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Cine Atlântico
The Cine Atlântico was the vision of Portuguese architects operating in the late colonial period. Uncertain of Angola's future as a result of independence movements that began to grow in the 1950s, the leadership of Portugal decided to attempt to…
The Agostinho Neto Mausoleum
The Agostinho Neto Mausoleum is an obelisk-like concrete structure towering above the city of Luanda. It occupies the center of the Agostinho Neto Cultural Center, which takes up 4,633 square miles of Luanda, and serves as Neto's final resting…
The Groote Schuur
The regal estate that fronts Devil’s Peak next to Table Mountain was home to British colonialist, politician and imperialist Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), whose belief in Anglo-Saxon supremacy led him to enact voting and property laws that helped…
Al-Qarawiyyin
In the heart of the Fez Medina is one of the largest mosques in Africa, as well what many consider the world’s oldest operating university. Al-Qarawiyyin (also known as Al Quaraouiyine or Al-Karaouine) was established in 859 C.E. by Fatima Al-Fihri,…
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
When the government of Western Nigeria established the University of Ife in 1961, the country was only a year old. When classes commenced the following year, Unife had the opportunity to proclaim the modernity of the young nation through its breadth…
Mena House Hotel
In the 1860s, Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive or viceroy of Egypt, built two hunting lodges for himself and his many guests to use when they went hunting. Both were in the desert, less than half a mile from the pyramids of Giza. These hunting…
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Ring Road, Benin City, Nigeria
Ring Road is one of Benin City's busiest intersections, with major roads such as Akpakpava, Airport, Sapele, Forestry, Old Sakpoba, and other streets running off the roundabout in spoke-like fashion. In the middle stands the National Museum,…
Adum Royal Palace
The Asantehene ruled the Asante Empire from his residence in Kumase, but lack of archaeological work at the capital means our knowledge of palace structure and location are limited before the 19th century. In 1817, when Bowdich became the first…
Manhyia Royal Palace
When the British allowed Asantehene Prempeh I to return from exile in the Seychelles Islands and resume his position as "Kumasihene" (a term that attempted to limit his sovereignty to Kumase), their former actions left him no palace to return to.…
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