The first weekend of November I spent visiting Bagamoyo, a small town along the coast of Tanzania. The name Bagamoyo is derived from the word Bwagamoyo which means "Lay Down Your Heart" in Swahili. The picturesque town is full of historical sites and remnants of the slave trade with the Middle East. The pillars of the old slave market are still standing today:
Today, rather than a slave market the beach is a busy fish market:
The fishermen sell their catch to the local women at an auction on the beach. The women bring buckets to the auction to carry the fish back to the market to sell:
You can find all kinds of fish and other sea creatures being fried in the market:
Some young boys decided to bypass the whole system of fishermen -->auction -->market and catch their own fish using their mosquito nets:
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