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Best Travel Destinations in Africa

Best Travel Destinations in Africa

Senegal A beautiful West African country described by local people as a heartwarming and peaceful place. Once you venture into Senegal, you’ll get to experience the warm and welcoming spirit of the Senegalese people through their mere friendly faces. Senegal is immersed in tropics and culture throughout the city of Dakar and neighboring cities. King Fahd Palace Hotel Before exploring the…

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“ Towards the Sun “ // Solly Levi

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Africa to the left. Europe to the right. Most insane photo ever taken!

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📍Pink Salt Lake, Namibia 🇳🇦

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French explorations in Africa in the 19th century

« Nouvel atlas de l'histoire de France », Autrement, 2016

by cartesdhistoire

In the 19th century, a vast movement of exploration of lands unknown to Europeans developed, supported by scientific institutions. The figure of the explorer became familiar to the public, and their stories contributed to the creation of a specific imagination, filled with exoticism and adventure. Perhaps the most evocative name is that of René Caillie, the first Westerner to reach Timbuktu. Another remarkable figure is Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, a French naval officer born in Italy who explored the Congo (1874-1882).

From the 1880s to the 1890s, European expansion accelerated from sometimes ancient coastal footholds, such as French and British forts in West Africa or Portuguese ones in Angola. The Berlin Conference (1884-1885) set the rules, enforcing effective occupation of land to colonize it. It also guaranteed freedom of movement and trade on major rivers (Niger, Congo). The drawing of colonial boundaries, often complex to define on the ground in densely populated areas, and the colored plaques on the maps should not mask the fact that the appropriation of the territory was progressive and often very loose.

During the conquest, the military consisted of the powers in place (sometimes themselves of European origin, as in the Boer republics of Orange and Transvaal, which eventually became British in 1902). Treaties to share the territories multiplied, which did not avoid crises like the one at Fashoda in 1898, where the French and British clashed for control of the Upper Nile—and more broadly for the completion of their expansion projects: the Dakar-Djibouti link for the French, and the Cairo-to-Cape Town axis for the British. This led to the extension of British influence over the entire Nile basin.

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Rabat, Morocco (by Mauro Lima)

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Senegal 🇸🇳

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Commission - This Grand Nest

My first commission, courtesy of @corvidist's patronage! Thank you so much again!

If you're interested in getting a piece like this for yourself, click here!

As always, image ID will be in the alt text and the reblogs. :)

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Building a fire in a campsite in one of Africa's finest destinations. Victoria Falls.

Zimbabwe

1978

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" By Dusk " // © Marlon du Toit

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El Gouna in Egypt.

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📍Camp Doros, Namibia 🇳🇦

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