View over Antananarivo near the royal palace
by Martin Kneth
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Antananarivo (the citiy of the Thousand) is the capital of madagascar. It is situated in the center of the island in the highlands (around 1.300 meters above sea level).
"The city of the Thousand" means that the first king of madagascar, King Andrianjaka, had thousend soldiers to protect him. He thought that nobody could kill one thousend people in a short time, so he would have enough time to flee.
In the town you can find typical french kitchen and some signs of the colonial time.
This view shows the government district and some parts of the upper town. You can also see the monument column in the Lac Anosy and the main stadium. In the north-east you can see the rebuildt royal palace.
For more information visit WIKI
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Location Eastern Madagascar Nearest city Moramanga, Andasibe (Périnet) link : http://en.wikipedia.o...
Location Eastern Madagascar Nearest city Moramanga, Andasibe (Périnet) link : http://en.wikipedia.o...
Welcome to Africa, AKA the motherland! Check out African Internet Radio while you're scoping the panoramas.
The earliest fossil of the homo sapiens family (human beings) was found in Ethiopia, dating back more than 200,000 years. Compared to this length of time, even the "ancient Sumerians" from 6000 B.C. are drooling toddlers.
Let's mention a few African heroes you may have heard of, for inspiration in the face of the continued economic inequality and violence which plague Africa today: Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected President of South Africa, who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison while advocating freedom and peace. Haile Salassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, who resisted Mussolini and the fascist Italian invasion of WWII, and who is worshipped as an incarnation of God by the Rastafari movement. Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister of Ghana, advocate of uniting Africa in Pan-Africanism. Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat music, who declared his home to be an independent state, ran for president of Nigeria, and to whose funeral ONE MILLION PEOPLE came to pay their respects.
In June 2001 the African Union was formed, consisting of 53 African States organized, like in the EU, around common economic and political development.
Text by Steve Smith.
