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41. African Renaissance Monument
Bronze statue about 50 metres tall on one of the Mamelles hills in Ouakam, unveiled in 2010 and showing a family rising towards the sky.
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42. Askari Monument
A 1927 bronze statue of an African soldier on a roundabout at the centre of downtown Dar es Salaam, honouring the askari and carriers of the First World War.
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43. Bab Bou Jeloud
The tiled 1913 gate that forms the main western entrance to Fes el-Bali, blue on its outer face and green on the side facing the medina.
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44. Bahia Palace
A late 19th-century palace of around 150 rooms built for the grand viziers Si Musa and Ba Ahmed, known for painted ceilings, zellij and marble courtyards.
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45. Christ Church Cathedral and East African Slave Trade Exhibit
Anglican cathedral built on the site of Zanzibar's last slave market, with a heritage centre and exhibition on the East African slave trade beside it.
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46. Durban Botanic Gardens
Founded in 1849 and on its present Berea site since 1851, the Durban Botanic Gardens is a free 15-hectare garden known for rare cycads, palms and orchids.
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47. Egyptian Museum
Cairo's original museum of Egyptian antiquities on Tahrir Square, opened in 1902 and still packed with statues, treasures and the burials of Yuya and Thuya.
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48. Habous Quarter
Casablanca's 'new medina', planned under the protectorate in a traditional style, with arcaded craft souks, bookshops, mosques and the Mahkama du Pacha.
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49. Holy Trinity Cathedral
Addis Ababa's highest-ranking Orthodox cathedral, finished in 1942, where Emperor Haile Selassie, Empress Menen and Sylvia Pankhurst are buried.
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50. John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History
Opened to the public in 2024 on the site of Nigeria's first public swimming pool, the John Randle Centre tells the story of Yoruba culture through interactive galleries.
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51. Kandt House Museum
Kigali's oldest surviving building, the 1908 house of German administrator Richard Kandt, now a museum on pre-colonial Rwanda, the colonial era and the city's origins.
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52. Karen Blixen Museum
The 1912 farmhouse where Danish author Karen Blixen lived while running her coffee farm, now a National Museums of Kenya site with period furniture and gardens below the Ngong Hills.
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53. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Founded in 1913 on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch displays South African plants, from proteas and fynbos to cycads, across landscaped gardens and trails.
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54. Luxor Temple
The riverside temple at the heart of Luxor, built mainly by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II and especially atmospheric when floodlit after dark.
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55. Mandela House
Mandela House on Vilakazi Street is the small red-brick Soweto home where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962, now a museum of his life and family.
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56. National Christian Centre
Nigeria's national church, a postmodern take on neo-Gothic architecture dedicated in 2005, with stained glass in the national colours and a slowly rotating central altar.
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57. National Museum of Ghana
Ghana's oldest and largest museum, opened on the eve of independence in 1957, with archaeology, ethnography and art galleries and a sculpture garden.
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58. Tintenpalast and Parliament Gardens
The 1913 colonial administration building that now houses both houses of Namibia's parliament, set in lawned gardens popular with Windhoek residents.
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59. Uganda Martyrs Basilica, Namugongo
Catholic basilica and shrine marking where Christian converts were burned in 1886 on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II, focus of the 3 June Martyrs Day pilgrimage.
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60. Zitouna Mosque
The great mosque at the heart of the Tunis medina, founded around 698 and rebuilt in the ninth century, once one of the Islamic world's leading centres of learning.
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