Once upon a time, there was a great continent, one that for centuries was looted and abused but still kept smiling. In fact, colors are part of their culture like no other in the world. Colors with which the hundreds of ethnic groups of that continent called Africa have painted the walls of their cabins as a warning sign, with which they have celebrated the triumph or have tried to unify the religions in convulsive cities of a continent that many continue to confuse with a single country. Don't miss these 7 most colorful places in Africa.
Jardin Majorelle (Morocco)
The most open country in the Maghreb is synonymous with color, that of its bazaars and crafts, but especially of a blue present in towns such as Chefchaouen or urban paradises like the Majorelle Garden, one of the most exotic in the city of Marrakech. Installed in the Moroccan city in 1924, the painter Jacques majorelle invented a new color, blue majorelle, with which he painted part of his private garden and the workshop that today stands out among trees from all continents and vessels whose colors add even more charm to this place blessed by water and shade.
Pink Lake (Senegal)
Photo by Jeff Ataway
35 kilometers from Dakar, a pink spot is drawn on the extreme right of the Cape Verde Peninsula, and if we get a little closer to its shore, we may see men with naked torsos plunging into its depths and filling the boats with salt. The high degree of salinity and the pink color of this lake is due to the presence of algae Dunaliella saline, main producer of carotenoids and, therefore, of dyeing one of the most famous pink lakes in the world together with the australian Lake Hillier in Australia or Lake Makadi in Kenya.
Muizenberg Beach (South Africa)
In reviewing most colorful places in the world I included at the time the Malay neighborhood of Bo Kaap, although this time I take the opportunity to include another highlight psychedelic of Cape: Muizenberg Beach. The beach where according to many the surfing in south africa fuses epic currents beaches with fishermen's quarters or colonial buildings as old as Het Posthuys, which dates back more than two hundred years, being the colored houses of Muizenberg Beach one of the most famous and irresistible pictures of the one known as the Nation of the Rainbow.
Mpumalanga (South Africa)
Mpumalanga province, northeast of South Africa, is famous for the presence of the different cultural villages of the Ndebele, a tribe of the Nguni that during the years of apartheid They learned the art of using colors as signals for alarm, fear, or hunger. Years later, these geometric colored figures embodied in the huts of towns such as Kghodwana, Mapoch or Botshabelo would give way to a ndebele art become the most sought-after ethnic design in the West. A torrent of color exported to the rest of the world in 1991 by the local Esther Mahlangu and the creation of a BMW with Ndebele designs in order to symbolize your country's struggle against foreign repression.
Nairobi (Kenya)
During the last two months, up to Nine mosques and churches in Kenya have been painted a yellow color intense defined as "optimistic yellow". The Color in Faith initiative He has set out to unify the Christian, Muslim or Jewish religions in a country constantly besieged by unstable governments and attacks by the Taliban who carried out their recruits and massacres in holy places. The creator of this artistic project, the Colombian Yazmany Grove, has taken to the streets inciting the inhabitants of cities like Nairobi to express through color his desire for a peaceful country.
Dallol (Ethiopia)
With temperatures reaching up to 60º in the month of July and annual averages of 41º, Dallol, the African version of Mordor, is regarded as the hottest place in the world. The crater, located in the Danakil desert, is a set of hot springs eroded by the union of magma and salt that results in a palette of colors ranging from red to yellow, through green or brown. One of the great attractions of which is one of the most emerging countries in Africa thanks to its coffee heritage or its medieval cities.
Land of Seven Colors (Mauritius)
En the plain of Chamarel, a small town on this paradise island in the Indian Ocean, the land acquires up to seven colors (shades of violet, red, brown, green, blue, purple and yellow) that never erode thanks to the tropical storms of the island. This set of multicolored dunes is due to the presence of ferralitic mud composed of the decomposition of basalt from volcanic rock in the mud.
These 7 most colorful places in Africa they confirm the charm of cultures for which color, more than a cultural symbol, has also become a tool of protest and struggle. A reality present in countries like South Africa or, currently, a Kenya that uses yellow in favor of the union of the different forms of faith in a continent that, unfortunately, many continue to confuse with a single country.
In which of these places would you like to get lost?