Try these Budget Friendly Excursions When the African Skies Open
At the confluence of the Blyde River and the Treur River in the South African region of Mpumulanga, thousands of years of water erosion have created a unique and otherworldly geological feature known as Bourkes’ Luck Potholes. The Kakum National Park is made up of mostly undisturbed virgin rainforest and is one of the famous […]
Some African Scenery for Your Next Conference Call
If you’d rather be on a game drive in the bush or relaxing at a rooftop bar in Cape Town, Go2Africa has created some safari Zoom background images for you. Like most of the world, the team have been working from home and keeping up with friends and family using video conferencing services like Zoom […]
Lesotho Ski Resort Welcomes First Snow
Winter is coming, well if snow-filled images in Lesotho are anything to go by. Lesotho experienced heavy snowfall over the weekend, which has offered some travel FOMO for many people in lockdown. Afriski Mountain Resort, located in the Lesotho highlands, revealed that it received “more snow during April this year than we did in the […]
CapeNature Grows its Suite of Eco-tourism Offerings
CapeNature has announced new tourism developments within the Kogelberg Nature Reserve in the Western Cape. The Kogelberg reserve forms part of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which forms part of the Cape Floristic Kingdom. Having won design and sustainability awards respectively, the reserve has officially expanded into its next phase of […]
How You Can Help Preserve the African Safari during Lockdown
Travelers can help fund a number of Volcanoes Safaris’ community initiatives, including purchasing water tanks, and paying for school lunches and seedlings for village cultivation. Natural Selection also launched a COVID-19 Village Support program which transports food to people in remote villages ($75 feeds a family for a whole month). Education is as important as […]
An Artist’s New Migration Song
Learn the fascinating story of artist, Serge Alain Nitegeka, a Rwandan refugee in South Africa, whose works are garnering great acclaim and traveling the world. He, on the other hand, is not allowed to leave the country. For over five years, the Johannesburg artist has been unable to leave South Africa as he waits for […]
Provocative Photographer Mous Lamrabat Subverts North African Stereotypes
For Moroccan photographer, Mous Lamrabat, humor is at the core of his works. Even so, his images’ clever blending of North African and Muslim traditions with Western branding also results in works that are slyly thought-provoking. Existing and creating between many worlds — Moroccan, Berber, African, European, Muslim — led Lamrabat to create his own […]
Sneak Peak: Netflix Announces Its Next African Original Series ‘JIVA!’
As part of its ongoing mission to develop more African content, Netflix announced a new series ‘JIVA!,’ a South African slang term which translates to ‘dance’, is a drama series which will tell the story of a talented street dancer called Ntombi, who while juggling the demands of a dead-end job, family responsibility and a […]
This Animated Monster is Teaching Children in Nigeria – and Around the World – About Coronavirus
Communicating complex issues is never easy, particularly to a child. In an effort to explain coronavirus and the importance of social distancing, however, one Nigerian filmmaker recognized the power of animation to tell a story to which kids can relate. Niyi Akinmolayan’s cartoon monster is a 90-second animation to help youngsters understand why they have […]
20 Photographers Capturing the Beauty of Africa to Follow in 2020
If your Instagram feed could use a refresh, start following these 20 African photographers, whose works are stunning, startling and downright gorgeous. Just forget any thoughts about spending less time online in 2020. Orlando Mensah, born and raised in Ghana and currently based in Accra, set up Manju Journal with the aim of championing up-and-coming […]
