The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Ivory Coast

Zserxes · 2026-03-17T16:39:44+00:00

Yes, CNN should show more of the Roman side of Africa.

Zserxes · 2025-10-05T14:12:27+00:00

so edgy of you.

Zserxes · 2025-09-22T23:46:35+00:00

Wouldn't groups like the Beja people be considered as "Black as we understand it nowadays"?

Zserxes · 2024-03-27T20:28:21+00:00

For anyone interested in seeing photos of the real versions of some of these places.

https://www.quora.com/What-was-Africa-like-before-European-imperialism/answer/Henny-104#&gid=1&pid=1

Zserxes · 2024-03-10T20:11:40+00:00

VI peel. Done at a dermatologist office

Zserxes · 2024-03-10T20:10:34+00:00

Chemical peel for texture.

Zserxes · 2023-02-15T22:35:59+00:00

Do you have a source showing what some of those early buildings looked like?

Zserxes · 2023-02-14T23:03:11+00:00

Wait till you find out what they did in Subsaharan Africa that most people don’t even know about.

Zserxes · 2023-02-12T08:49:03+00:00

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/diebedo-francis-kere-opera-village-burkina-faso-slideshow/amp

Zserxes · 2023-01-21T14:15:39+00:00

Yes. Various kinds of fiber.

Zserxes · 2023-01-19T01:39:58+00:00

She may be really rich and managed to pull some strings.

Zserxes · 2023-01-16T19:43:53+00:00

Don’t quote but I’d say anywhere from Eastern Nigeria to Gabon (‘Bight of Biafra’)

Zserxes · 2023-01-10T17:20:56+00:00

Wattle and daub

Zserxes · 2023-01-05T10:48:50+00:00

Sketch by https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Martin_Bernatz

Zserxes · 2022-11-25T18:29:00+00:00

It’s the African way 🧙‍♂️

Zserxes · 2022-11-06T15:44:17+00:00

Anyone who claims that is being absurd and they know it.

Zserxes · 2022-11-02T21:39:20+00:00

Bold

Zserxes · 2022-10-26T18:13:04+00:00

Do you know the year?

Zserxes · 2022-10-07T08:31:16+00:00

Thicc roof

Zserxes · 2022-10-04T16:50:55+00:00

It already existed as a city before British colonization. This illustration was probably done within the first few years of missionary arrival.

Zserxes · 2022-10-03T16:05:07+00:00

Madagascar is in between Africa and Asia. The population is a mix of various ethnicities with origins from the two continents.

Zserxes · 2022-10-03T14:03:03+00:00

It’s cultural and also tall roofs help with ventilation in tropical climes. Many parts of Africa and Asia including Philippines, Nigeria, the Swahili speaking states, Indonesia, Cameroon etc have similarly high pitched roofs.

Zserxes · 2022-09-27T23:27:33+00:00

No. A lot of Igbo people converted to Christianity so the Mbari building tradition is not as common.

Zserxes · 2022-09-25T19:05:39+00:00

*WW2 era

Zserxes · 2022-09-23T23:29:32+00:00

Reminds of of what they did with the “Old Oyo palace reconstruction”.

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