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June 17, 2012 1 Comment

Africa’s Venice; the City-Lake of Ganvie

Lying in middle of Lake Nokoué, near Cotonou, Benin is Ganvie – the largest floating city in Africa. Over 20,000 people call

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June 6, 2012 2 Comments

Tribe: The wandering Daasanach of East Africa

Tough, untamed, independent and with a flair for tribal avant garde, the rare Dassanch are a people with a proud heritage

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May 30, 2012 1 Comment

Discos to destruction: snapshot memories of Mogadishu

Funky dancing in a seaside bar, Vespa scooters on elegant, broad boulevards: the faded images of a lost Somalia and

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May 18, 2012 1 Comment

Tribe: The enigmatic Samburu of Kenya

Despite the powerful forces of modernity, the Samburu take pride in their culture and keeping their rich traditions alive. Closely related to

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May 16, 2012 0 Comments

Kenyan reality TV show helps farmers improve rural livelihoods

Unlikely TV stars in an unlikely reality television project in Kenya that’s far removed from the ‘glitz’, ‘glamour’ and cheese

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May 15, 2012 0 Comments

Iten, Kenya – where Olympians are molded to run with the gods

A tiny borough in Kenya’s Rift Valley is turning out the world’s best marathon and long distance runners and attracting global devotees in

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May 15, 2012 1 Comment

Jo Labi, Ivory Coast’s first all women band

It took a mother’s last wish, and a man to make it happen, but Ivory Coast now has it’s first all-women musical

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May 7, 2012 1 Comment

Finally, some good news about Somalia: business is booming

Tired of hearing about Somalia’s bombings, terrorists, famine and poverty? Here’s a change from the norm; the country still has

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April 30, 2012 2 Comments

Tribe: The Unusual Mursi of Ethiopia

The Mursi tribe are an African tribe from the isolated Omo valley in Southern Ethiopia near the border with Sudan.

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March 13, 2012 2 Comments

Mapepo: the winds of change across Africa

These winds of change may now reach across the Sahara by Wangari Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) –