Austerio Alonso

Austerio Alonso

Co-founder of Kumakonda. Passionate of Africa. Specialist in the design, preparation and realization of expeditions in Africa. Content creator.

Latest posts from Austerio Alonso

  • Viaje a Casamance

    Trip to Casamance in Senegal, culture and dance of the Diola people

    Trip to Casamance in Senegal, culture and dance of the Diola people Trip to Casamance in Senegal with Mara Bagossi to discover the culture and dance of the Diola people.…

  • Emir Kano Nigeria

    Sallah Durbar Festival in Kano, the magnificent celebration in Northern Nigeria

    Back home after the Sallah Durbar Festival in Kano… Ranka ya Dede! (May you live long!) shouts the people and the nobility as the emir passes through the streets of…

  • Sharo

    Sharo Ceremony, the scars of Fulani love in Nigeria

    Sharo fulani ceremony in northern Nigeria We travelled to northern Nigeria to attend a Sharo or Shadi Fulani ceremony. There, in a remote village in Jigawa State on the border…

  • Ilha da Baia dos Tigres

    Ilha da Baía dos Tigres and Foz do Cunene​, trip to the southern Angola

    Ilha dos Tigres​ and Foz do Cunene A few days ago we travelled to the desert coast of the Namib in southern Angola (March 2024) for one of the most spectacular…

  • Bogolan

    Bogolán, the language of textiles

    Bogolan, Mali’s earthenware textiles Bogolan, ‘mud textiles’ in the Bambara language, is the type of dyeing technique that artists in Mali have used for centuries on hand-woven textiles. Ancestral handicraft…

  • Kankurang

    Kankurang, the Mandinka initiation rite in West Africa

    Kankurang, Mandinka initiation rite in West Africa Kankurang, a Mandinka initiation rite practised mainly in Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau. We delve into this initiatory world with Judit Torrent Navarro.…

  • Lomako – Yokokala Wildlife Reserve in DR Congo

    Created in 2006, the Lomaoko-Yokokala Reserve is a protected area with an area of 3,625 km² (slightly larger than Luxembourg) and is situated between the Lomako and Yokokala rivers in…

  • Trip to Equatorial Guinea, reserved matter

    A trip to Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most opaque countries

  • Lekedi Park in Gabon, observation of mandrills

    Lekedi Park in Gabon offers the opportunity to get up close and photograph two large troops of wild but habituated mandrills.

  • Sapeurs, the dandies of the Congo and the “SAPE”

    In Brazzaville and Kinshasa, the capitals of the two Congos, hundreds of sapeurs are part of the urban subcultural movement known as SAPE.

  • Tata Gonda, the celestial army in DR Congo

    In the depths of the province of Congo Central, the followers of the now dead prophet Tata Gonda live in total autarchy. 

  • Mercedes overland truck 4×4 for sale

    Characteristics of our Mercedes 4×4 overland truck I only attend to people who are really interested: +34 635419035 or info@kumakonda.com Overland truck 4×4 for sale After having made several trips…