West Africa

Every year, thousands of people board flights to Accra, Dakar, Lagos, and Ouidah carrying something heavier than luggage, a hunger to find themselves in a place they have never been. …

West Africa has over 4,000 miles of Atlantic coastline. It contains some of the world’s most underdeveloped, least photographed, and most genuinely spectacular beaches. And for most of the past …

In early 2026, Artsy named Lagos one of the seven must-visit art destinations in the world. In the same year, the US State Department upgraded Nigeria’s travel advisory to Level …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Nabeela Farida Tunis, has joined the ranks of the world’s most influential place branding leaders for 2026. This recognition places her among …

In 2020, Cote d’Ivoire’s tourism sector collapsed. Turnover in the tourism and leisure industry fell by 73%, according to a study by FNIH-CI, the country’s national federation for tourism and …

The door has a name. Ghana renamed it in 2019. What was once called the Door of No Return, the opening in Cape Coast Castle’s thick stone walls through which …

Stand at the Door of No Return on Goree Island and watch the Atlantic. The door faces west. Ships once left through it carrying people who would never see this …

The bowl arrives before you have finished sitting down. It is wide enough to feed four people, its surface broken by two large pieces of grilled thiof – white grouper …

The plane touches down at Kotoka International Airport, and the immigration officer says “Akwaaba” before you hand over your passport. Welcome. For hundreds of thousands of people of African descent …

At five in the morning, the beach at Assinie is still dark, and the Atlantic is already moving. The groundswell has been building since midnight – long, organised lines from …