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Sudd

The Sudd, chronicles of a journey to South Sudan via the White Nile

The Sudd, South Sudan’s White Nile Expedition The Sudd (Bahr al Jabal) of South Sudan, a vast and remote region...

Gerewol de Niger

Gerewol of Niger vs Gerewol of Chad

Gerewol of Niger vs Gerewol of Chad In recent years, the Gerewol ceremonies in Niger and Chad have become increasingly...

Kulamba

The Traditional Kulamba Ceremony of the Chewa people of Zambia

The Traditional Kulamba Ceremony is one of the most important cultural events of the Chewa people of Malawi, Mozambique and...

Likumbi Mya Mize Ceremony

Likumbi Lya Mize, Zambian ceremonies

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

caravanas de sal en el desierto

Salt caravans in the Sahara, resistance or death

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

A curious maternity leave in Congo (DRC)

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

Pende Tribe, the people of the great initiations (DRC)

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