PHOTO ESSAY: Urban Africa > African Digital Art: Pushing Digital Boundaries

Urban Africa


Africa has untold vital urban spaces and a rich legacy of a 2.000 years long history of urbanization. However, in the vast majority of flickr groups related to Africa, nature and wildlife photography are predominant. Africa appears as a rural and ‘exotic’ scenery where humans, animals and landscapes build a more ore less harmonious unity.Urban Africa is a popular Flickr group that showcases growing urban life in various African cities. There is a tendency to portray African landscape as bare and the focus is primarily on wildlife. This group is a much needed breath of fresh air, showcasing the African metropolis – highlighting modern African culture in urbanized centers. Enjoy.

This pool is for photography of African cities and towns. Architecture, parks, people, sculptures, streets, traffic – anything in the urban context.

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo Revisited

Durban, South Africa

Chicken Licken

Johannesburg, South Africa

Bamako, Mali

Promenade en "Djakarta"

Kinshasa, Congo
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Rumble in the jungle

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Watching the World Cup at Amahoro Stadium

Lome, Togo

Vogue en ville

Saucée

Fes, Morocco

Skyline, Fes

Rabat, Morocco

stop!

Dakar, Senegal

CASAS DE GOREE

Medina Market Incense

Maputo, Mozambique

Marrakesh, Morocco

Djemaa el Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco

Marrakech - 12

Luanda, Angola

cuca

china

Oil Rich Cabinda Enclave, Angola

Re-emerging Luanda

Nocal Building Rooftop, Luanda

 

Monrovia, Liberia

Traffic

Urbanism

Gabrone, Botswana

gaborone city mood

nomadic for podtape

slow shuttering in GC


Harare, Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe

Nairobi, Kenya

i_love_NRB

New Rehema House

Cotonou, Benin

Washing Dishes

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

IMG_0542

Eldoret, Kenya

Pirates of the streets (caribbean crews division)

taff guys

Maputo, Mozambique

EdificioTAP

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Mass of Humanity

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Alexandria, Egypt

Labyrinth

Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire

sur le lagunaire...

Un trio à Abidjan

Brassage

Adjamé 220 lgt

Abuja, Nigeria

center of existence

 

Tamale, Ghana

2009_0605

 

Accra, Ghana

2009_0805

People and their goods II / railroads

2009_0785

Khartoum, Sudan

Good Morning.

It's quite an impressive complex actually.

Transporte publico

Kampala, Uganda

Kampala Culture

Kampala Culture

IMG_5933

Algiers, Algeria

Algiers street

Dakar, Senegal

Car Rapide Touts

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

IMG_3458

Mombasa, Kenya

Vintage VW - Spot Coloured

Mapembe