Mogadishu: evolution of an African capital – in pictures

Bandair Regional Administration, 1930s
Banadir regional administration, 1930s. One of the aims of the project is also to challenge “familiar mainstream images that depict the city solely as a place of conflict and destruction.”

New exhibition presents contemporary images of the battle-ravaged Somali capital alongside rare archive images that document Mogadishu under Italian colonial rule. Images courtesy of the Mosaic Rooms.

Click here to see more photos of Mogadishu – Lost Moderns, at the Mosaic Rooms, London SW5, from 7 March to 26 April

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