The balmy air and the bountiful waters of the Swahili coast have attracted traders and provided for fishermen, for hundreds of years.The communities live off the bounties of the sea - harvests of shark, shrimp and seaweed - but also off a land of sand and petrified coral bearing groves of coconut and coastal forests. These natural resources have provided a self-sustained lifestyle to the communities for centuries. Along the bejewelled coast, scenes of toil and hard work are common. A walk along these shores awakens a nostalgia, dormant in modern human memory. At dawn, throngs of fishmongers wade neck-deep in the ocean flats as the fishermen return from a night at sea, evoking the feeling of being in a fresco. Men, their bodies gleaming in the sun, sort through massive heaps of coconuts, while a young man takes his day’s catch back home.