Africa, Curated.

Experience Africa Beyond the Headlines Wherever Africa Is Lived

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

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.

Aso Oke the Prestigious Handwoven Cloth of the Yoruba

Aso Oke means prestigious cloth, and the Yoruba handweave it on their looms into some of West Africa's most luxurious garments, the...

Giraffe Manor, Nairobi

The photographs are accurate. At this 1930s ivy-clad manor in Langata, endangered Rothschild’s giraffes walk out of the morning mist, put their...

Notting Hill Carnival 2026

Europe's largest street celebration returns to west London on 30-31 August, Panorama on the 29th - a Caribbean diaspora tradition of mas...

The Baixa and the Marginal, Luanda

Every city keeps one quarter where its whole account is legible, and Luanda keeps its account on the bay. The baixa, the...

Durban, Where the Ocean Holds Its Breath

There is a particular quality to the light in Durban, amber and salt-tinged, arriving from the Indian Ocean with the slow confidence...

Stories That Travel with Africa

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

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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Safari Lodge

Oloololo Escarpment, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Fly-in via Mara airstrips

Angama Mara

From $1850/night

Private Island Lodge

North Island, Seychelles. Access by helicopter from Mahé

North Island, a Luxury Collection Resort

From $6826/night

Safari Lodge

Near Kinigi, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Bisate Lodge

From $2569/night

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.

Independence Memorial Museum, Windhoek

Karen, Nairobi

Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire

Zone 4, Marcory

Le Plateau, Abidjan

Talatona, Luanda

Ilha do Cabo, Luanda

What's Happening

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

Fri

2 October

Fri , 2 October

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.

Thu

15 October

Thu , 15 October

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.

Wed

11 November

Wed , 11 November

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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