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Capitals in Africa

  • Jamestown, Saint HelenaIn 1659, colonists from the English East India Company arrived on the north-western coast of Saint Helena to establish a settlement.
  • CairoThe Nile River flows through Cairo, here contrasting ancient customs of daily life with the modern city of today. Areas of what would become Cairo were…
  • Cape TownIn 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias arrived at the southern tip of Africa and named it Cape of Storms. He was the first European to reach this…