Culture & Heritage Omo Valley Tribes, Territory and the Fight for Ethical Tourism by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 1 month ago 253 views A traveller can spend hours driving into Ethiopia’s Lower Omo, arrive at a village, take photographs of people wearing traditional dress, hand over a few birr and leave within minutes. … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage The Palaces of Abomey: Benin’s Royal Complex and What It Tells the World About African Statehood by Familugba Victor 1 month ago by Familugba Victor 1 month ago 207 views A royal throne left Paris in a padded crate in November 2021. It travelled with three totemic statues, four carved palace doors and a set of warrior dance staffs – … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage Abidjan Is Calling — AFAA 2026 Offers a New Way In by Rex Clarke 1 month ago by Rex Clarke 1 month ago 241 views Some cities live in the imagination long before they make it onto the itinerary. You hear about them through music, fashion, food, business and the people who return with stories … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Traditional Festivals Ethiopia’s Majestic Calendar: A Journey Through Its Most Celebrated National Holidays by Meseret Zeleke 2 months ago by Meseret Zeleke 2 months ago 328 views Ethiopia is a country where tradition is lived every day. Its national holidays are not just dates on a calendar; they are communal experiences that fill streets with music, colour, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage UNESCO’s Growing African Heritage List: The Sites Positioned for 2027–2030 Inscription by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 2 months ago 384 views Djibouti has never had a single site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Not one. Yet the country sits astride the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, one of the busiest shipping corridors on the … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Royalty & Kingdoms How Traditional African Kingdoms Are Becoming Major Heritage Tourism Destinations by Familugba Victor 2 months ago by Familugba Victor 2 months ago 386 views In November 2025, Nigeria switched on a $25 million museum built in Benin City specifically to house the Benin Bronzes, and had no bronzes ready to put inside it. Years … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage The Royal Splendour of Gondar, Ethiopia by Meseret Zeleke 3 months ago by Meseret Zeleke 3 months ago 445 views To emerge from the rugged, sun-bleached expanse of the Ethiopian highlands and find oneself staring at a cluster of crenellated stone towers, soaring battlements, and baroque stone arches is one … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage How AI and Cloud Archives Are Securing Africa’s Oral Past by Familugba Victor 3 months ago by Familugba Victor 3 months ago 386 views A recording only survives as long as something can still play it back. Staff interviewed for a 2024 study of South Africa’s National Film, Video and Sound Archives named outdated … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage The Maasai People of Kenya and Tanzania: Culture, Land Rights and Community Tourism Today by Oluwafemi Kehinde 5 months ago by Oluwafemi Kehinde 5 months ago 2K views They live among lions, raise their children on cattle blood and milk, and have held the same ground for centuries under the most dramatic sky on earth. The Maasai people … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail
Culture & Heritage The Swahili Coast: A Cultural Travel Guide from Mombasa to the Comoros by Rex Clarke 5 months ago by Rex Clarke 5 months ago 1K views The door is not the first thing you see when you arrive at a Swahili stone house. The door is the first thing you are meant to see. In Lamu, … 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTelegramEmail