Windhoek, Namibia - A cute african city ;)

[Tourniquet]

Originally Posted by garcia.calavera

u sure thats an african city ? kind of looks like a small town in california

Yes, I'm sure. That's what i tried to say, I can't see a model to be followed to be a truly african city.

[Shezan]

I really like this city

[passionate saffer]

Originally Posted by schmidt

Black people, climate, setting...

you got a problem with black people in africa living a good life hmmm?

[Tourniquet]

he didn't said that. Read all the posts and please, let's keep the thread clean of this kind of things.

[schmidt]

Originally Posted by passionate saffer

you got a problem with black people in africa living a good life hmmm?

Of course NOT! Jeez, you just can't say the word black and people already start thinking you're being racist.

[doogerz]

I've always been impressed with photos of Windhoek. It's such a quaint city with a lot of charm architecture-wise. Thank you for sharing.

[DanteXavier]

Originally Posted by arzaranh

i must have missed it because i don't see anything african about this city at all. unless you were talking about the black people?

What does an African city look like?

[arzaranh]

Originally Posted by DanteXavier

What does an African city look like?

very few of them look like windhoek. why do you think so many people are surprised?

[DanteXavier]

Originally Posted by arzaranh

very few of them look like windhoek. why do you think so many people are surprised?

You just said it almost as if Windhoek's looks had some sort of negative connotation, like it looked bad.
If people don't like Windhoek's looks(and I guess some don't since every Windhoek thread has these comments) then I'm just wondering what they would prefer in order to make it more "African".

[arzaranh]

Originally Posted by DanteXavier

You just said it almost as if Windhoek's looks had some sort of negative connotation, like it looked bad.
If people don't like Windhoek's looks(and I guess some don't since every Windhoek thread has these comments) then I'm just wondering what they would prefer in order to make it more "African".

i neither said nor implied that windhoek looks bad or good. i did imply that it doesn't look african at all because it looks completely european.
i believe that many if not most of the people who don't like it because it "doesn't look African" just don't like being reminded of european hegemony over Africa. personally, i find that there are far worse reminders than that.

[StormShadow]

The only "European" influences I see in Windhoek is that of the Colonial German remnant, other than that it looks like most modernized global cities in layout and structures. It's single family dwellings within the city limits remind of some western U.S. cities and it's dwellings.

[arzaranh]

Originally Posted by StormShadow

The only "European" influences I see in Windhoek is that of the Colonial German remnant, other than that it looks like most modernized global cities in layout and structures. It's single family dwellings within the city limits remind of some western U.S. cities and it's dwellings.

you have a point. most of the buildings are International Style. however, a few of the modern buildings are very european in character. and none of those modern structures (that i've seen so far) take any inspiration from indigenous African design, a fact that lead to my original statement in this thread.