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Stephen Battle

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Program Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Monuments Fund

Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania — This island’s architecture attests to its long and tumultuous history of wealth, power, exchange, and conquest.

Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania

Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania — This island’s architecture attests to its long and tumultuous history of wealth, power, exchange, and conquest.

Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania

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