31 colorful old photos from travels in West Africa in 1933-34

Africa is a special continent with absolutely incomparable color. She was always a real tidbit and at the same time a true test, even for seasoned travelers. Africa is diverse, attractive and dangerous, and yet tourists could never resist the temptation to visit here and see all this wild and colorful exotic with their own eyes! We bring to your attention 31 unforgettable photographs of Africa from 1933-34, taken while traveling in these amazing places.

Ivory Coast

Ritual dances with a fetish.

Ascent from the bivouac

Africans after rest in the wild.

Blue agave plantation

One of the types of plants that have been widely used in agriculture.

King Songai

Ruler of the state in West Africa.

Outskirts of Gosi

Housing Africans.

Thouari, parish chief

Mali, Goshi.

Tuareg tents

Gao neighborhood near Niger.

At the ferry

Crossing the Niger 10 kilometers below Gao.

Car stuck in the sand

80 km north of the city of Kidal.

Fort Kidal

Fortress made of clay.

Fort Tesalit

Fort Tesalit is located in the northeastern part of Mali.

Tuareg

A resident of the people of the Berber group in Mali.

Desert Northeast of Fort Kidal

The desert triumphs interspersed with mountains.

Oasis of Sealeth

Palm trees in the desert.

Road to Tit Mellen

The road to Morocco.

Tamanrasset

A city in southern Algeria, in the Sahara desert, the center of the Tamanrasset province.

Northeast Tamanrasset

Hoggar Highway, Gneiss, barren mountain landscape.

Gneiss

Indigenous rocks in the northeast of Tamanrasset.

In Salah

Palm grove.

Garrison Square

Algeria, In Salah.

Water distribution

Homemade dam made of stones.

Market Square

Tired people.

Above the Cretaceous Plateau

Winds drain the plateau of northern Algeria.

Crash on the go

200 km from In Salah.

Hotel Transatlantic

Algeria, El Golea.

Gardaya

The ancient city and capital of Algeria.

Mozabits

Algeria, Gardaya.

General view of Gardai

The eastern pearl of Algeria.

Northern Sahara, Laghouat

The laguat is located south of the Sahara Atlas ridge at the northern tip of Algerian Sahara. The city was formed in the middle of a blooming oasis.

Algeria

25 km northwest of Jelfa.

High-handed and hot Algeria

The largest and one of the most developed countries in Africa.

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