“Merca – Missionari i poveri”
Dated 1911. Published by Missione Francescana di Mogadiscio
“Mogadiscio – Viale Sorrentino”
This copy provided courtesy of Bruce Eady. Posted in 1923. Location unknown.
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“Somalia – Mogadiscio – Albergo Savoia”
Location found thanks to comment by Ikar below
On the site of the Jirdeh Hussein Building.
Lat and Long: 2°02’09.1″N 45°20’33.9″E
2.035855, 45.342760
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“Mogadiscio – Albergo Croce del Sud”
Hotel Southern Cross, in English. But always the Croce del Sud to me
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Lat and Long: 2°02’06.0″N 45°20’27.7″E
2.035000, 45.341028
This copy courtesy of Bruce Eady, posted in 1936. So is the top photo from the same period?
“Mogadiscio – Panorama del Quartiere di Amarnini”
“Amarnini” being Xamar Weyne
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Street scene in Mogadishu
Location and date unknown. If you have any ideas, please leave a comment below
Hand weavers of Mogadishu cloth
Possibly in Xamar Weyne, where weaving like this continued until the 1980s
Traditionally done by the slave section of the Xamar population, known as (h)abash or adoon
The text below is from “The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture” By Heather Marie Akou, 2011
See also an engraving of a similar scene from the 1880s, here.
Street scene in Xamar Weyne
Untitled but taken in Xamar Weyne, possibly dated 2/3/1914
“Mogadiscio – Il mercato”
Where was this photo taken? I think it is somewhere near the gold market (the arches in the distance?), but I am not sure. Leave a comment if you can help
“La via principale di Mogadiscio”
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“The main street of Mogadishu”, circa 190 (from an Italian magazine). Where is this scene? Leave your comment below
“Mogadiscio – Viale Cerrina”
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Viale Cerrina, later named Via Vittorio Emmanuel, then Via Somalia (I think). Leave your comment below
Fakhr al-Din mosque visible in the centre
From page 15 of “Mogadishu: Pearl of the Indian Ocean” (pdf copy here)
“Mogadishu – Panorama”
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Location unknown, but appears to be looking inland
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“Mogadiscio – Villagio indigeno fuori << Porta Mercato"
Rough translation: “Indigenous village outside Port Market”
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Mogadiscio – Via Piemonte
In Xamar Weyne. Tower in central distance is part of Giama Mosque. It is visible in 19th century maps of Mogadishu.
“Somalia Italiana Mogadiscio”
Undated postcard. Postcard text reads: “Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento Della Somalia Italiana, Commissione di Cultura e Propaganda”
“Somalia Italiana – Mogadiscio – Via C.M. De Vecchi” and “Somalia – Mogadiscio – LArco al Principe di Piemonte e il viale”
Undated, but likely to be mid-1930s
Postcard sent dated 7./11/1936
Somalia – Mogadiscio – Casa Muddafer
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Location: Possibly in Shangani?
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