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A cartographic and photographic record of Mogadishu, Somalia, from the late 18th century to 1990. This page has been created and maintained by Rick Davies, a resident of the city in the 1980s. A record that is “in progress…” and updated whenever new material is found.
This website was hosted by the University of Wales - Swansea until 2007, within the Centre for Development Studies website.
What you can find here:
- Photographs organised by time periods:
- Before the 20th century: Visitors from afar
- Before the First World War: The beginnings of Italian colonialisation
- Between the Wars: The Italian impact on the city
- 2nd World War: British control
- In the 1950s and 1960s: Under the Italian UN Mandate, and Independence
- In the 1970s and 1980s: Under Syad Barre’s regime
- Aerial photographs of Mogadishu
- Maps of Mogadishu, from the 1930’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s.
- Political posters from the 1970’s and 1980s (from the E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory, Indiana University, USA)
- Personal photo collections (kindly provided, by those named)
- Mogadishu in 1946/47, by Mike Allcock (March 05)
- Mogadishu in the 1980’s, by Peter Brown, UK.
- Mogadishu (shopfront advertising) in the 1980’s, by Maria-Luisa Minio-Paluello (May 05)
- Other photos by Maria-Luisa Minio-Paluello and Craig Hayslip (May 05)
- Links to the various photos of Fakhr Ad Din mosque, the oldest known building in Mogadishu: 1882A, 1882B, 1910, 1920s?, 1930sA , 1930sB , 1986, and on other websites: ArchNet,
- Somaliland and Aden, including an 1860’s German map, Somali’s in Aden
What you can do:
- Post your comments and questions on the Open Forum
- Contribute photographs. Many of the photos have been contributed by visitors to the site. If you have photographs that could be of interest please contact rick@shimbir.demon.co.uk. You can send scanned copies of photos you have, or your can send the originals which I will scan and then return to you, at no cost.
- Contribute information. If you want to make a comment about any or all of the photos you can do this either by:
- Posting them publicly here in this Open Forum , provided by Bravenet.com ,
- Emailing Rick at rick@shimbir.demon.co.uk
- Find out when this page is updated, courtesy of ChangeDetection.com