Bangui on the Web

Assignment:

1. How is your city depicted on the web? Provide the URLs of 5 sites that offer different views of your city’s popular life. 

2. Discuss one building of popular or political importance in your city. Describe its setting. Provide a photograph of this building (with label).

3. Create a polygon and point to identify the site of this structure and the area in which it is located. Provide a screenshot indicating the location of your building in Google Earth. 

The first page of results after entering a web search for ‘Bangui’ is dominated by travel sites and hotel recommendations. The second page includes more links to newspapers and NGO articles about political and social events in Bangui. Below I have included some online sites that offer different views of Bangui’s popular life.

1.    JournaldeBangui.com

a.       I came across Journal De Bangui while looking for local newspapers in Bangui. While I am not sure how popular this publication is in Bangui, the content seems comprehensive. The website states that it is edited by Sarl Dano Communications and the contact information leads to an address in France. The website comprises of three main pages for news about Bangui, Africa and World News. Topics cover everything from politics to popular culture and health. On the Bangui page, the last article was published on February 27, 2016.

2.       Centrafrique Presse Info (http://www.centrafrique-presse.info/site/)

a.       Centrafrique Presse Info boasts an average 700 visits per day. It’s unclear where the newspaper originates but articles cover various topic including politics, human right, the economy and culture. The last article was published March 5, 2016 and had 51 views on March 6.

3.       La Nouvelle Centrafrique (http://lanouvellecentrafrique.info/)

a.       La Nouvelle Centrafrique writes that it is “leader of Central African news sites. With a daily average of 5,000 unique readers. The sites includes a large staff and numerous partnerships.

4.       Twitter

a.       On twitter “#Bangui” produces several results including photos, breaking news and conventions and political meetings. The Central African Republic has recently come out of an election period so several of the posts are about the new president and the election period. The last post was 11 hours ago.

5.       Visiter L’Afrique

a.       This article published on Visiter L’Afrique provides an itinerary list to-go location for a visit to Bangui. The article includes descriptions of the Boali waterfalls, the Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park and several other key locations in Bangui.

Building of Importance

The complete name for Bangui’s Cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui. The cathedral was built in 1930 and sits at the center of Bangui. The cathedral was visited by Pope Francis in November of 2015.

 

            The neighborhood of KM-5 and more specifically the market seems like a bustling area for broad demographics of the city. The market remains active for long periods and is listed as a go-to destination for Bangui.

Photo credits:

Cathedral: http://en.visiterlafrique.com/destinations/central-africa/10-things-to-do-in-central-african-republic/

Market: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3091096/Bangui-market-helps-mend-ties-C-Africa-conflict.html