Popa1980, that´s for you, you asked for it! But let´s extend it beyond the colonial period, simply showing older photos from African cities from 1900´s to 1980´s! The thread is not intended to glorify anything but just to show early urban development of African cities and that´s all! So no colonial debates, please!

I will start with the urban development of the Former Belgian Congo (Zaire)[/SIZE]

All these are cities showing the Former Belgian Congo (Zaire)


Almost all cities were built from scratch......


Leopoldville in the mid 50´s and early 60´s

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben6/images/pold002.jpg


http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/Kalina.jpg



http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/Bd_Albert1er.jpg


http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD023.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/leopodville.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/Leo_Forescom.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/Kalina58.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/dites_moi.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/Leo_Hardy.jpg


http://www.msg-history.com/HistoricalItems/HI_Leopoldville_1963_USEmbassyCAMO.jpg

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WQDlAhccmQJtHOf7Oj2OUTc3aUeTdn!FSlZ9mYin6Qu!NH1S8iXvgiJeNpBHwnoUgjVfFOoN3WnxfkcPldJLPsUJrN9d7rjizmU!ZM7Q0sGDupo4MluwcPfvqQNXaXDSbLrTo72C53Y/Immokasa%C3%AF.jpg?dc=4675358803155133062

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/kalina1.jpg


http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/boulevard.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben7/images/LPD006.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD024.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/yves_souvenir/images/place_de_la_poste.jpg

Kinshasa early 70´s (once called "Kinsasha la Belle")

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben3/images/l%E9o076.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben3/images/l%E9o077.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben3/images/l%E9o078.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben3/images/l%E9o079.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben3/images/l%E9o074.jpg




http://www.katembo.be/Sharp_Steven/2/Leo10.jpg

this is a hotel called Stanley

http://www.katembo.be/yves_souvenir/images/hotel_stanley.jpg


http://www.katembo.be/yves_souvenir/images/leo1.jpg


http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD028.jpg


http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben5/images/l%E9opold034.jpg

Mannekin Piss (copy from Brussels)

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben4/images/l%E9opold009.jpg

Elisabethville (Lubumbashi today) of the 50´s and 60´s

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/eville.jpg



Place Royale

http://www.lardc.com/aveboo/Elisabethville/12monument.jpg


photos of 1961

http://www.lardc.com/aveboo/Elisabethville/01couverture.jpg

....To be continued

Wow it was very nice! this cities were much more green

Luloubourg (Kananga)

http://www.katembo.be/cartes/PlanLuluabourg.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Luluabourg1/Carto_Orlando/014.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Luluabourg1/callaerts/09_vue_aerienne.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Luluabourg1/callaerts/16_hopital_europeens.jpg

below you can see a cinema

http://www.katembo.be/Luluabourg1/callaerts/21_hotel_pax%202%20.jpg


http://www.katembo.be/Luluabourg_Dave/1/04.jpg

photo taken in the city centre of Loloubourg (weird name for a city, by the way)

http://www.katembo.be/Luluabourg_Dave/1/05.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Michiels/ville/images/3.jpg

Belgian patisserie shop in Louloubourg

http://www.katembo.be/Michiels/ville/images/Patisserie_Wastiau.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Michiels/ville/2/images/la_gare.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Michiels/1952/images/1952_12.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/CharlesMegank/1/images/Luluabourg-C%E9g%E9ac.jpg

Some more Elisabethville/Lubumbashi photos taken in 50´s till 70´s

http://users.skynet.be/fa331911/photos/palais.jpg

Grand Hotel in Elisabetheville

http://users.skynet.be/fa331911/photos/kemps2.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/fa331911/photos/leo2.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/fa331911/photos/pek2.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/fa331911/photos/cophaco.jpg

http://users.skynet.be/fa331911/photos/elakat2.jpg


http://lubumbashi.free.fr/jour/taxis.jpg

http://lubumbashi.free.fr/jour/justice.jpg

http://lubumbashi.free.fr/jour/theatrelubum1956.JPG

http://lubumbashi.free.fr/jour/lubumbashitowncentre1.JPG

http://lubumbashi.free.fr/nautique/lactshiangaleleharbour5.JPG

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TADlAtsWFGaTNtqvh8k30Sau1cFcItDO4IDleHFFBhauHfQNBp0tV5vKFnKk!NOAbXslmX04ZqSc1g3WYiWLfU8ObNGi02XvC42mKSNaw1ZvFY5YA4Ar9w/Mus%C3%A9e.jpg?dc=4675448780282138555

http://users.skynet.be/aloube/images/place%20tshome.jpg

Jadotville/Likasi photos taken from 1950´s to 1970´s

http://www.likasi.be/Indien/UMHK068_2.jpg

http://www.likasi.be/Hans/Likasi_Market_01.JPG

http://www.likasi.be/Hans/Likasi_Karting_02.JPG

http://www.likasi.be/Mich_Saenen/likasi%20b065%20-%20copie.JPG

http://www.likasi.be/Mich_Saenen/likasi%20b070%20-%20copie.JPG

http://www.likasi.be/Serge_Bigneron/afo005.jpg

http://www.likasi.be/CHL/Thumbnails/upe13A1.jpg


http://www.likasi.be/Serge_Bigneron/afo007gergr.jpg

http://www.likasi.be/Mich_Saenen/likasi%20b056%20-%20copie.JPG

http://www.likasi.be/Mich_Saenen/likasi%20b060%20-%20copie.JPG

Costermansville (Bukavu) from mid 1950´s to early 1960´s

The city is situated on the banks of Lake Kivu. It is said that it was used to be something like "Saint-Tropez of Congo": it attracted numerous people/ tourists from all over Congo, thanks to its temparate climate and its scenic location



the catedral of Costermansville

http://www.stiopka.com/Bukavu/cathedrale1.jpg

street scenes of the city

http://www.stiopka.com/Bukavu/AvRoyale1.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Bukavu/vamaro3.jpg

http://kolwezikat.free.fr/Photos/closset1/ADCollegecoul.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/Bukavu/bukavuvamaro6.jpg

really beautiful

http://www.stiopka.com/Bukavu/bukavuvamaro7.jpg

Hôtel Pointe Clairette

http://www.stiopka.com/Bukavu/pte_claire.jpg

scenic views around the city (Lake Kivu)

http://www.stiopka.com/environs/environs52.jpg

http://www.stiopka.com/environs/environs54.jpg

Stanleyville mid 1950´s-1960´s

http://www.katembo.be/Read_Patrick/1955_58/1955CongoStanSite001.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Read_Patrick/1955_58/1957CongoStansite02.jpg

Coquihatville/Mbandaka from the 1950´s to 1960´s

http://www.congoposte.be/bp278_1.jpg

http://www.congoposte.be/bp278_2.jpg

http://www.aequatoria.be/images/ArchMbandaka/Ancien%20bureau%20de%20poste.jpg

http://www.aequatoria.be/images/ArchMbandaka/Archev%EAch%E9%20.jpg

http://www.aequatoria.be/images/ArchMbandaka/Banque%20nationale.jpg

http://www.aequatoria.be/images/ArchMbandaka/Cercle%20Excelsior%20.jpg

hôtel in that town

http://www.aequatoria.be/images/ArchMbandaka/Hotel%20L%E9pold%20II.jpg

http://www.aequatoria.be/images/ArchMbandaka/Archv%EAch%E9.jpg

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WgAODlgcESQ5KhaRXyqRyf85JMp**G9Uo8UO!RST40H9BnlXtb3CimWnhYR1sUCbFhMYKSgWhKFa8dObtxJ3if41Vmf3p7DRg7vZN44!geWYBToe9Y2TCLre2aMA7pBsSvFJXbSKGtc/immokasa%C3%AF.bmp?dc=4675505317357819539

one hotel

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WQBOD*MbSPoAJMhh9NYhe3oW!X24kfA3zX1Hsfj8lB4P!aOzvRKed*xwX26K93gsGxBiV08GP7N3HakFRA99*aKoyXy!T13VFwYqkaH7QaipoMJJaTcEg1GPQLzldvC!KT6Pleq7b88/Hotel%20Palace.JPG?dc=4675455016336202125

this is one more photos of Costermansville 50´s/60´s (it looks like in the Swiss Alpes of the 50´s somehow to me, the setting is truly stunning)


http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UQAuD3cZtiibMJILTdWuXAuHo*OMGDf2mmVxhCw3PEXMXaK6!VAxpADblXFGJOBegoTian0V*!g79Goh!gppeI5laiRbVuzuypUJXRr1SVhkpI1AzkejR2ng7dPzZWPk/Cnki2.jpg?dc=4675496058959739951

the last photos didn´t appear well here is Costermansville again, so simply click on the link below, the setting is worth having a look at!

