Articles on Travel to Africa

  • Dancing to the sound of Afrobeat in Lagos, Nigeria

    To be recognised as the father of a musical style is no small matter. In Lagos, the economic centre of Nigeria, they can boast about it. For this reason, and…

  • 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 going to make it easy for us, but we also…

  • The Wodaabe of Chad: origins, symbols and relationships in Gerewol

    In Kumakonda’s trips we have accumulated many encounters with the Wodaabe of Chad, and we even travel to their Gerewol festival once a year. For us, this nomadic people belonging…

  • 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 more or less secret societies with a strong esoteric, spiritual…

  • Introduction to the peoples and nomads of Lake Chad, a fascinating labyrinth of societies

    The human presence in Lake Chad dates back thousands of years, and the archaeological remains that have been found bear witness to this. Later, in what we call the Middle…

  • Loango, Gabon

    Loango National Park in Gabon

    Loango National Park in Gabon: Jungle, Beaches, and Wildlife Loango National Park, on Gabon’s Atlantic coast, brings together within a single area some of the most spectacular landscapes of Equatorial…

  • Lake Chad, a stunning natural and cultural ecosystem

    Lake Chad is a mythical place in Central Africa. It is one of the great symbols of the continent, like Kilimanjaro or the Sahara Desert. Divided between Chad, Nigeria, Niger…

  • 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…

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