The Drakensberg

On February 22, 2012 · 0 Comments

In the language of Zulu names of the mountains, however, completely different and not according to European legendary figures. uKhahlamba call the Zulu, the mountains, which roughly means “wall of spears drawn up,” referring of course to the many, often very steep summit.In addition to its scenic attractiveness are the Drakensberg interesting but also because of the existing certificates former human life for many tourists in southern Africa: The People of San who left numerous rock paintings. Continue Reading…

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Famous African Francois Botha

On January 16, 2012 · 0 Comments

Many other people does not stop but to get excited about boxing as a sport and as a spectacle. In Germany, the attention is for such fringe sports always on whether there is currently German participants with chances to win, which was so in Formula 1, the ski jumping or boxing. Currently, the starving German boxing, but this at times and also one of Henry Maske, Axel Schulz was in a different way. Continue Reading…

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Parakou in Benin

On January 14, 2012 · 0 Comments

Typical of Parakou is the roundabout in the center of the city, whose center has a pink obelisk with the inscription “Parakou” who is liked by the residents Parakous very happy, even though he happened to sound a little slanted.Addition to many administrative buildings, it also has an office in Parakou, the tourist office, which is open from Tuesday to Saturday. Continue Reading…

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Aye-Aye! Only in Madagascar

On January 6, 2012 · 0 Comments

“Aye-aye” – this is not the answer of a sailor on a command of the captain. But the name of an animal that is found only on Madagascar. To German, it is also known as “aye”, wherein relatively unknown here: Who has heard that name before?This is the aye-aye, the aye-aye lemur as extremely irritating and belongs also to the primates. Continue Reading…

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Pope travels to Benin

On January 3, 2012 · 0 Comments

Few weeks before that date had bishops of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe completed their ad limina visit with Pope Benedict XIV in Rome. Ad limina visits are enshrined in canon law duty visits to the Pope, must take place every 5 years to provide information about the status of each diocese. Also present were the theme of Africa was still existing problems of mixing Christian rites with those from the fetishism, as they are still widespread in Africa. Continue Reading…

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Tilt-shift video from the DR Congo

On December 30, 2011 · 0 Comments

Today one of the pleasant exceptions, as the following brief installation brings us scenes from the Democratic Republic of Congo in more detail without it we go on a plane and expose us to the dangers there.What makes this video is its design. No, it is not the now almost back out unfashionable videos in the style of the “Time Lapse”. Continue Reading…

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Mammatuswolken especially beautiful at the equator

On November 25, 2011 · 0 Comments

And here comes into play and then Africa the question of why it might be worth a few clouds phenomenon due to travel to Africa near the equator is the phenomenon of Mammatuswolken often particularly pronounced, and thus also well worth seeing.As your “pouch shape” special appearance in the photos alone is already so fascinating that you would like to put into it to see if it's real. Continue Reading…

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Cocoa House – the first skyscraper in tropical Africa

On October 16, 2011 · 0 Comments

Was financed the construction of Cocoa House through the sale of commodities such as cocoa or just rubber, but also proceeds from the sale of timber were involved. It was completed in 1965.His name means “House of Farmers,” or German “House of the peasants.” From at least 24 floors in Ibadan is the most visible building that now the Odu'a Investment Company Ltd. Continue Reading…

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The four Olympic champions in Algeria

On October 9, 2011 · 0 Comments

And then there is Algeria, a country which is also known for his runners. But not as like Kenya and Ethiopia on the longer distances, but on the middle distance. And so three of the four Olympic champion from Algeria come from this area of ​​athletics.Amazingly, there are Even 2x women, each of the 1,500 meters with a gold medal ended. Continue Reading…

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What fear and what people want in Africa?

On October 5, 2011 · 0 Comments

In the following blog One encounters them not, but you come on them a little closer. For not only puts them pretty much the lens of a camera on the fur, they have yet to write the answers to two questions from the title on a piece of paper. Apart from the fact that the handwriting alone is definitely something about the people, of course you read the text. Continue Reading…

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