http://groups.msn.com/KinshasaKanangaKisangani/costermansville.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1029

Photos of Elisabethville/Lubumbashi

http://www.lardc.com/aveboo/Elisabethville/06carrefour.jpg

http://img.yezzz.com/zm3753423.jpeg

http://users.skynet.be/aloube/images/hotel%20de%20ville.jpg

http://groups.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=MyPhotos_GetPubPhoto&PhotoID=nJgAAAEsL0q7xWvm3EO394OKA82mvv74FVCj6vCqCOwkL2F71Cd*V2YYN0O35y3lqCX2gij8SVkM

http://groups.msn.com/Elisabethville/edificesreligieux.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=36

mores aspects of Elisabethville

a restaurant

http://groups.msn.com/Elisabethville/shoppingamprestauration.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=303

http://groups.msn.com/Elisabethville/shoppingamprestauration.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=205

http://groups.msn.com/Elisabethville/shoppingamprestauration.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=194

http://groups.msn.com/Elisabethville/shoppingamprestauration.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=283

http://groups.msn.com/Elisabethville/frvanbunnen.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=817

Inside a city office in Kinshasa in 1969

http://www.katembo.be/Read_Patrick/1969_74/14_69CongoKinSabena003.jpg

Medicine Laborartories for Tropical Diseases

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben5/images/l%E9opold028.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben7/images/LPD005.jpg

post office in Kinshasa early 60´s

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben7/images/LPD009.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben7/images/LPD013.jpg




Kinshasa in mid 60´s to early 70´s



http://www.katembo.be/Read_Patrick/1969_74/34_70socobanque_devient_Banque_du_Peuple.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Read_Patrick/1977_79/1977ZaireKin%20palais%20nation.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Read_Patrick/1977_79/1977ZaireKin%20SN.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Vancolen/Vancolen1/Kitona01.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Vancolen/Vancolen1/Kitona02.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Vancolen/Vancolen1/Le_Royal01.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben7/images/LPD014.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD023.jpg

Botanical Garden in Kinshasa early 60´s

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD026.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD028.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Kinshasa_Ben8/images/LPD027.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/yves_souvenir/images/leo1.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/yves_souvenir/images/banque.jpg



http://www.katembo.be/Vancolen/Vancolen1/Le_Royal03.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/Vancolen/Vancolen1/Vancolen29.jpg

http://www.katembo.be/matty/images/Untitled-5.jpg



http://www.katembo.be/Vancolen/Vancolen1/Vancolen31.jpg

it's a shame to see what this cities have turn into
I hope to see DRC rising up again

We haven´t had this city yet, so here is Albertville/Katanga (50´s-60´s)


some shopping in that city/town

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Album_Familles/Brouillard_Serie_2/Abville_07_1_03.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Album_Familles/Brouillard_Serie_2/Abville_07_1_12.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Album_Familles/Brouillard_Serie_2/Abville_07_1_25.jpg

train station in Albertville

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_CFL/Serie_1/Albertvilledep015.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Tanganyika_Paysages/Serie_1/047_kivu_avant_depart.jpg

more city street level photos of Albertville

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Reine_Elisabeth/Photos_Reine_Elisabeth_Serie_2/003_abv_19580112_inauguration.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_la_Ville_hier/Serie_4/024_abv_hotel_lac_nouveau.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Album_Familles/Nozeret_Serie_1/Nozeret_0_3_8.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_la_Ville_hier/Serie_4/025_abv_hopital_colline_etat.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_la_Ville_hier/Serie_4/023_abv_gare_bureaux_cie_grands_lacs.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_la_Ville_hier/Serie_1/DeBaets_Ex_CFL.jpg

Hôtel in Albertville

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_la_Ville_hier/Serie_1/Leruth_Nouv_Hotel_du_Lac.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_la_Ville_hier/Serie_2/ALBERTV09BIS.jpg

cycling tours in Albertville

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Independance/Serie_3/aville_independ0004_1.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Independance/Serie_1/017_independance_course_cycliste_av_storms.jpg

electricity generation around Albertville

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Bendera_Barrage/Serie_3/Barrage_Kyimbi_1959.jpg

http://albertville.stools.net/Photos_Autres_Localites/Kabalo/Serie_1/069_kabalo_nouvelle_gare_depuis_1955.jpg

Guys, I never expected to find sooo many photos of Congo, there are toooo many photo albums and views of Congolese cities/life, unbelievable!

Lubumbashi

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_jaba01_pics/jaba002.jpg

laboratories in Lubumbashi

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_jaba01_pics/jaba006.jpg

riding clubs and other sports clubs in Lubumbashi (early 80´s)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_mits01_pics/mits014.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_chdep01_pics/chdep002.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_chdep01_pics/chdep028.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_afcl05_pics/afcl002.jpg

Belgian-Congolese began to "africanize" by wearing Congolese fashion (1971)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_afcl04_pics/afcl006.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_afcl05_pics/afcl001.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo001.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo006.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo010.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo011.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo017.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo018.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo022.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_geo01_pics/geo024.jpg



http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_mits01_pics/mits012.jpg

found many of those school pics in Lubumbashi, here is just one examplary for the rest (taken in 1969)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_luch01_pics/luch003.jpg

Ok, this is not urban view but it shows the magnificient region around Likasi

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lof_mdec02_pics/mdec014.jpg




http://www.inchi-yetu.be/kip_saco13_pics/saco011.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/kip_saco13_pics/saco017.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr11_pics/rafr002.jpg





People are queing up to go to vote in Jadotville ans some car shows (1959)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr10_pics/rafr002.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr09_pics/rafr014.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr05_pics/rafr003.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr05_pics/rafr005.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr05_pics/rafr008.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_rafr05_pics/rafr007.jpg

Lubumbashi rail lines below (1968)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_gutr01_pics/gtm003.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph031_pics/UM07336.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph031_pics/UM07337.jpg

one school in Lubumbashi (in 1966)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph031_pics/UM07340.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph031_pics/UM07315.jpg

a circus in Elisabetheville (1956)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph020_pics/vph007.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph020_pics/vph016.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph020_pics/vph017.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph020_pics/vph019.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph020_pics/vph024.jpg

Some more photos of Jadotville late 1950´s

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_vph02_pics/UM01402.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_vph02_pics/UM01401.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_vph02_pics/UM01400.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lks_vph02_pics/UM01409.jpg


Fashion Show in Lubumbashi (1963)

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub006.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub007.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub008.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub011.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub019.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub021.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub023.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub025.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub026.jpg

http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub039.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub032.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub045.jpg


http://www.inchi-yetu.be/lub_vph019_pics/lub049.jpg

This is Johannesburg International Airport in 1967 (then called Jan Smuts International Airport)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/485040105_b96d27134c.jpg?v=0

Rotunda bus terminus in Johannesburg 1967

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/485040157_137d1b03ec.jpg?v=0

Cape Town's cable car

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/485040173_86ef064888.jpg?v=0

Cape Town

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/485040161_6fb9fa951b.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/485040165_0eb6a722f9.jpg?v=0

When were those Cape Town pics taken?

