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Curated city guides, Cultural Intelligence, Design, Food, Nightlife, and the Voices Redefining Modern African Life on the Continent and Across the Diaspora.

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Where Will You Begin?

Planning your next trip, exploring Culture, or simply following your curiosity? Choose your path and discover Africa across the continent and throughout the global diaspora.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the Fearless Language of African Liberation

He wrote his most defiant novel on prison toilet paper, refusing to let a cell silence him. Ngugi wa Thiong'o spent a...

North Island, Seychelles

North Island is the private-island idea taken to its logical end. A single granitic island in the inner Seychelles, reached by helicopter...

Chale Wote Street Art Festival 2026

Accra's oldest quarter turns itself over to art from 10-17 August - murals, performance, film and sound at street level in Jamestown,...

Ilha do Cabo, Luanda

Luanda keeps its offices on one side of the bay and its evenings on the other. The Ilha do Cabo, the long...

Abidjan, the Lagoon City That Sets West Africa's Tempo

Abidjan is built on water that cannot decide whether it is sea or lake, and the city has made the ambiguity its...

Featured Stories

Stories That Travel with Africa

Explore Culture, Travel, Cities, Events, and the untold stories shaping Africa and its global diaspora.

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Culture
Why Eagle Schnapps Still Speaks to the Ancestors
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Fashion
African Luxury Perfumes and the New Language of Scent
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Culture
Kente the Cloth That Speaks Without a Tongue
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Stay Well. Stay Connected.

Experience comfort, culture, and hospitality in every destination. Browse curated accommodations across Africa’s cities and travel regions, carefully selected to enhance your trip and connect you with local character

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Heritage Boutique Manor

Gogo Falls Road, Langata, Nairobi, Kenya
Giraffe Manor (The Safari Collection)
  • 12 rooms: 6 in the Historic Manor, 6 in the Garden Manor
  • Check in time: From 12:00 noon; no early check-in
  • all-ages
  • pets-welcome
From $1413/night
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Safari Lodge

Oloololo Escarpment, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Fly-in via Mara airstrips
Angama Mara
  • 30 tented suites across two camps of 15
  • Check in time: 12:00
  • all-ages
  • pets-welcome
From $1850/night
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Safari Lodge

Near Kinigi, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Bisate Lodge
  • 6 forest villas
  • Check in time: Not publicly disclosed
  • all-ages
  • pets-welcome
From $2569/night
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Top Landmarks. Landscapes. Living Culture.

Discover places that move at different speeds, sacred, social, natural and historic, connecting local landscapes to the wider story of Africa and its diaspora.

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Independence Memorial Museum, Windhoek
Karen, Nairobi
Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire
Zone 4, Marcory
Le Plateau, Abidjan
Talatona, Luanda
The Baixa and the Marginal, Luanda

What's Happening

Moments worth planning around events, gatherings, and cultural signals across Africa and its global diaspora.

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2 October
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Lake of Stars Malawi Arts Festival 2026
Three days of music and multidisciplinary arts on the shore of Lake Malawi, 2-4 October at Fish Eagle Bay - a festival defined as much by place as by programme.
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15 October
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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London 2026
The leading international fair for contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora returns to Somerset House, 15-18 October - one continent, fifty-four countries, in a single frame.
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11 November
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Cairo International Film Festival 2026
One of the oldest accredited film festivals in Africa and the Arab world returns 11-20 November - the point where African, Arab and international cinema meet in one city.
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