Caroline Sohie | 1894 - 2024 (2024)

The site where the Wissmann Monument once stood embodies the shifting architectures of imperial power. Erected by the German administration in 1894 to memorialise colonial control, it was later dismantled by the British in the 1940s. One empire erased the symbols of another, revealing Bagamoyo as a recurring stage on which global powers inscribe and overwrite their authority. The image exposes the layered temporality of these interventions and the persistence of external forces that continue to shape Bagamoyo’s trajectory.