Kinshasa early 1960´s

http://img.yezzz.com/zm3329052.jpeg

http://img.yezzz.com/zm2714165.jpeg

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/leo_generale.jpg

a school in Kinshasa

http://www.stiopka.com/Leo/sacre_coeur.jpg




Kinshasa early 70´s

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim35.jpg

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim31.jpg


http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim29.jpg

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim26.jpg

Fashion show in Kinshasa

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim25.jpg

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim11

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim14.jpg

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim15.jpg

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim13.jpg

an open air theatre

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim6b.jpg

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim1.jpg

Mangrove Hotel

http://www.congovision.com/images/kin_tim46b.jpg

When were those Cape Town pics taken?

The pictures were taken in 1982 when the last of Cape Town's high-rises were built. Most of Cape Town's high-rises were constructed in the 60's and 70's. Like Johannesburg no significant construction activity occurred in Cape Town until the current construction boom which started in 1999 till today.

Stormshadow and Popa1980, you asked me some time ago about old Maputo photos, so here we go:)

Lourenco Marques/Maputo (all from 1920´s up to mid 70´s)

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Alto_Mahe_anos60.jpg


a tramway in Lourenco Marques, what happened to it? Can it be revived, tourist will like it!

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/AvAguiar_anos_20.jpg

Maputo in the 1920´s

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Casa_Fabiao_e_John_Orr_antes_2.jpg

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Catedral_1970.jpg

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Consiglieri_Pedroso_anos60.jpg

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Continental_anos_60.jpg

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Baia.jpg

entrance to the Public Garden Vaco da Gamas

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Vasco_da_Gama_anos_60.jpg

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0ZQDmD*kdyeDxV0LEARua0R!OIe20KRMNHMQs2O4p9Fa41UipvqPyE1J!P6aFWSggcwxzW7Dx4mpQIbNipflwyPezGxjo*4F3bh8m7uqG4guffvgTeJsNQB1x5eiMHBQcz6oznTFe98tOdpxyyTvhoQ/foto%20(1)%20c%C3%B3pia.jpg?dc=4675406107315071302

http://i.pbase.com/o4/64/573864/1/60116651.VisteLM06psr.jpg

http://www.lmradio.org/Images/Radio_Clube_de_Mocambique_1967.jpg


a good view

http://static.flickr.com/42/109193531_c3d3c55095_o.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/14maputo.JPG

very beautiful view

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/11maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/13maputo.jpg

if you strain your eyes you can see the nice greenery and flowers planted

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/20maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/42maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/46maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/45maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/52maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/57maputo.jpg

Hotel Carlton

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/62maputo.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm6/lm6_03.jpg

a mosque

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm6/lm6_22.jpg

More Lourenco Marques photos all 60´s to mid 70´s

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm4/lm4_00.jpg

restaurant and hotel

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm4/lm4_27.jpg

Along the Marginal in Maputo

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm5/lm5_00.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm5/lm5_01.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm8/lm8_20.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm5/lm5_09.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm5/lm5_15.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm5/lm5_31.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm5/lm5_34.jpg

Avenida da Luis

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_12.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_05.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_27.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_29.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_30.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_31.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm1/lm1_32.jpg

it is said that Maputo had several grand-style cinemas, here is one of them

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm8/lm8_19.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lmc/lmc_14.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lmc/lmc_60.jpg

Hotel Cardoso

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm9/lm9_05.jpg

Hotel Girassol

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm9/lm9_09.jpg

the "Grand Old Lady" of Maputo Hotel Polana

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm9/lm9_18.jpg

Hotel Tivoli

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm9/lm9_28.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm7/lm7_08.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm7/lm7_11.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm7/lm7_14.jpg

another beautiful avenue

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm7/lm7_15.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm7/lm7_18.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm2/lm2_03.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lm2/lm2_13.jpg

http://www.xirico.com/a_img/lmd/lmd_07.jpg

Thanks for the photos Matt. Old Maputo looked good, then again I could say the same thing about the current Maputo. ;)

Thanks for the photos Matt. Old Maputo looked good, then again I could say the same thing about the current Maputo.

Yes, you are right! Maputo is still in pretty good shape although the city looked much cleaner and more efficient somehow in the past! I know now why Bob Dylan once sang a song about Maputo. But I am optimistic about Mozambique as a whole.
The opposite is Congo. Most cities I have seen (and I skimmed through so many albums, I didn´t know that so many people keep them) once looked really nice even Kinshasa was appealing and modern if you consider the time (50´s till early 70´s), however, most of the cities have almost all been reduced to shambles or are entirely neglected! I don´t know how to restore a sense of "normality" to them, I ´ve been scratching my head for a while....time will hopefully lead to adequate solutions.

Beira in the 50´s, 60´s and 70´s (Mocambique´s second largest city)

http://www.ultramar.terraweb.biz/AViagem/CidadedaBeira/beira02.jpg

http://www.ultramar.terraweb.biz/AViagem/CidadedaBeira/beira03.jpg

http://www.ultramar.terraweb.biz/AViagem/CidadedaBeira/beira04.jpg

http://www.ultramar.terraweb.biz/AViagem/CidadedaBeira/beira05.jpg

http://www.ultramar.terraweb.biz/AViagem/CidadedaBeira/beira06.jpg

http://macua.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/beiramunicipio.jpg

Beira (1950)

http://www.casa-de-mocambique.pt/BEIRA%20antiga.jpg

http://cidadedabeira.tripod.com/Fotos/Baixa/197420beira203.jpg

http://cidadedabeira.tripod.com/Fotos/Baixa/BEIRA1.jpg

http://cidadedabeira.tripod.com/Fotos/Baixa/BEIRA12.jpg

http://cidadedabeira2.tripod.com/Fotos/fm2/b7.JPG

http://cidadedabeira2.tripod.com/Fotos/fm2/b11.JPG

http://cidadedabeira2.tripod.com/Fotos/fm2/b1.JPG

http://cidadedabeira2.tripod.com/Fotos/fm2/b3.JPG

http://cidadedabeira.tripod.com/Fotos/gerais/embaixador1969.jpeg

http://cidadedabeira.tripod.com/Fotos/gerais/mozambique5.jpg



http://cidadedabeira2.tripod.com/Fotos/fm2/b12.JPG

http://cidadedabeira2.tripod.com/Fotos/fm2/b6.JPG

the famous Grande Hotel of Beira

http://cidadedabeira.tripod.com/Fotos/GrandeHotel/gr10.jpg

I agree, Maputo did look cleaner and orderly, it look smaller and less populated also. I'm sure the populated must of increased to a higher percent from the time those photos were taken.

I agree with what you said about the cities of the Congo too, and even other cities in SSA. It looked very modern for it's time. I would even dare say it had most cities from around the world beat with it's modernities during it's time. I had some old family encyclopedias that I acquired and most African cities, the major one's looked quite impressive for it's time, in color photos, maybe I'll scan them one day. That really got my attention. Mind you these books were produced around the 1960's. Keeping out northern Africa and South Africa, Luanda, Maputo, Kinshasa, Brazzaville, Harare from the encyclopedia collection really got my attention for those times.

