Africa Culture and Sights

A once powerful African kingdom that burned itself to the ground rather than be taken by the French in 1900. From 1625 to 1900, 12 kings succeeded one another at the head of the powerful Kingdom of Abo...

A Swahili coastal trading town which brings together elements of African, Arab, Indian, and European cultures. The Stone Town of Zanzibar is a fine example of the Swahili coastal trading towns of East A...

A major center of North African Islamic culture and influence. . Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was f...

A monument to the development of democracy and equality. Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a milit...

Priceless information about humanity's beginnings. A prehistoric site near Lake Turkana, the lower valley of the Omo is renowned the world over. The discovery of many fossils there, especially Homo gra...

At once the cultural, academic, and spiritual heart of Morocco. Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th centuries under the Ma...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the Portugues...

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