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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon – Eric Moussambani, Equatorial Guinea
No CommentsRead more“The Olympic Games was something unknown for me. I was just happy that I was going to travel abroad…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Frankie Fredericks, Windhoek
No CommentsRead moreFrankie Fredericks, Windhoek “I basically believe in the Heavenly Father, and I believe He gave us all these talent and…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon – Mekatilili Wa Menza, Kenya
No CommentsRead more“We are not to fear the Europeans!” – Mekatilili Mekatilili Wa Menza was a fearless Kenyan heroine of Giriama extraction…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Stephen Keshi: The ‘Big Boss’ takes a Bow
No CommentsRead more“Our audacity to rise from our losses makes Nigeria the number one footballing nation in Africa!” “It’s only football. There’s…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar
No CommentsRead more“Before the Madagascan people and before God, I swear that I will do my utmost for the good of the…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Aster Yohannes, Asmara
No CommentsRead more“We never argue, my wife and I; because she can shoot straighter and faster than I can.” – Petros Solomon…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: PAPA WEMBA – King of Rhumba Rock (June 14, 1949 – April 24, 2016)
No CommentsRead moreKnown as the Kasai Nightingale, Papa Wemba, a frontline Congolese musician from DR Congo was the undisputed king of Rhumba…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Didier Drogba
No CommentsRead moreAll Hail Drog the King! One of Africa’s finest footballers of his generation, Didier Drogba currently plies his trade with…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Wavel Ramkalawan, Seychelles
No CommentsRead more“Tomorrow after the election, we will continue to be the Seychellois nation. Those who win must not provoke those who…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon: Jonathan Butler, Cape Town
No CommentsRead more“I was born poor, but richly blessed with talent and the gift to make music. I can’t dismiss where I’ve…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon: Lake Tana, Ethiopia
No CommentsRead moreLong acknowledged as the source of the Blue Nile River, Lake Tana is Ethiopia’s largest body of water, with a…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Angelique Kidjo – Cotonou
No CommentsRead moreAfrica’s Premier Diva “The only thing bigger than Angélique Kidjo’s voice is her heart. In this evocative memoir (Spirit Rising:…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
Khal Torabully: The Father of Coolitude (Mauritius)
No CommentsRead more“I also write about the sea and the Indian Ocean…with my own modest voice. This ocean, I am convinced, should…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Hassiba Boulmerka – The Constantine Gazelle
No CommentsRead more“As I crossed the line, I thrust a fist into the air. It was a symbol of victory, of defiance.…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
CITY ICON: SIR WILLIAM HOY – The Saviour of Hermanus
No CommentsRead moreThe beautiful seaside city of Hermanus is one of South Africa’s best tourism exports to the world. And whenever the…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
CITY ICON: JACQUES DIOUF: THE ANTI-HUNGER CRUSADER
No CommentsRead moreThere are many world renowned activists and global social changers, men and women of immense strength and passion towards the…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon: Serge Bambara, Ouagadougou
No CommentsRead more“Let’s dare invent our future.” – Thomas Sankara (Dec. 21, 1949–Oct. 15, 1987) Hip hop artist, actor and political activist,…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon : Omar Sharif (Doctor Zhivago)
No CommentsRead more“In these times, when we’re living with conflicts all over the place, I thought it would be nice to make…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon: Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe (Miss Universe 1999)
No CommentsRead moreIn 1999, 19-year old beauty queen from Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe was crowned Miss Universe to become the first African-born Black…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon: Soeuf Elbadawi, Comoros
No CommentsRead more“Theater is a tool for resistance.” – Soeuf Elbadawi Comorian artist, author and journalist Soeuf Elbadawi was born in 1970…
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Miriam Chiazortravelogue
City Icon: Dikembe Mutombo (Kinshasa)
No CommentsRead moreThe City: Kinshasa Located along the southern banks of the Congo River, Kinshasa was once a site of fishing villages.…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: Saïd Aouita, Fes
No CommentsRead moreFormer track & field world record holder and Olympic champion in the 5000m, Saïd Aouita is celebrated as one of…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon: KING MOSHOESHOE I – Maseru, Lesotho
No CommentsRead moreFounder and first paramount ruler of the Basotho nation, Moshoeshoe I was one of the most successful Southern African leaders…
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Michael Alvintravelogue
City Icon – Napoleon Bonaparte (Saint Helena)
No CommentsRead moreA study into the life of the emperor who was defeated and had a phrase that would live centuries after…