Abidjan ("La Perle de la Lagune"): the achievements of the 60´s, 70´s and 80´s

Photos of this city should also find their way here...a symbol of a once well-planned African city

http://www.tiemoko2005.com/sitebuilder/images/Abidjan_at_night-703x217.jpg

http://www.tiemoko2005.com/sitebuilder/images/Abidj3-691x496.jpg

http://www.tiemoko2005.com/sitebuilder/images/Abidj4-692x407.jpg

This tower was build in 1982, btw

http://www.tiemoko2005.com/sitebuilder/images/abj1-391x456.jpg

http://www.tiemoko2005.com/sitebuilder/images/CI_plateau-330x655.jpg

http://www.un.org/french/Depts/dpi/Abidjan99/edu_cotedivoire/autoroute.gif


http://www.fragmentsdumonde.org/2001/groupes2001/Coted016/images/plateau2.jpg

http://lbpabidjan.skyblog.com/pics/247339589.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/u10/photos/cote_ivoire/abidjan/Plateau_cathedral.jpg

http://www.abidjan.net/cotedivoire/diapositives/plateau/theme2/grand_plateau.JPG

http://www.agencetaillibert.com/photos/zoom_IMG_200401200647262.jpeg

http://www.agencetaillibert.com/photos/zoom_IMG_200401200647250.jpeg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4228/00000010ao.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/561/000111dk.jpg

the famous Hôtel Ivoire

http://bakwaba.club.fr/Images/abidjrci15.gif

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8620/368952hotelsandaccommodationsabidjanze8.jpg

http://www.sbisr.co.il/images/sodeci.jpg

http://www.sbisr.co.il/images/pont1.jpg

http://www.sbisr.co.il/images/pont.jpg

early 1970´s

http://bakwaba.club.fr/Images/cinema_rex_Abidjan.jpg

http://bakwaba.club.fr/Images/Poste_Abidjan_1970.jpg

http://bakwaba.club.fr/Images/palmbeach.gif

1960´s

http://bakwaba.club.fr/Images/plateaucentre.gif

http://bakwaba.club.fr/Images/laposte.gif

http://static.flickr.com/28/47733160_eb314db104.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/28/59811887_c721a9ee90.jpg?v=0

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7080/15048travelpictureabidjanhr0.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7024/15051travelpictureabidjanlc6.jpg

http://news.abidjan.net/photos/photos/Eco_abj%20(3).JPG

http://abidjan-blues.skyblog.com/pics/554289463.jpg

http://abidjan-blues.skyblog.com/pics/566163193.jpg

Club Med

http://abidjan-blues.skyblog.com/pics/591607463.jpg

http://i.travelocity.com.edgesuite.net/tvly/photos/hotel/025407A.jpg

http://catalogue.horse21.net/images/resizer/0/0/1/images__XN__0481__0481_b1.jpg

Mogadishu, Somalia

Postcard photos, 1950s-1970s:

Cathedral
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6804/n221898158635960rc5.jpg

Panorama:
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6554/n221898158635960bu2.jpg

Municipality of Mogadishu
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2811/n221898158635960wt6.jpg

This one is from 1984, showing the old harbour
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/702/n221898158635960hd6.jpg

Dakar, Senegal

Dakar Scrapers back in the day
Hôtel Indépendance (Dakar)
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/hotel-independance-dakar-1.jpg

http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/hotel-independance-dakar-2.jpg

http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/immeuble-faycal-dakar-3.jpg

Hôtel Teranga
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/hotel-teranga-dakar-1.jpg

Hôtel Novotel
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/novotel-dakar-1.jpg

Groupement Mobile d'Intervention
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/groupement-mobile-intervention-dakar-1.jpg

Immeuble Fayçal
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/immeuble-faycal-dakar-1.jpg

http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/immeuble-faycal-dakar-4.jpg

Immeuble Pompidou (Dakar)
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/immeuble-pompidou-dakar-1.jpg

Immeuble Excellence
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/immeuble-excellence-dakar-1.jpg

Immeuble Dial Diop
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/immeuble-dial-diop-dakar-1.jpg

B.C.E.A.O
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/bceao-dakar-1.jpg

http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/bceao-dakar-3.jpg

http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/bceao-dakar-4.jpg

The House of President Léopold Sédar Senghor
http://www.senegal-online.com/francais/galeries/architecture-contemporaine/images/villa-senghor-dakar-2.jpg

Rotten777, was that Mogadishu???:eek: It was incredibly beautiful, I never expected that...been always keen on seeing how it looked like! Thanks for uploading those pics!:) Do you think you can get more pics?

I think this thread is sad and an insult. We are dwelling in the past by looking at these pictures. All they put is a tear to ones eyes as their govts have f**ked up all of these cities and countries and turned it into a laughing stock!!

Rotten777, was that Mogadishu???:eek: It was incredibly beautiful, I never expected that...been always keen on seeing how it looked like! Thanks for uploading those pics!:) Do you think you can get more pics?

Yes, that's Mogadishu back in the day.

The Italian colonial influence on the design of the city's architecture was strong. It truly was a gem before we destroyed it by ourselves. The vast majority of the buildings in the pictures have been destroyed, including the cathedral and the arch :(

Here are some more pics I found on Google...

Aerial from the 1960s, which was a time of hope for the new Somali democracy
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/443/inglewoodem0.jpg

Black/White aerial of Central Mogadishu in the 1960s
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5743/scan15se3.jpg

Former Parliament
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4351/inglewoodnr5.jpg

A picture of the Old City in 1981.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3314/mog1om7.jpg

Rotten77, very nice indeed! Sorry, but it is a shame what happened to Mogadishu...I never knew that it was so nice! A city with a good foundation to build upon...

As far as I know (as an non-native to the area), there is a giant movement to renovate and rehabiliate hundreds of the buildings after the instability ends.

Mogadishu has been relatively quiet for the last few days, after MAJOR fighting (1,600 dead) and an exodus of 350,000 people, who have mostly came back. With all the potential exploding through the roof for the city (and the country), it is a guaranteed boom when we can consider this BS over.

Nice... The Mogadishu pix have surprised me.

Introducing some old Nairobi Pix!!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/20886728.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/20886735.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/20886739.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/20886742.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/0001-2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/0002-2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/0003-2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/Nairobicourthouse.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/0110-65.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/0165-50.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/0166-50.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/Crown01.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/crown02.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/jamhuri.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/nbi-hall.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/n-stanley2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/safar190.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/safar192.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/safar201.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/safar205.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/safar208.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/20Century_small.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/Ambassadeur_small.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/GovtRdNBI.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/GovtRdNBI2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/GovtRoad.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/GovtRoard2.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/HardingeSTbuses.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/HardingeStGvtRoadsmall.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/DelavRon1.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/NBI_Nairobi.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/NairobiNewStanley.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/NRB_RlyHQ.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/Uhuru_small.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/NrbTownHallsmall.jpg

old Parliament bldng
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/Parliament.jpg

With Extension - almost double the size
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/Parliament2.jpg

Mwafrika, fatastic Nairobi pics! It looks like a quaint and relaxing resort town/city, those two pictures are my favourite (even though all are nice)


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/GovtRoard2.jpg


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/GovtRoad.jpg


Btw, Nairobi is one of the few African city that has nicely grown over the years. if you compare those pics to today´s pictures, you will see the difference. Nairobi seems to have build well on the foundations it has inherited!:) In general, reasonable town planning is not a foreign word in today´s Nairobi!

Thanks Matthias, those two are my favourite pix as well. Nairobi has done well over the years, only problem is when you move away from the CBD and into Greater Nairobi... infrastructure has been left to decay although from a recent visit to Nairobi, this has improved quite a lot and the future looks bright:cheers: .

More old pics!!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small001.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small002.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small003.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small004.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small005.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small006.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small007.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small008.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small009.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small0010.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small0011.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small0012.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/small0013.jpg

Good stuff. I am in Brazil for the next month so you wont be hearing a lot from me till my return.

Good stuff. I am in Brazil for the next month so you wont be hearing a lot from me till my return.

Nice, I will be going on holiday too, next week! I ´ll take a week off from university:)

Have a nice trip to Brazil !:)

This thread has been idle for more than 6 months....


