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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.

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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.

Kente the Cloth That Speaks Without a Tongue

Born where a spider's web met an Asante loom near Bonwire, Kente is cloth that speaks without a tongue, its gold for...

Bisate Lodge, Volcanoes National Park

Bisate sits in the amphitheatre of an eroded volcanic cone in Rwanda’s northwest, its handful of spherical, thatched villas stitched into the...

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...

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...

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...

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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Fashion
African Luxury Perfumes and the New Language of Scent
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Fashion
Aso Oke the Prestigious Handwoven Cloth of the Yoruba
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Biographies
Chinua Achebe and the Quiet Power That Made Africa Speak for Itself
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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 $/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 $/night
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Private Island Lodge

North Island, Seychelles. Access by helicopter from Mahé
North Island, a Luxury Collection Resort
  • 11 villas
  • Check in time: 15:00
  • all-ages
  • pets-welcome
From $/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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10 August
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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, free to anyone who turns up.
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19 August
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Africa Food Show 2026
East Africa's food economy convenes at Nairobi's KICC, 19-21 August - a working trade floor for manufacturers, buyers, and operators, and the last edition before the franchise moves south as Anuga Select South Africa.
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17 August
Mon , 17 August
Africa Fashion Week London 2026
Europe's largest platform for African and diaspora design returns 17-23 August, with the main runway and exhibition weekend on the 22nd and 23rd - fashion treated as an industry, not a theme.
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