Cultural Preservation

The African Travel and Tourism Association‘s 2026 Travel Trends report is unambiguous: cultural immersion, heritage storytelling, and slow, meaningful journeys are now the primary drivers of demand among global leisure …

Tourists press together beneath the Door of No Return, an ochre-and-gold arch rising from the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin. Carved into its face are the figures of chained …

The continent that fed the world has never received credit for teaching it to cook. Africa gave the world okra, which travels in the Creole gumbos of Louisiana. It gave …

Long before Addis Ababa became the diplomatic heart of Africa, the highlands of Shewa carried centuries of spiritual memory, political ambition, and cultural continuity. The story of Ethiopia’s modern capital …

Europe was not the beginning of civilisation. It was not even close. While European scholars spent centuries constructing a narrative in which human progress flowed from Greece to Rome to …

There is a wall in Nigeria that rewrote the Guinness World Records. Not metaphorically. Literally. When archaeologists began to fully measure the earthworks surrounding the ancient Kingdom of Benin in …

The Benin Bronzes are among the rare treasures and artefacts that carry heavy stories and hold memories of a powerful kingdom, the skill of master craftsmen, and the pain of …

As a proponent and advocate for culture, tradition, and tourism in Nigeria, I am particularly pleased that the much-anticipated Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Edo State, …

The Kofar Mata Dye Pits in Kano City, one of the most important historical cities in Northern Nigeria, are an outstanding example of craft, culture, and tradition. These ancient indigo …

There are trips you plan for months, and there are the ones that simply happen to you. My weekend trip to Abeokuta was supposed to be about rocks, not rings.  …