Yamoussoukro the capital built from scratch


hotel with a revolving restaurant on top in Yamoussoukro

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6011/yamousskro19803wi8.jpg

the amazing wide open boulevards of the capital with their mega-pavements

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6539/yamousskro198066ne7.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5952/yamousskro1980666pr5.jpg

the Golf Club completed in 1979

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8598/yamousskrogoldclub6nk4.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8066/yamousskrogoldclub9ob9.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5929/yamoussokrouni96db8.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5888/yamousskrogolfclub6699mh8.jpg



One Public University of Yamoussoukro in Ivory Coast

Name: L´Institut National Supérieur de l'Enseignement Technique de de Yamoussoukro (INSET)



L'Institut national supérieur de l'enseignement technique de Yamoussoukro (INSET), vaste ensemble de 150 000 m² a été réalisé par Bouygues en 1982. Véritable école polytechnique, il assure la formation des ingénieurs et techniciens supérieurs en technologies industrielles. Initialement installé à Abidjan dès 1975, à proximité du campus universitaire, l'INSET a ensuite été transféré à Yamoussoukro à partir de la rentrée d'octobre 1983.

This magnificient university complex alone - which was part of the "Grandes Ecoles" Project - comprises a surface of 150 000 square metres (!!!). It was completed in 1982

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/425/yamousskrouni2ts7.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1998/yamousskrouni7qo2.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/73/yamousskrouni18ow0.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3539/yamousskrouni66lh9.jpg


http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4098/yamousskrouni3dd9.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8488/yamousskrouni14lb7.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7798/yamousskrouni67kv1.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3066/yamousskrouni633ui7.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3682/yamouuskrouni1bk9.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1204/yamoussokro101rl6.jpg

here is a view of the complex

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3379/yamousskro100xw0.jpg


The Foundation of Félix Houphoet-Boigny

http://www.fakhreddine.org/najib.s/images/IMG_1196.jpg

Abidjan 1966 (still view skyscrapers and highways)

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/az2008doualaabidjan2.jpg?t=1202557216

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/az2008doualaabidjan.jpg?t=1202557257

More Abidjan pics taken from 1973-1985

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3488/abidjan441970fy7.jpg

tower construction :cheers:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1373/miami11fw8.jpg

this is not downtown Abidjan, but it looks maginificient

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7615/miami13cx4.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9565/abidjan96abidjanmg5.jpg


the beautiful Pyramide building

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9102/miami12nb5.jpg

street scence

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2679/abidjan41980pr4.jpg

of miserable quality but it shows some middle-class areas

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1/abidjan11980qs7.jpg

La Tour Postel completed in 1984

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7080/15048travelpictureabidjanhr0.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7024/15051travelpictureabidjanlc6.jpg

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4429/am72fp0.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2968/abidjan21981es9.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6873/abidjan101981wx0.jpg

1980

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5089/abidjan51981aw4.jpg

motorcar racing, (btw, there also existed a Nice-Abidjan Rally)

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3962/abidjan151981wa6.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4800/abidjan991981oi6.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8702/abidjan9651981aq0.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1718/abidjan8891981je3.jpg


1985: La perle de la lagune...:cheers:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/566/abidjan71981gj2.jpg

wow nice thread. Its always nice to see pieces of African history.

I think that Abidjan is still the best well constructed African city!!
No one can compare with the lagune skyline!! I hope projects will resatart to design the Abidjan of 21 st century!! :cheers:

The Time Magazine featured in an article called "The Sages of Abidjan" the following interesting piece of news

(...)The project is a $2 billion "African Riviera" development intended to make Abidjan the tourist capital of the continent. By 1980, the development is scheduled to have 15 hotels, four shopping centers, a 27-hole golf course, housing for 60,000 people of all income levels, and a zoo that will no doubt feature flotillas of crocodiles.


...during the heady 1970´s , the sky was just the limit for Côte d´ivoire...

The Mega-project of building an African Riviera:cheers:

bad quality pic but maybe you get a vague idea of the project´s heroic dimension

http://www.abjmail.com/phpwebgallery/galleries/SOIREES_ABIDJANAISE/HOTEL/HOTEL_IVOIRE/PHOTO_BATIMENT/00031.jpg





PS: Imagine investing $2 billion into a real estate project in the 1970´s (!!), not even Dubai made this in the 70´s or any Asian country duriing that time!!!!

If you strain your eyes and read what it written on the board, it says that the lagoon project was destined for 120 000 (!!) people and not just 60 000 what the TIME magazine said....., just imagine it, Abidjan in the early/mid 70´s when the project was first annouced had just something around 600 000 inhabitants.

Abidjan, la perle de la lagune!:cheers:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1016/3166226089_3c9c7331cc_b.jpg

KICC (then brand new).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3200378287_1a3d54ebc7_o.jpg

Around the Hilton.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/3201224974_475646e6d3_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3201224712_42be0f4e48_o.jpg

Kenyatta avenue.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3200379909_2fd139c2c1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3201225906_342f78359f_o.jpg

Moi avenue.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3201224860_1da16e6eb7_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3201225694_4c580e6a3a_o.jpg
by Mwanasimba.

Abidjan looks so beautiful ! Should be better than many European capitals during those time.

Nairobi as well , I thought it was in 1990 or something, then turned to be 1973 .

Excellent pics of old Nairobi, I have overlooked it

Old pics of Luanda early 1970´s

partial view of downtown

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old1.jpg?t=1223146364

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old2.jpg?t=1223146416

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old3.jpg?t=1223146431

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old4.jpg?t=1223146486

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old6.jpg?t=1223146532

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old9.jpg?t=1223146579

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old10.jpg?t=1223146604

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old11.jpg?t=1223146630

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old12.jpg?t=1223146650

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old14.jpg?t=1223146673

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old17.jpg?t=1223146797

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old15.jpg?t=1223146719

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old16.jpg?t=1223146768

one of the numerosu city parks

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/old18.jpg?t=1223146818

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/Luanda15.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/Luanda18.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/Luanda21.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/Luanda25.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/Luanda26.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand734.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand747.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand757.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand776.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand779a.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/avcultur/postais/LuandaPostais/016_Luanda.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0779c.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0779e.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0790.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0795.jpg

outskirts

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0833.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0854.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0910.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0907.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda02/Luanda03.jpg

Lusaka (late 1950´s)

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/28.jpg

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/27.jpg

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/39.jpg

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/70.jpg

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/95.jpg







Salisbury 1960´s and 1970´s/ Harare 1980´s

http://rhodesian.server101.com/enteringsalisbury.jpg

http://rhodesian.server101.com/salisbury.jpg

http://rhodesian.server101.com/HREKINGSWAYc.jpg


http://rhodesian.server101.com/Copy_of_century_1.jpg

http://rhodesian.server101.com/cecilsquare1.jpg

http://rhodesian.server101.com/salisburyrhodesia.jpg

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/88.jpg

http://underanafricansun.com/Africa/36.jpg

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/secjeste/Arkidigi/Angola/Luanda/luand0907.jpg

That pic looks so much like Cuba

Looking at the photos, you can see why the whites were so bitter in leaving Rhodesia/Angola/Mozambique.

PS: Imagine investing $2 billion into a real estate project in the 1970´s (!!), not even Dubai made this in the 70´s or any Asian country duriing that time!!!![/QUOTE]

Thats when things started unravelling for IC. It got a bit ahead of itself and rather than showing some financial prudence it continued to borrow loans for such prestige projects. Because it was pro-Western it always got the funding. When commodities started to plummet in the mid 70s it wasnt prepared and they hadnt saved money during the boom era. Disaster.

Looking at the photos, you can see why the whites were so bitter in leaving Rhodesia/Angola/Mozambique.

Exactly.

The photos are great and the cities were much more tidy than nowadays. African countries have so much potential.

The photos are great and the cities were much more tidy than nowadays. African countries have so much potential.

