Folks, For those interested, here is a link to a YouTube short video of the exhibition. The official title was, "The Portuguese Photographers of Zanzibar" but as the person from the sponsors mentioned, the photographers were Portuguese nationals at the time and the exhibition was sponsored by the Camoes Institute.
The Goan studios in Zanzibar produced some of the best records of life on the islands starting from the 1880s till the 1960s. Those photographs now belong to research universities in the US. Interestingly, Goan descent Robin Batista, currently the most popular photographer in Zanzibar, was a curator. He is pictured in the video. Viewing some of the pictures from a century ago was a strange experience for me as I have always seen the pictures as post cards. Here, you can view the details of the same pictures which are blown up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etwn6F_z8XI Mervyn
