6 Kampala (Uganda)
Diversity and Globalization: Kampala is surprisingly modern. She was able to recover from the civil war. True economic power across the continent, it is a hyperactive city. Modern buildings have mushroomed and most dilapidated were renovated. Youth and entrepreneurship are blown by the Makerere University, a center of high level in Africa. Students are also instrumental in the nightlife. The large Asian community adds an international dimension.
7 Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Tana (as it is nicknamed) is perhaps the least African of African cities. Cobbled streets going over the top of steep hills, covered with wooden houses with colorful shutters. Purple jacaranda flowers spread their nectar on the heads of children playing and couples stroll. It serves tea, coffee, hot chocolate and cream cakes in the tea rooms. In the evening, people come out to hear jazz in nightclubs or discos in Malagasy tubes.
8 Dakar (Senegal)
Harsh, chaotic, electrifying, Dakar is the African city par excellence. It is the night it reached its peak, very late, well after midnight, at a time when its people, fond of music and dressed in their best clothes, go to the appointed nightclubs of Youssou N 'Thione Seck dour or (these international stars playing here when they are not on tour), or one of many other clubs in the city. In trance percussion and voices, you can dance until dawn.
9 Libreville (Gabon)
The capital of Gabon is more like Miami than in an African capital. Upscale hotels stand on the beaches bathed by the Atlantic; in office buildings while glass is fiddling around oil; luxury cars swoop down on the boulevards and a host at the forefront of the fashion press in the exclusive shops and restaurants. Cosmopolitan in their own way, prices are high: Libreville is one of the world's most expensive cities. Partygoers are trying just to forget it over a beer ... or a glass of champagne.
10 Marrakech (Morocco)
Snake charmers, fire-eaters and merchants flying carpets, they are there, and enchanting motley crowd of Djemaa el Fna. In a shady boulevard there is the new city, Art Deco style, which resembles a small Paris (where the Champs-Elysees are lined with orange trees). Women impeccable hairstyle walking dogs, couples sipping a latte on the terraces of bars, and young people glued to their mobile phone line up to the last American blockbuster.
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Diversity and Globalization: Kampala is surprisingly modern. She was able to recover from the civil war. True economic power across the continent, it is a hyperactive city. Modern buildings have mushroomed and most dilapidated were renovated. Youth and entrepreneurship are blown by the Makerere University, a center of high level in Africa. Students are also instrumental in the nightlife. The large Asian community adds an international dimension.
7 Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Tana (as it is nicknamed) is perhaps the least African of African cities. Cobbled streets going over the top of steep hills, covered with wooden houses with colorful shutters. Purple jacaranda flowers spread their nectar on the heads of children playing and couples stroll. It serves tea, coffee, hot chocolate and cream cakes in the tea rooms. In the evening, people come out to hear jazz in nightclubs or discos in Malagasy tubes.
8 Dakar (Senegal)
Harsh, chaotic, electrifying, Dakar is the African city par excellence. It is the night it reached its peak, very late, well after midnight, at a time when its people, fond of music and dressed in their best clothes, go to the appointed nightclubs of Youssou N 'Thione Seck dour or (these international stars playing here when they are not on tour), or one of many other clubs in the city. In trance percussion and voices, you can dance until dawn.
9 Libreville (Gabon)
The capital of Gabon is more like Miami than in an African capital. Upscale hotels stand on the beaches bathed by the Atlantic; in office buildings while glass is fiddling around oil; luxury cars swoop down on the boulevards and a host at the forefront of the fashion press in the exclusive shops and restaurants. Cosmopolitan in their own way, prices are high: Libreville is one of the world's most expensive cities. Partygoers are trying just to forget it over a beer ... or a glass of champagne.
10 Marrakech (Morocco)
Snake charmers, fire-eaters and merchants flying carpets, they are there, and enchanting motley crowd of Djemaa el Fna. In a shady boulevard there is the new city, Art Deco style, which resembles a small Paris (where the Champs-Elysees are lined with orange trees). Women impeccable hairstyle walking dogs, couples sipping a latte on the terraces of bars, and young people glued to their mobile phone line up to the last American blockbuster.
Source: lonelyplanet.fr
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