True, so so true....but most of the cities were sparsely populated in former times, you have to bear this in mind.:)

Ex Lourenco Marques (today´s Maputo)..For me one if not the most beautiful African cities for its time...bear in mind during those times there were no Dubais and Dohas

party courtesy of Angamonoc


http://arquivo.forum.autohoje.com/uploaded/blitz/2005121222262_wLM-1.jpg

http://arquivo.forum.autohoje.com/uploaded/blitz/2005121922529_wwSAnPolana-1.jpg

http://arquivo.forum.autohoje.com/uploaded/blitz/20051219223142_wCamaraPMouzAlbu-1.jpg

was constructed by Gustave Eiffel the builder of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

http://arquivo.forum.autohoje.com/uploaded/blitz/2005121923918_wLMarquesEstCamFerro-1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2318910988_21c92870e2.jpg?v=0


1920´s /1930´s Maputo

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/AvAguiar_anos_20.jpg

back to the 60´s and 70´s

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Alto_Mahe_anos60.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/45maputo.jpg

http://www.lmradio.org/Images/Radio_Clube_de_Mocambique_1967.jpg

http://br.geocities.com/maputo100anos/Antigas_e_Novas/Catedral_1970.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/11maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/62maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/52maputo.jpg

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/14maputo.JPG

http://www.malhanga.com/maputo/13maputo.jpg

the desnity of the skyline is amazing considering the period

http://www.xiconhoca.net/XicoUp09SET2007/FotosDiversasLM/Foto-003.jpg

http://www.xiconhoca.net/XicoUp09SET2007/FotosDiversasLM/Foto-005.jpg

http://arquivo.forum.autohoje.com/uploaded/Blitz/2006523231212_wLMHotelPolana-1.jpg

http://arquivo.forum.autohoje.com/uploaded/blitz/2005122021840_wEduardoMondlane-1.jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_-DNMN5K-aGY/SD5_pwJsLPI/AAAAAAAABMk/KFgEIM0VfBQ/s320/noites+em+louren%C3%A7o+marques.jpg

Abdijan really looks very advanced in the pictures, nice clean and modern

The African cities looked better then a lot of European cities in the fifities, sixties and seventies..

Mozambique looked better in the fifties, sixties and seventies then their colonizer Portugal

its heating up in here... back to some pix

Old Nairobi

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/oldNai01.jpg

Delamere Street (Kenyatta Avenue - Today)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/oldNai02.jpg

Kenwyn House (Gill House - today)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/oldNai03.jpg

RAF Eastleigh Nairobi (1945-1963)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3371443423_8bbdb5ac9e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3371443345_16426c1b3d_o.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/oldNai01.jpg

^^
Ambassador hotel is the only 'skyscraper' in the pic if you can call it that. The park at the bottom of the pic has largely disappeared under tower blocks that make up loita street today eg. barclays plaza.

Delamere Street (Kenyatta Avenue - Today)
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g186/mwafrika/oldNai02.jpg
^^
Looks completely different today (apart from westminster/standard charter building to the left, I cant recognise most buildings. Even the street design looks different). I think I also see lord Delamere's statue in the middle of the street.

Thanx Mwafrika.

Other (smaller) cities in Angola of the early 1960/ 1970´s:cheers:

Benguela

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo37/Cedida_por_Caluanda.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo37/Jardim_em_frente_Associa_ao_Comercial.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo37/Cine_Kalunga_cedida_por_Victor_Carrilho.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo37/Jardim_em_Benguela.jpg

City of Lobito

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Rua_15_de_Agost_3_mangais_anos_60.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Portas_do_Mar_anos_60.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/CamaraMunicipal02_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Colina%20da%20Saudade%202_jpg.jpg

lovely wide open boulevards:cheers:

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Correios%202_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Mix05_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Praca%20Camoes1a_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/PracadoInfante04_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Portas%20do%20Mar_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Rua%2015%20de%20Agosto%201_jpg.jpg

during the festive season

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/z01_LobitoNatal1973_01_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/z01_LobitoNatal1973_11_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/z01_LobitoNatal1973_13_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/z01_LobitoNatal1973_10_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito/images/Tamariz2_jpg.jpg

carnival in Lobito

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_001c_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_039_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_071b_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_095_batalha%20da%20farinha_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_099_batalha%20da%20farinha_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_112b_batalha%20da%20farinha_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_103_batalha%20da%20farinha_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201972/images/z05_Carnaval%203_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201972/images/z05_Carnaval%201_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201972/images/Carnaval1972_020_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201972/images/z05_arnaval%204_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201972/images/Carnaval1972_024_jpg.jpg

BMW:cheers:

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201972/images/Carnaval1972_004_jpg.jpg

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/706/3lobitoclassicvm0.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/lobito%20carnaval/carnaval%201974/images/Carnaval1974_028_jpg.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Rua_da_cidade.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Cine_Flamingo_cedida_por_Victor_Carrilho.sized.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/25_Portas_do_Mar_1970_Cedida_por_Caluanda.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Restaurante_Tamariz_cedida_por_Gra_a.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Restinga_2.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Praca_Luis_de_Camoes_Lobito.jpg

http://www.sanzalangola.com/galeria/albuns/albuo56/Cedida_por_Essepeve_8.jpg

the city of Lubango

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/Rua%20Pinheiro%20Chagas%202_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/PiscinaNSdoMonte04_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/Largo%20da%20Fonte%20Luminosa%204_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB012_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB19_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB20c_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB22_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB24_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB27_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB28_jpg.jpg

public inner city bus station

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB36_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB74_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB86d_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/z01_SB100_jpg.jpg

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/z00_SB77_jpg.jpg

old TAAG planes, Angolan Airlines at Lubango domestic airport

http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/aeroporto07_jpg.jpg


http://www.nossoskimbos.net/cidades/Sa%20da%20bandeira/images/SB86a_jpg.jpg

But Lubango is a city that will quickly come back to its glorious status fo pre-war era!:cheers:

here is a nice video from early 1970´s showing Lubango (Sa de bandeira) at that time:

cultural facets of the city, motorrace, discos, the agro-industries and other companies for light industries...and of course its the splendid nature:cheers:

Click here to watch the video

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/angola+saudade/video/x89jif_sa-da-bandeira_travel

here is a video showing Malanje (most probably early 70´s/late60´s)..so beautiful ..that small quaint city was virtually erased by war..


Click here to watch the video:)


http://www.dailymotion.com/user/mariusangol/video/x88i4d_malange_travel

This video will show you the pre-war city of Huambo (ex-Nova Lisboa)...in central Angola....it is good when you understand Portuguese for the video as all information given is in Portuguese..if not you can listen to the music....but again you will see a lot of agriculture and cityscapes....you will also the exhibition where numerous international brands like BMW were present...and also made in Angola products..bear in mind these were the early 1970´s, so design was not what you are used to today but it is still very nice..you will also see Huambo international motorrace..you will also see the active industrial sector of Huambo in the video..so watch the video till the end..very informative


Click here to watch the video::cheers:

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xdynb_mariusangol_angola-anos-70/video/x5fvkm_nova-lisboa_shortfilms

Guys guys guys...not another thread. i am sticking true to the warning i gave you all earlier, please stop the craziness!!

We need more mods... not saying you're doing a bad job Dysan1, its just there are active users in this forum who could keep these things under control without it having to get this far.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=741262

Does Jan or another administrator need to be contacted directly for this to happen?

This video shows pre-war Benguela...very beautiful!

Click here to watch the video

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xdynb_mariusangol_angola-anos-70/video/x4jh02_benguela_shortfilms

This video shows the beautiful city of Lobito...I love the carnival, what a an atmosphere!!

