African Cities

[Nick in Atlanta]

@You are to blame: I'm glad to hear that Nigeria is getting better, in terms of government corruption. Hopefully Lagos will get some more money to improve its quality of life. There are so many immigrants from Nigeria, and Lagos especially that come to North America in search of a better life.

[You are to blame]

Originally Posted by Nick

What a great thread.Most of those cities I have never seen pictures of.Only names on a map.

Antananarivo looks the most picturesk

Antananarivo is also my favourite and was suprised aswell, but i think the other cities would look alot better with better quality , newer pictures like the one for Antananarivo

[You are to blame]

Originally Posted by Nick in Atlanta

@You are to blame: I'm glad to hear that Nigeria is getting better, in terms of government corruption. Hopefully Lagos will get some more money to improve its quality of life. There are so many immigrants from Nigeria, and Lagos especially that come to North America in search of a better life.

If nigeria stays on the same path right now i think it will be very improved country in 15 years

[You are to blame]

I probably should have put this up at the very beginning but here is a map of the continent. highlighted purple are the cities shown so far, more to come

[Andrew]

Here are some pics of Lomé, capital of Togo (just east of Ghana on the map above). The city has a population of approx 600,000.

[You are to blame]

Lusaka, Zambia pop ~ 1.2 million










Ouagadougou , Bukina Faso ~ 750 000





















kinshasa, DR Congo pop. ~ 6-7 million
The capital of the most chaotic country in africa, at end of a massive 5 year civil war. But Kinshasa was never really damaged in the war

[sa-dreamer]

African cities are wonderfully surreal... that is what I love most about them, and the fact that they are full of contrasts!

[Andrew]

A lot of those places are a lot more affluent than I expected, however, the state of the capital city isn't usually a good reflection of the state of the whole country. Lomé, where I went last summer is a very poor city and is the capital of one of the poorest countries in Africa.

[Victoria]

Awesome pictures. Beautiful!!!

[Rapid]

Wow, who'd have guessed thats Africa!

[Zaqattaq]

Alright I have been waiting for a thread like this for awhile now. My favorite is Harare it seems the most modern. I had no idea Lagos was so huge I just knew Nigeria was the most populated country. Tana looks beautiful too, keep the pics coming

[You are to blame]

some more of Dakar,Senegal - (PART 2 OF 3) and surroundings - the western most tip of africa, Brazil is half the distance away compared with the distance to cape town










































and for my favourite Dakar pic, you have seen it before but here it is

[Jayayess1190]

Just lovely!

[MattSal]

Wow, those pictures make Africa look almost livable.

Here's a good picture of Harare:

[You are to blame]

Accra, Ghana - (PART 1 OF 2)

from skyscraperking2005 in the accra thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=185049












































Abidjan, Ivory coast - (PART 2 OF 3)

[arzaranh]

Originally Posted by MattSal

Wow, those pictures make Africa look almost livable.

Here's a good picture of Harare:

That is not Harare - it just can't - if it was I would have seen that pic a long time ago. I mean it just can't be, no I don't believe it, I won't! This is all some kind of cruel joke shame on you!!

But, that really tall one looks so familiar - impossible! - But...

[You are to blame]

i can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not

[bunt_q]

Sure that can be Harare... Zimbabwe used to be a very well off place. Okay, so Mugabe the criminal takes everything fromt he people, and spends it to build a lavish capital like you see above. No big deal... any dictator can do that. Bill Gates could build that if he wanted... It's the squallor he leaves for the rest of the country that is tragic. And I hate Mbeki for supporting him too... (I don't hate him, I just wish he would stop!)

[You are to blame]

^ well i wouldn't say Mbeki is supporting him
but anyways here's Brazzaville, Republic of Congo pop. ~ 1 million , not to be confused with the democratic republic of the congo across the river.













and a few more of Libreville Gabon - (PART 2 OF 2), for those that don't know Gabon has one of the the highest GDP per capita on the continent at $5,700

[arzaranh]

Originally Posted by You are to blame

i can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not

I'm not, I just wasn't expecting to see anything as dense as that especially seeing how I've been researching African cities for years. And I have seen most of the cities and/or buildings in this thread, but Harae seems to have escaped me - until now.
Also have you noticed that it kinda looks like Los Angeles before most of the tallest buildings had been built.