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Siyu Fort. The Sultan of Zanzibar in the middle of the 19th century built this impressive fort at the end of the mangrove-lined tidal channel leading to Siyu village on Pate Island
A fisherman repairs the sail of his wooden sailing boat, known as mashua, along the waterfront of Kisingitini, a natural harbour on Pate Island
Kenya, Lamu archipelago, Pate Island. A man on Pate Island tends his smallholding planted with tobacco. Bananas grow beyond the fence. Kenya, Lamu archipelago, Pate Island
A Pate farmer tends his tobacco crop among the coral ruins of old Pate town. His Arabian origins are unmistakable. Pate was established by Arabs from Arabia in the 13th century, or possibly earlier
An inhabitant of Pate village rides his donkey through ruins on the outskirts of modern Pate Village. With no roads or motor vehicles on the island
The 17th century tomb of Mwenya Bunu among ruins on the outskirts of modern Pate Village. All the buildings in Pate were constructed of coral rag
A collection of rusted cannons, which once defended the army garrison at Siyu Fort. The Sultan of Zanzibar in the middle of the 19th century built Siyu Fort at the end of the mangrove-lined tidal
Wooden sailing boats anchor at the end of the mangrove-lined tidal channel to Siyu village on Pate Island. Siyu was founded in the 15th century and in its heyday had 30
The exposed barnacle-encrusted roots of mangrove trees, which line the tidal inlet to the historic town of Faza on Pate Island
A woman makes makuti, a thatch from dried fronds of coconut palms, outside her home in Faza village. The chequered history of Faza dates back several hundred years
The waterfront of the old historic town of Faza on Pate Island can only be approached by sailing boats at high tide along a tidal inlet lined with mangrove trees
At sunrise the fishing fleet sets sail from the sheltered, natural harbour of Kisingitini on Pate Island for a days fishing
