Portraits of eccentric Bagamoyo

Writer Erick Wamanji sneaks off to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in search of the town of slavery. He finds an emotive outpost and surrenders his soul to the seductive charm of Bagamoyo.

Miles of tall, slender palm trees that waltz into the mid-morning breeze flank the road from Dar-es-Salaam toward Tanga in Tanzania. But curiosity is killing me though Oscar, our driver, has assured that we will be at our destination in an hour’s time.