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Benin City and Edo culture, pure Nigerian history

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

Donso hunters

Discovering the Dozo hunters, an esoteric and powerful brotherhood of the Malinké Country

Among the enormous variety of worldviews that exist in West Africa today, we can find brotherhoods or confraternities. These are...

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...

Travel to Benin – Travel guide to discover the voodoo country

Travel to Benin. Its main richness is its immense cultural heritage, its varied traditions (some forty ethnic groups), and its...

West Africa, journey through our senses

To enter West Africa is to penetrate ancestral Africa, in a mysterious world of secret societies, initiation rites, masks and...

Dambe: the fight club in northern Nigeria

Dambe. Welcome to the Fight Club.We travelled to northern Nigeria, specifically to Kano, the oldest city in West Africa....

Bijagos Islands in Guinea Bissau, where women rule

On our last trip to Guinea Bissau in February 2018 we were lucky to learn more about this West African...

Tiwai Island Sanctuary Sierra Leone

Discovering Tiwai Island, travelling to Sierra Leone The Tiwai Island Sanctuary in Sierra Leone is one of the great highlights...

Visiting the Cantanhez National Park in Guinea Bissau

Travelling to Cantanhez National Park The Cantanhez National Park in Guinea Bissau is located in the district of Tombali, in...

Traditional Fabrics of Ivory Coast

Traveling through the different regions of northern Ivory Coast we find the craft production of traditional materials. Traditional Kita The...

Niofoin and its fetish houses. Visit one of the most peculiar villages of Ivory Coast

In northern Ivory Coast, in the heart of the Senufo country, between Boundiali and Korhogo, lies Niofoin, one of the...

Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary and Fouta Toro in Northern Senegal

In the last two trips we have run in Senegal in late 2016 and early 2017, we have explored the...