
Mogadishu - late 1960s

Tourist - 1971 Official Guidebook

Camel Market - circa 1970

Tarzan - circa 1974

Orphanage basketball team - Mogadishu 1970

Orphanage team - Mogadishu 1970

Coached by US star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 1972

Shamis (standing, second from right) and friends teaching Somali script - 1974

Shamis - circa 1976

Literacy convoy leaving Mogadishu - circa 1974
courtesy Samiya Lerew

President Siad Barre - circa 1971

Mogadishu gunmen - 2011
courtesy Phil Davies

Mogadishu seafront - 2012
I took this from the ruins of the Al Uruba hotel on a tour of the frontline with Ugandan AMISOM troops in 2012. The Ugandans had set up tables and chairs on the upper floors, and served us spaghetti for lunch.

Wiish stadium Mogadishu - 2015

Tarzan and children, London - 1993

Shamis and children, London - circa 1992

Shamis and Tarzan - London

Tarzan in London - 2015

Shamis in London - 2016

Shamis in London - 2013

Gabyow and author - London 2015

Ayan and Abdullahi - London 2015

Yusuf Nur

Ali Madobe - Mogadishu 2014

Central Bank Mogadishu - 2013

Abukar Dahir - Mogadishu 2013
Abukar standing outside the newly painted Central Bank in Mogadishu

Lido Beach Mogadishu 2015

Lifeguard at Lido Beach, Mogadishu - 2015

Central Hotel, Mogadishu - 2015
Photo taken by Becky Lipscombe

Ahmed Jama in Mogadishu - circa 2013
courtesy Xan Rice

Solar street lights, Mogadishu - circa 2013

Tarzan, Mogadishu - circa 2012

Mogadishu - 2015
courtesy Becky Lipscombe

Adverts in Mogadishu - 2015
courtesy Becky Lipscombe

Bashir "Qaman" in Johannesburg - 2015

Lido Beach Mogadishu - 2015
courtesy Becky Lipscombe



































