Blog - Kumakonda

The Traditional Kulamba Ceremony of the Chewa people of Zambia

The Traditional Kulamba Ceremony is the most important cultural event for the Chewa people of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, taking...

Likumbi Lya Mize ceremony of the Luvale people of Zambia The Likumbi Lya Mize ceremony is a series of ceremonies...

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

Back home after the Sallah Durbar Festival in Kano… Ranka ya Dede! (May you live long!) shouts the people and...

Sharo fulani ceremony in northern Nigeria We travelled to northern Nigeria to attend a Sharo or Shadi Fulani ceremony. There,...

Bogolan, Mali’s earthenware textiles Bogolan, ‘mud textiles’ in the Bambara language, is the type of dyeing technique that artists in...

Kankurang, Mandinka initiation rite in West Africa Kankurang, a Mandinka initiation rite practised mainly in Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau....

It is still possible to find salt for sale in the markets of the Sahel and Saharan cities such as...

On the 2023 Jungle Kongo Expedition trip, Austerio Alonso and the other travellers had the good fortune to witness a...

We travel to the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of the Pende tribe. This is one...

We like to include a strong cultural component in our trips. For example, the Kuba kingdom of the Congo, an...

In the Africa Overland expedition we did in Kumakonda between March and April 2023, we knew that Nigeria was not...