Friday night

Emptied liquor bottles. Konyagi is a considered the national drink of Tanzania. A 70 proof liquor, similar to gin, it's cheap cost (a few dollars for a large bottle) makes it a crowd favorite

Purses on nails

Dusk 

Women stands after seeing a client

Entrance to one of the rooms used to entertain men

Women resting before work begins on Saturday, the busiest night at the bar

Women's items 

Workers getting ready in their room

On a slow night, the women have dragged their sleeping mattresses outside, hoping to catch a breeze in Zanzibar's 90+ degree weather.

A woman works on her friend's hair. The braids are partly for comfort and partly as  it helps the evenings wig fit more securely

Image of notebook where the women's names are recorded so the manger can keep track of whose working each night

The women live & work at the bar. During the day they handwash their laundry and hang to dry on a line

Press on toenails

Saturday night

Trash is burned nightly