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Lamu: Oldest Swahili Settlement in East Africa
![Lamu’s fishermen fish the traditional way, using small wooden dhows, which they say cannot handle the rough conditions of the open sea, Nov. 25, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ba17dda8-44da-41d4-ad3a-7fadb4768ede_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lamu’s fishermen fish the traditional way, using small wooden dhows, which they say cannot handle the rough conditions of the open sea, Nov. 25, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)
![Vae Buno Vae has been fishing around Lamu for 35 years, but now he’s afraid fishing as a livelihood is about to vanish, Nov. 26, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)](https://gdb.voanews.com/a534994a-ebe8-4a44-b542-b43d6a9fe8fe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vae Buno Vae has been fishing around Lamu for 35 years, but now he’s afraid fishing as a livelihood is about to vanish, Nov. 26, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)
![Lamu’s historic old harbor, where traditional fishing boats have been jostling for space for centuries, Nov. 25, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f3c2bf18-171b-49c2-95a2-e567bca9ac62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lamu’s historic old harbor, where traditional fishing boats have been jostling for space for centuries, Nov. 25, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)
![The first building of the planned container port, the largest on Africa’s eastern seaboard, due to be built just a few miles from Lamu, Nov. 25, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)](https://gdb.voanews.com/f8f03f32-e981-4662-ba71-8f74aec0c45b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The first building of the planned container port, the largest on Africa’s eastern seaboard, due to be built just a few miles from Lamu, Nov. 25, 2014. (VOA / Hilary Heuler)