4 articles tagged with african architecture
The morning call to prayer floated through my open window, mingling with the salty breeze from the Red Sea. As I sipped strong Eritrean coffee on the balcony of my modest guesthouse, Massawa revealed itself in the gentle dawn light—a...
When I first arrived in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire's political capital, I stood slack-jawed before the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace—a structure so magnificently incongruous it seemed to have been plucked from Vatican City and dropped into the West African...
As I stood in Place des Cinéastes, surrounded by the pulsating energy of West Africa's cultural epicenter, I couldn't help but marvel at how Ouagadougou's urban fabric weaves together colonial influences and indigenous Mossi design principles. This city—often overlooked by...
The taxi driver looks at me quizzically when I tell him my destination. *Garoua? Pourquoi?* Why indeed. As the third-largest city in Cameroon's northern region, Garoua rarely makes it onto traveler itineraries, overshadowed by the country's coastal areas and wildlife...