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Posted 24 July 2017 - By Michael Usifo
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City Icon: Papiss Demba Cisse – Senegal
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Recipe Wednesday: M’Bour Poulet (Chicken)Yassa
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Exploring Saint Louis Incredible Sites
It is not a mistake that Saint Louis Island featured among the “100 places to remember before they disappear” during an outdoor exhibition in Copenhagen in 2009. The exhibition featured 100 photographs from 100 different places around the world that are threatened by climate change. Luckily, prior to that year, i.e. in 2000, the UNESCO …
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Interesting Day Trip to M’bour
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FESPACO, Ouagadougou: The African Oscars
“In the 1960’s we decided to show the outside world that Africa has its own civilization, its own culture. We have a lot to say, but that begins by controlling our own images.” – One of the founders of FESPACO Intro Across Africa, there are several socio-cultural, religious, sports, and arts gatherings and events that …
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City Icon: Serge Bambara, Ouagadougou
“Let’s dare invent our future.” – Thomas Sankara (Dec. 21, 1949–Oct. 15, 1987) Hip hop artist, actor and political activist, Serge Martin Bambara aka Smockey was born in Ouagadougou on October 24, 1971 to a Burkinabe father of Bissa roots and a French mother. Growing up as a teenager in the ‘80s, he witnessed the …
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FESPACO : A Tale from Ouagadougou
The Game Burkina Faso was not among African leading footballing nations, until it almost shocked the world at the grand finale of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, AFCON. I was at Ouagadougou while the match was on; it was on one of those Sundays when you head out with friends and enjoy the fun …
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Ouagadougou: The Power of Songs
Words weaved together with rhymes and beats produce music. Music feeds the soul! When it goes to parties, it makes the legs twist and turn while the waist whines, sometimes in an acrobatic dangle. There is so much power in music than one could imagine. We know also that music calms nerves, and recreate events. …
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Festival Carnaval de São Vincente
It is not hard to see the Brazilian influence in the Carnaval de São Vincente. The Portuguese discovered the islands that make up Cape Verde uninhabited in the latter half of the 15th century and began to populate it with various kinds of people they forcefully took there. In a sense, the islands became laboratories …
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City Icon – Cesária Évora: The Barefoot Diva
“I have no strength, no energy. I want you to say to my fans: forgive me, but now I need to rest.” – Cesária Évora, the Barefoot Diva (Aug 27, 1941 – Dec 17, 2011) Cesária Évora was a Grammy Award-winning singer from Cape Verde who is globally acknowledged as the Queen of Morna, a …
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Music and Festivals of Cabo Verde
What do you know about the music and festivals of Cabo Verde? “Where is that? You may ask. Where else could one surf and scuba dive in one day, dance the samba and funaná on the second and scale a volcano on the third, all in a dry, mosquito-free environment where the mercury never falls …
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12 Exciting Treats at Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde is an impressive archipelago of jewel-like islands which lines the West African coast. This unique destination parades some of the world’s most pristine sands, clear beaches, exciting holiday adventures and hospitable people. Here are 12 exciting treats at Cabo Verde you must indulge in whilst there. The peaceful and therapeutic nature of Cabo …
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24 hours in Lome
Tucked just next to Benin Republic in between Ghana and Nigeria, Togo is a small West Africa country you’ll hate to miss. Once labelled the “pearl of West Africa”, Togo attracts people to itself via its beaches, colourful markets, friendly people and the scenery in its north—the hills, plateaus and mud-brick houses that dot the …
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Recipe Wednesday: Gboma Dessi – Lome
Hi folks, it’s another Wednesday, another recipe. We do hope you have been trying out dishes for yourselves. Let us know if you would like any special recipe we can put up for you. Our destination this week takes us to one of the many francophone cities in West Africa, Lome. Our recipe today is Gboma Dessi, …
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Exploring Lome’s Markets
Anyone visiting Lome will find quite enough interesting spots there to visit, for me the city’s markets got my attention. The two markets I visited are the Grand Marche and the Akodessewa fetish market. They are probably the only main markets in the city, the former sells general goods while the latter has specific focus. …
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Ma Dengn Beach Festival: A Coming Together
Freetown is one of West Africa’s most alluring capitals. Lively and calm, Sierra Leone’s largest city has a slew of lovely beaches and pretty mountains. In recent times, the country had suffered, first from a civil war and later the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease. However, no matter how gloomy a situation may be, …
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For Business Travellers, Abidjan is Back in Business
About 5 years ago, Abidjan was on its knees as gunfire spread around while pro and anti Gbagbo forces were at war because the then president refused to leave office after he was defeated at the poll by Alassane Ouattara. Fast-forward to five years later, the once dreaded city is snowballing into the economic powerhouse …
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City Icon: Didier Drogba
All Hail Drog the King! One of Africa’s finest footballers of his generation, Didier Drogba currently plies his trade with Montreal Impact the Canadian Major League Soccer after an illustrious career playing in Europe. Drogba was born in Abidjan on March 11, 1978. Following Côte d’Ivoire’s qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, …
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Recipe Wednesday: Chocolate Clafoutis with Caramelised Oranges
Salut mes amis! Or for my non French speaking folks, hello my friends. It’s been a wonderful week so far and hoping it goes fantastic all the way until we say “FRI-YAY”. You must be wondering why I started by greeting you in French. Well, this week, we are in the beautiful city of Abidjan, …
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Abidjan Zoo: a Symbol of Recovery
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Easter Fun at LCC Easter Carnival Weekend, Lagos
Afro Tourism will be covering the event live. Be sure to attend the event to meet any of our representatives and ask all the questions you have about African tourism and Africa’s untapped destinations.
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7 African Waterfalls To Visit This Summer
Words defy how to explain the perfect waterfall…perfection, serene ambiance, tranquil…and so forth. For many of us, summer time is is the perfect time to kick back and relax, whilst for others it spells p-a-r-t-y time. For the rest of us, summer is adventure time and what’s a good adventure without discovering Africa’s beautiful falls. …
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PORT HARCOURT BANTABA 2017: Opening Nigeria’s South-South to the World
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Seven Options for a Weekend Holiday in Ghana
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