Yes Asmara was the most developed and modern city in Africa during those years.
Not an african city would come close to it.
Ugly politics and Eritrea's strategic location became Eritrea's sin.
Just imagine what kind of a country and cities we would have now, if we were not f**ked up by the USA and British in 1952.
Man, there is no country which was done wrong like Eritrea in the world.
And amazingly we still stand tall and struggle to bring our old glories with our own man power.
Please do not hate.
I am talking the truth and for honesty sake with no hate or politics put your feet in Eritreans shoes and try to deny it.
It doesn't matter that the engineers were foreign nationals, but every thing was built by Eritreans hands and sweat.