atmosphere…

The Anglican Cathedral’s altar stands on the location of the whipping post from the island’s largest slave market.

Context: The Anglican Cathedral’s altar stands on the location of the whipping post from the island’s largest slave market. There is a cross made from the tree beneath which Livingstone’s heart was buried, at Chitambo where he died. The Cathedral was built in 1873 by Edward Steere, Third Bishop of Zanzibar, reigned 1874 to 1882.

A group of kids help push a wagon stacked with sugarcane through the narrow alleyways of Stone Town.

The traditional Dhow fishing boats rest on the shore line after been sailed out to sea.