The Best Vineyard in Africa
South Africa’s Delaire Graff Estate, took the prize at The World’s Best Vineyards’ virtual event which aims to highlight vineyards of excellence and create a profile for wine tourism. Delaire Graff Estate is located in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape is the only wine farm from South Africa to make the list. The stunning establishment has been […]
The Gambia’s Pleasant Subtropical Climate
As the smallest country on the African mainland, the West African country enjoys warm temperatures, which are cooler on its tourist-filled coast. The low-lying nature of the country, which runs along the Gambia River, also means there is little or no altitudinal variation. But there is a difference in temperature, and especially humidity, between the […]
A Virtual Tour of Cape Town without Tourists
If you are having Cape Town FOMO, then let local Mike Zuma take you on a tour of the award-winning South African destination. The video, which was posted on dw.com/, takes viewers on a journey to the city. If you are expecting the streets to be busy with tourists, you won’t find any. He starts […]
Travel Update from Kenya
Kenya announced that local air travel will resume operations from 15 July 2020 and that international travel will resume from 1 August 2020. Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has implemented a reduction in park entry fees from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. Visitors arriving in Kenya must provide negative COVID-19 certificates of […]
Africa has been Finessing the Community-based Lodge Model for Years
Odzala Discovery Camps, in the Republic of Congo; Kasbah du Toubkal, in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco; and Sundy Praia and Roça Sundy, two lodges on the tiny island of Príncipe, off the west coast of Africa. The gold standard is Il Ngwesi, in Kenya, owned and run by Maasai. In 1996 the locals set […]
Can He Break Down Tunisia’s Hostile Tattoo Culture?
The Wachem Tattoo Shop has been an exciting fixture since 2016, when it became Tunisia’s first licensed tattoo studio operated by Fawez Zahmoul, who is breathing new life into the Arab world’s tattoo scene. “I realized my dream,” he says, having also opened the region’s first tattoo school in January 2019 in Tunis. Tattoos are […]
Libya’s Bahjat Chases Pop Stardom in Sweden
It’s a long way from Libya to Sweden but that is the journey wannabe pop star Bahjat has been on. “I went from being a Mediterranean boy, warm temperatures, to -30C.” For Bahjat, Sweden is a “pop wonderland”. “I’ve always been such a big fan of the Swedish pop sound.” It was a challenging situation […]
Dior Partners with Ghanaian Artist Amoako Boafo for a Stunning New Collection
As creative director for Dior Men, Kim Jones has shown a flare for art world collaborations. In his latest collaboration, he’s added a new artist to the list, working with Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo to create one of the most talked-about collections of the Spring-Summer 2021 menswear season. Working with a Black artist at a […]
Journalism of Drum’s Heyday Remains cause for Celebration – 70 Years Later
Drum becomes an online-only magazine this month, almost 70 years after it was first launched as an African print publication. The magazine is now a celebrity-focused human interest magazine. But it played a very different role in the 1950s and 1960s, when it is widely considered to have created new possibilities for identity for black […]
The Rise of Stan Culture in Afrobeats
From Marlians to Wizkid FC, afrobeats fandoms are contributing to the globalization of the sound—even if some might consider them overly obsessive. When D’Banj crooned “Kokolets…1..2″ back in 2005, he started a movement that would galvanize into Koko Mansion, Koko water, and Koko garri—all extensions of his brand as an artist made possible by capitalizing […]
