Africa is beautiful, diverse and rich with so much untapped resources to offer. Touted to be the cradle of mankind and therefore inhabited for millions of years, its mysteries are ancient and deep. It has an abundance of riches in land, culture, wildlife, much sought minerals and so much more. While still developing, it is undoubtedly rising and growing. Once you set foot on African soil, you are bewitched by the spirit of the long gone ancestors and are bound to fall in love with the land, its people and all that is within.
- Rescued by Interrogation
“Where are you going, madam?” the lady behind me asked politely. I turned around to find an attractive, middle-aged lady staring at me with tired, droopy eyes awaiting my response. It was around 7.30 pm and we were in a matatu (public transport minivan) leaving the border town between Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).… Read more: Rescued by Interrogation - Coldest Country in Africa
A while ago a friend asked where on earth he could take his children to see and touch snow (1) at a reasonably affordable cost, (2) not too far away from his homeland in Kenya, and (3) without climbing a mountain!! With Africa squarely located around the Equator, experiencing snowfall is rare. And while you… Read more: Coldest Country in Africa - Eswatini: Africa’s last and only absolute Monarchy
In 2018, to mark the 50th Anniversary of independence, King Mswati III announced that the Kingdom of Swaziland had been renamed as the Kingdom of Eswatini, reflecting the traditional name for the state of eSwatini. And while there were murmurs of discontent from the populace who felt such an impactful change should not have been… Read more: Eswatini: Africa’s last and only absolute Monarchy - Southern-most Source of the Nile
Did you know that the truest source of the longest river in the world, the River Nile, is in Burundi, about 115km outside Bujumbura? And while there’s the officially known ‘true’ source in Uganda, out of Lake Victoria at Jinja, there’s also another ‘truer’ one in Rwanda?! However, the truest-est one is in Burundi, and… Read more: Southern-most Source of the Nile - Trois Mamelles, Mauritius
Discovering one of the lesser known secrets on Mauritius” Ancient, enigmatic and beautifully exotic, Mauritius is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. While it is part of the African continent, it lies far away in the Indian Ocean, over 1000 km from its nearest neighbour, Madagascar (and over 2,500km from the… Read more: Trois Mamelles, Mauritius
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