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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.

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...

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...

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...

Independence Memorial Museum, Windhoek

On one hill in central Windhoek, three regimes hold a permanent conversation. The Christuskirche, consecrated in 1910, is German colonial rule at...

Luanda, the Atlantic City That Insists on Itself

Luanda announces itself with a curve. The Marginal, the bay-front promenade rebuilt in pink-flushed stone and palm, sweeps along the Atlantic like...

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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Fashion
Aso Oke the Prestigious Handwoven Cloth of the Yoruba
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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
  • 30 tented suites across two camps of 15
  • Check in time: 12:00
  • all-ages
  • pets-welcome
From $1850/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 $6826/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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Karen, Nairobi
Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire
Zone 4, Marcory
Le Plateau, Abidjan
Talatona, Luanda
The Baixa and the Marginal, Luanda
Ilha do Cabo, 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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19 November
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Dak'Art Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art 2026
One of Africa's most important recurring art convenings turns Dakar over to a month of contemporary African and diaspora art, 19 November-19 December, official selection and sprawling OFF alike.
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