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Are you brave enough

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Kenya

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Mali

“We are a city that has had Islam for one thousand years. We had the greatest teachers and universities. And

Baking Cakes in Kigali

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“ If it is given the opportunity, Africa will crack your heart open and make space for something different, a

Cape to Cairo

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Arid Eden – Book

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Namibia

"You better use your Namibian technology" – Monika Shikongo, youngest & first female Game Park Chief in Namibia The Country

The Last Brother Review

“They used to say I was very sick and that playing might kill me. In truth, they were not wrong.

Mauritius

“Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and heaven was copied after Mauritius.” – Mark Twain recounted an islander’s words after

Lyrics Alley Review

“Like the Sudanese sun drying wet cotton, bleaching it with its rays, he felt his sluggish mood evaporating, his irritation

Sudan

“By the standards of the European industrial world we are poor peasants, but when I embrace my grandfather I experience

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