Click here to watch the entire video in colour

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xdynb_mariusangol_angola-anos-70/video/x4kje2_lobito_shortfilms

another video showing Lobito so full of life

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=nova+lisboa&emb=0&aq=f#q=lobito+angola&emb=0&start=20

a video showing Salisbury (Harare) in Zimbabwe 1970´s...very modern place for its time

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Johannesburg (1968)...unbelievable how hyper-modern SA was already back then, more modern than European or even US cities. The infrastructure is superb!:cheers:



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Sorry wrong post, so here we go again


Johannesburg (1968)...unbelievable how hyper-modern SA was already back then, more modern than European or even US cities. The infrastructure is superb!:cheers:



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A video in colour from one of Africa´s most beautiful cities Lourenco Marques (Maputo ) in 1970...it is incredibly how lively, modern and cosmopolitan: a sheer delight to the eye

This is really worth seeing!:booze:

[youtube]MxcAClOrgUw[/QUOTE]

A video in colour from one of Africa´s most beautiful cities Lourenco Marques (Maputo ) in 1970...it is incredibly how lively, modern and cosmopolitan: a sheer delight to the eye

This is really worth seeing!:booze:

MxcAClOrgUw

Johannesburg 1960/70´s /80´s ....like New York... so well-developped

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/saafs/164_001.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/saafs/Jhb1959b.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/saafs/709_001.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/saafs/PritchardStr.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/saafs/783_001.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j124/saafs/576_001.jpg

this is from 1973

http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r432/sandal88/img229.jpg

http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r432/sandal88/img236.jpg

http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r432/sandal88/img235.jpg

http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r432/sandal88/img232.jpg

http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r432/sandal88/img233.jpg

more 1970´s

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/jo5.jpg?t=1229723117

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/jo.jpg?t=1229723196

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj56/morgenstille/jo3-1.jpg?t=1229723068

1982

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/452089868_44ff9d7d5f.jpg?v=0

a shopping mall already in the early 80´s

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243/452103381_c7b4de82f1.jpg?v=0

Hilbrow quarters

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/452089466_5dfef2b0f3.jpg?v=0

I really cannot wait to see Johannesburg reformed to its former glory, just this time for all people of all races and cultures to enjoy it equally! I despise the Apartheid regime, but one can't deny that the Apartheid government knew how to run a city. It's exciting seeing delapitated buildings being bought, refurbished and resold. Once that is complete, new skyscrapers can start to take shape amidst the old.

LAGOS 1965 (APAPA WHARF)

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DOUALA, CAMEROON 1965

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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON 1965

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Nairobi 1960 (small pic)

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Jos and Kano (Nigeria) in early to mid 1960´s

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University of Zambia 1969, so splendid looking

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Lusaka Airport 1970

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Durban 1969

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Johannesburg pics from 1970´s/80´s

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this looks like Australia to me but it is SA

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http://lh4.ggpht.com/_5QE8soboTas/SQ0XtihU1_I/AAAAAAAAD8Y/MmTRKPaBO2k/Motorways%20Around%20Jo%60burg.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5QE8soboTas/SQ0X1jlp30I/AAAAAAAAD8o/FH3Lr4nMJb8/s912/Ship-which%20brought%20our%20car%20to%20Durban%2Cin%20dock.jpg

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http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5QE8soboTas/SQ0YLA9NRkI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/8yDOwIO7tDI/s912/Grosvenor%20Industrial%20Engines-Park%20Central%20Joburg.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5QE8soboTas/SQ0Y-OeQ9aI/AAAAAAAAD-c/RcQVh0ZzEzo/s912/View%20across%20Joburg%20showing%20gold%20mine%20dumps.jpg

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Randburg Transvaal South Africa in 1970´s

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Kampala uganda, 1954.

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pgkivu-flickr.

why is it some places look better in the 60's and 80's ?

Zambia Circa 60s

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Messina Hotel

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Rhokana single quarters

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View to Mine club from Refinery roof

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http://www.greatnorthroad.org/boma_cms/images/5/56/Sid_Diamond_Ndola_Show.jpg

http://www.greatnorthroad.org/boma_cms/images/f/f2/Mindola_Dam_Clubhouse_56.jpg

http://www.greatnorthroad.org/boma_cms/images/1/13/Warning_Signs_WM.jpg

RD Congo

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0102cite_kambove.jpg
kambove

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0101cite_kinshasa.jpg
kinshasa.

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Ecole ngungu

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Clinique kinoise

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Clinique universitaire kinshasa

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0303clinique_boma.jpg
Clinique boma

DR Congo , Zaire

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Hopital mbuji mayi

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Hopital sncz lubumbashi

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Hopital bcdc kinshasa

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immeuble sofide

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0402institut_batiment_travauxx_publics_kin.jpg
institut batiment travauxx publics

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0404banque_du_zaire_matadi.jpg
Banque du zaire matadi

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0502immeuble_midema_kinshasa.jpg
immeuble midema kinshasa

All these are industries in RD Congo (Zaire)

Cimenterie cimshaba lubudi
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0602cimenterie_cimshaba_lubudi.jpg

Batiments publics
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0400batiments_publics.jpg

hopitaux
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0300hopitaux.jpg

Centres d enseignements
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0200centres_d_enseignements.jpg

Batiments a usage de bureaux et appartements
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0500batiments_a_usage_de_bureaux_et_appartements.jpg

Constructions industrielles
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0600constructions_industrielles.jpg

Constructions diverses
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0800constructions_diverses.jpg

Route kikwit batshamba bandundu
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0704route_kikwit_batshamba_bandundu.jpg

Monument heros nationaux kinshasa
http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0808monument_heros_nationaux_kinshasa.jpg

All these are industries in RD Congo (Zaire)

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immeuble sedec kinshasa

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0509immeuble_immoshaba_lubumbashi.jpg
immeuble immoshaba lubumbashi

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0510bcdc_gbadolite.jpg
bcdc gbadolite

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0512hotel_karavia_lubumbashi.jpg
hotel karavia lubumbashi

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0513immeuble_snel_gbadolite.jpg
immeuble snel gbadolite

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0514complexe_hasson_mbuji_mayi.jpg
complexe hasson mbuji mayi

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0507inss_gbadolite.jpg
inss gbadolite

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0506cciz_kinshasa.jpg
cciz kinshasa

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0505banque_du_peuple_gbadolite.jpg
banque du peuple gbadolite

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0503immeuble_comimmo_I.jpg
immeuble comimmo I

All these are industries in RD Congo (Zaire)

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0604module_p2_gecamines_kolwezi_stockage.jpg
gecamines kolwezi stockage

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0605usine_goodyear_kinshasa.jpg
goodyear kinshasa

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0612amenagement_lubilanji_II_kassai.jpg
lubilanji II kassai

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0702route_kenge_kikwit_bandundu.jpg
route kenge kikwit bandundu

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0615minoterie_de_matadi.jpg
minoterie de matadi

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0617station_pompage_regideso_lubumbashi.jpg
station pompage regideso lubumbashi

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0606sous_station_sogelec.jpg
station sogelec

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0700routes_et_ponts.jpg
routes et ponts

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0616module_p2_gecmines_kolwezi_electrolyse.jpg
gecmines kolwezi electrolyse

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0613p2_gecamines_kolwezi_usine_oxygene.jpg
gecamines kolwezi usine oxygene

http://www.safricas.com/realisations/0603cimenterie_cilu_lukala.jpg
cimenterie cilu lukala

wow, African cities in those old pictures looked much more advanced than Chinese cities at that time.......



but it is pitiful that African cities seem even more dirty and less developed than those african citie in old pictures.

wow, African cities in those old pictures looked much more advanced than Chinese cities at that time.......



but it is pitiful that African cities seem even more dirty and less developed than those african citie in old pictures.

African cities were more advance than Chinese and most Asian cities up to 1980.
Africa lost a whole decade of development and regressed a lot in the 80's and early 90's

Hola, VERY surprising that African cities were then everything but underdeveloped... Lourenço Marques and Nova Lisboa look here more developed than Lisboa in Portugal which I visited in 1984/85, big parts of Lisbon were old and regularly buildings had to be evacuated or tumbled down due to lack of maintenance.
A puty wars and regression destroyed all this in Africa... WHY did Africans start stupid wars instead of developing their countries, the continent does have more natural resources than we have in Europe!!!

