Bagamoyo
in
former German East Africa 1887 - 1891
by Dhow from Zanzibar
arriving in Bagamoyo
formerly
the chief port,
the starting point for caravans West to Lake Tanganyika
German Custom's house
gathering fish on the beach
ruins of German store house
government administrative building
Catholic
mission "Freedom Village" 1868
as a shelter for ransomed slaves
German document freeing a slave
old catholic church
They then carried the body, along with Livingstone’s papers and instruments, to Bagamoyo on the Indian Ocean coast and the island of Zanzibar, a trip that lasted nine months.
niche where Livingstone's body lay in state
plaque on the church
a fake
"Through this door Dr. David Livingstone Passed"
Since
Livingstone never visited during his lifetime,
in death he could only "have been passed", not passed.
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