africa

All the best wildlife, bazaars, and adventures Africa has to offer from Cairo to Cape Town.

Blofonyo
"Blofonyo!" My mother-in-law's greeting to me is full of affection and warmth. Her term of endearment literally means 'white person,' but has a whole other meaning when she speaks it. When she says it, I embrace the term, though it has a different connotation when I hear it on the street. People here are friendly, sometimes overly friendly, and I am used to attracting attention in Ghana. I hear the call 'Blofonyo' a dozen times, as I go shopping at the local market, or explore the restaurants and local shops. Among friends and family, the term becomes an inside joke. A close friend, and I jokingly refer to each other as 'Mordin,' and 'Blofonyo'–black and white respectively.
By Jenny Beck7 years ago in Wander
See Kenya... My Way
Tourism is back in Kenya and people come from all over the world to see nature at its best. I have traveled the country for 18 years and here are some the great places to visit. The country is stable, both politically and economically. Swahili is the national language with English spoken as well. It has a coastline and many national parks.
By Raj Patel7 years ago in Wander
Tears and Fears in Kakum National Park. Top Story - January 2019.
"Don't look down," I whisper to myself. Ahead of me lies my nemesis, two planks with a rope handle hanging over empty space. Never a fan of heights, I consider backing out and heading down the mountain. The faces of several small children half my height eagerly walking across the bridge make me swallow my fears and step on the shaky boards. The pit in my stomach grows larger but my ego goads me on. My pride demands that I don't wimp out in front of these children. I stare fixedly ahead and slowly place one foot in front of the other, my fingers clenching the rope handle in a death grip.
By Jenny Beck7 years ago in Wander
Adventures in Africa: Part 2
After we reach Kokofu we moved on to our final destination in a small village. Before long, unfortunately our friends had to leave and return to the States. They showed us the necessities of what we needed to know and now we just had to unpack.
By Autumn Brown7 years ago in Wander
Adventures in Africa
Today I would like to tell a true story that is going on even to this very day. My family and I moved to Ghana Africa, on the first of June this year, to join the mission field. We sold everything we own including our house, car, beds, clothes, etc. Each of us got to take two suitcases and a carry on. Everything else was either sold or put in storage. Let me tell you that it was not easy for a single one us to sell our things and leave everything we have ever known. My family consists of my father and mother, younger brother and sisters.
By Autumn Brown7 years ago in Wander
South Africa
Over the summer of 2018 I was lucky enough to take part in a volunteer research placement in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Over the course of four weeks I took part in many different activities to aid the community and the ecosystem.
By Laura Park7 years ago in Wander
African Descendant People: Lonely Nation Away from Home
The African presence in early human history can be found all over the world. Their presence can be found in places like India, North America, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands, Asia, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand to name a few.
By Darryl C. Richie7 years ago in Wander
Wanderlust with William Whitecloud
The word Safari was first an Arabic word "safara," meaning "a journey," which was first used as a foreign word in the English language in 1858. Then Swahili: The Arabic word found its way to East Africa where it was adapted to the Swahili verb "kusafiri" which means "to travel" and the noun safari.
By Yo7 years ago in Wander
NAKUPENKA
Today I want to talk to you about one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. I'm talking about Nakupenda, a strip of sand that rises today at dawn and disappears every evening at sunset in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
By Claudia Costabile8 years ago in Wander
Into East Africa
I traveled to Bujumbura, Burundi during my senior year of undergrad and stayed there for about a month. The journey took one three hour car ride, and three separate flights over the course of 28 hours but we made it. I traveled with my boyfriend whose family is from Burundi and who had only visited, himself, every so often. To say I felt grateful would be an understatement. And before I get into the rest of this piece, I think it is important to note that I am no expert on Burundi. I was born lower middle class and white in Upstate New York and therefore can only translate this experience through my own lens.
By Kristen F8 years ago in Wander
Serendipity
I got off the plane into the hot, desert heat. The wind was blowing, and at first it didn’t seem all that different, until I really opened my eyes and saw what was in front of me. Nothing was the same as my small town. There were people of all different ethnicities, belonging to all different religions, and speaking all different languages. That’s what fascinated me the most, the languages and the cultures, all coming together to make something unique, yet each so different from the other.
By Ryan M8 years ago in Wander
I Am Adventure
I am adventure. For many of us Millennials, life is a little complicated. We’re that “still-figuring-it-out-whilst-pretending-to-look-like-we’ve-got-it-sorted” generation and in the midst of being suffocated by all the Valencia-filtered Insta posts and the incessant motivational quotes I think we lose sight of adventure. Real adventure.
By Asha Modha8 years ago in Wander