Pic collage by Gemma Wiseman ~ The sands claim a pocket of colonial Namibia. These are ruins of houses at Kolmanskop, where Namibia's diamond industry was born.
Totally Optional Prompts ~ Foreign Lands
NAMIBIA
* Namibia is one of Africa's youngest (born 1990) and perhaps most mysterious nations
* The Namib Desert is 80 million years old ~ the oldest desert in the world
* Africa's only herd of wild desert horses lives in the southern Namib Desert
* To the south-east lies the Kalahari Desert
* In the heartland lies granite plains and mountain peaks with sandy valleys
* Windhoek, the capital, lying almost in the centre of Namibia, reflects 19th century German colonialism
* Luderitz, the largest town on the southern coast,(boasting its own harbour), reflects the Imperial German and art nouveau styles of architecture.
* Diamonds were discovered in 1866, and by 1913, 1/5th of Africa's mined diamonds came from Namibia
* Namibia has the lowest population density in the world
* One of Africa's oldest races lives here ~ the San Bushmen
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Far land
Exciting secrets
Namibia enchants souls
Ancient child reborn
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Desert
Mystic shifting sands
Offer glimpses of wisdoms
Then sweep them away
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Townships
Built on shifting sands
Crave for earth's deep riches
Morals go astray
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Colours
Colours of Dreamings
Colours of hopeful lifestyles
Till shifting sands play
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