Hola, VERY surprising that African cities were then everything but underdeveloped... Lourenço Marques and Nova Lisboa look here more developed than Lisboa in Portugal which I visited in 1984/85, big parts of Lisbon were old and regularly buildings had to be evacuated or tumbled down due to lack of maintenance.
A puty wars and regression destroyed all this in Africa... WHY did Africans start stupid wars instead of developing their countries, the continent does have more natural resources than we have in Europe!!!

How do you develope a country with very few educated people? But now there are no excuses what so ever.
and your country ( Portugal) Built Angola for themselves not for Angolan people.

you expect the country to build itself after you forcefully made them slaves for 100s of years and left the country to massive illitaeretes and you helped destroy what you left.

Your conclusion is nothing but hypocrisy.

How do you develope a country with very few educated people? But now there are no excuses what so ever.
and your country ( Portugal) Built Angola for themselves not for Angolan people.

you expect the country to build itself after you forcefully made them slaves for 100s of years and left the country to massive illitaeretes and you helped destroy what you left.

Your conclusion is nothing but hypocrisy.
however, I indeed think that African should rethink twice why such a pitiful regress happened after Afican themself came into power and European left them so many modern cities and infrastructures.

one ethnic who doesn't rethink their past can not win the future.

however, I indeed think that African should rethink twice why such a pitiful regress happened after Afican themself came into power and European left them so many modern cities and infrastructures.

one ethnic who doesn't rethink their past can not win the future.

Ok they left us all that. But did you leave the expertise to mainatian them?

What do you think would happen if you left a car to someone who doesn't know how to drive and you didn't show him how to maintain it?


What do you think will happen to the car?

Ok they left us all that. But did you leave the expertise to mainatian them?

What do you think would happen if you left a car to someone who doesn't know how to drive and you didn't show him how to maintain it?


What do you think will happen to the car?
buddy,

European are not genius .

Nobody taught european how to build such modern infrastructure ,but eurpean still managed to build so many modern infrastructures and cities in africa with they hard study and work.

European didn't taught Japan and China how to build modern civilizaiton, when west countries opened the door of Japan and CHina with gunboats,but Japan and CHina still learned how to build modern civilizatin with their hard work.

why can't African learn how to maitain them with their hard study?

BTW,

how to run a country can not be "taught" by others.

Badguy2000, very well said!

if you look into old news archives and see how positive news Africa got in the 60´s and 70´s (post-colonial period), you wouldn´t believe it it the same continent. But we simply screwed it and we just got ourselves to blame for it!

Ok they left us all that. But did you leave the expertise to mainatian them?
What do you think would happen if you left a car to someone who doesn't know how to drive and you didn't show him how to maintain it?


What do you think will happen to the car?

Its all our fault,independence should have been delayed for a few years....some countries did but to no avail,the pressure from the Africans was to much so they were handed independence,Kenyatta delayed independence from 1960-63,sending hundreds of Kenyans to western univesities to gain expertise but the local population and some in his inner core couldnt wait any more...:ohno:

But there are some African countries that got their independence early and still prospered like Botswana, while others like Zimbabwe got theirs late (and inheriting a pretty good industrial economy with good infrastructure) and still mess things up.

I don't want to sound racist, but I wonder if culture plays an important role in this? Africans seem to always fall to these big men dictatorship that is ruthless and very corrupt and the whole political system doesn't see the nation-state as a project, instead as an object of plunder. This happens in a lot of other third world countries, but why was it almost uniformly the case in the whole continent?

With the exception of Botswana and South Africa (we can't conclude now, Mugabe was pretty decent in the 1980s), it seems that its a recurrent pattern that is hard to break. Which countries in Africa today is a working liberal democracy?

Its all our fault,independence should have been delayed for a few years....some countries did but to no avail,the pressure from the Africans was to much so they were handed independence,Kenyatta delayed independence from 1960-63,sending hundreds of Kenyans to western univesities to gain expertise but the local population and some in his inner core couldnt wait any more...:ohno:

mwanamwiwa that´s what I am saying, Africa would have been better off if the countries became indpendent by 1990´s, especially after the Cold War era. it would have then been like in Macau or Hong Kong!

Anyway, let´s just keep it a picture thread and keep it free from endless political debate!:) it took quite a while to look for the pics

All of those pics are of Zaire in the 70's and early 80's, Black Africans were building their country but were not partaking in the global economy when that crashed most were ill prepared and thus started to fall apart. Commodity prices paid for most infrastructural development. It has nothing to do with culture, culture evolves to the gradual change around it. Only a fool will not read the manual that came with the car.

Yupes, are these pics from 1970´s? They look quite 70´s style..very nice to look at them!

those houses look very well maintained , better than the city that I live

MBA-Congo answered the question already!

These pics were shot in Nairobi (1980)...take from Yomo Kenyatta centre

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Yomo Kenyatta Centre

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/3313522590_7fdf31447e_b.jpg

Abidjan 1985 (partial view)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_dpb14cn5rLA/SH30tK-CgkI/AAAAAAAAD6o/mYVmtpoYcbQ/plateau.jpg

the golden 1970´s of Nigeria (taken in 1977)...Saint Gregory´s College

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_25Y4CIS00gg/SEk1qyX6HjI/AAAAAAAACKo/UWXh8uJaZXs/s576/scan0003.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_25Y4CIS00gg/SEk2PlHOTxI/AAAAAAAACLw/KCHpJnRMs-M/s800/scan0013.jpg

1976

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_nwqgxMnQntQ/SRaU9MYchqI/AAAAAAAAEDg/81uOYeoY_Tk/s912/1996-1997%20019.JPG

Its all our fault,independence should have been delayed for a few years....some countries did but to no avail,the pressure from the Africans was to much so they were handed independence,Kenyatta delayed independence from 1960-63,sending hundreds of Kenyans to western univesities to gain expertise but the local population and some in his inner core couldnt wait any more...:ohno:

DID YOU JUST SAY DELAY?????:bash::bash::bash::bash:
May be for your country , but Congo we shoulf have kicked them out a long time ago.


No Mwana, I'm glad we kicked out those Racist scums( Belgians Colonists) . At the time of independence in 1960. Congo had only 12 college educated people only. and everything was run by whites. blacks did only slave labor.

In British and French colonies you guys had education , Not in Belgian colonies.

All Congolese Doctors, Engineers, Professors, Electricians, Archictects were trained by Congolese themselves. That's afrter independence, and we had some of the best ones in the 70s

The wars are our fault, i'm not blaming anyone. But they Euros helped destroy countries as well.

When you support my enemy, you are my enemy.

Butembo 21, Chill, man!

it is a picture thread...old pictures are also shown on other sub-forums!

Beira (1970)..a city in Northern Mozambique

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DID YOU JUST SAY DELAY?????:bash::bash::bash::bash:
May be for your country , but Congo we shoulf have kicked them out a long time ago.


No Mwana, I'm glad we kicked out those Racist scums( Belgians Colonists) . At the time of independence in 1960. Congo had only 12 college educated people only. and everything was run by whites. blacks did only slave labor.

In British and French colonies you guys had education , Not in Belgian colonies.

All Congolese Doctors, Engineers, Professors, Electricians, Archictects were trained by Congolese themselves. That's afrter independence, and we had some of the best ones in the 70s

The wars are our fault, i'm not blaming anyone. But they Euros helped destroy countries as well.

When you support my enemy, you are my enemy.

How sad!

^^ out of 14 million as well as around 190 with a high school degree ^^

#107 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=40639574&postcount=107) Thanks Matthias, Beira looks good it, it should rapidly improve has Zimbabwe progresses.

Algiers in 1899


http://www.old-picture.com/europe/pictures/lighthouse-harbor-002.jpg

http://www.old-picture.com/europe/pictures/admiralty-Algiers.jpg

http://www.old-picture.com/europe/pictures/Algiers-street.jpg

Migrants playing chess
http://www.old-picture.com/europe/pictures/Algiers-playing.jpg



http://www.old-picture.com/europe/Algiers-playing-Negroes-Algeria.htm

Algiers 1896


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