,,,,Your plane just landed in Africa! Because Africa consist of 54 countries there is much to see and explore here. You can explore North, East, South, West, or Central Africa by exploring the following countries. Delve into the culture and life of the African People. Enjoy your stay!
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[[Explore West Africa]]
[[Visit North Africa]]
[[Travel to South Afrca]]
[[Venture to East Africa]]
[[Go to Central Africa]]East Africa offer exciting, lively and colorful stalls that sell all kinds of curiosities, crafts and artifacts. African garments are of good quality and you can buy colorful dresses (known as bou-bous) at reasonable prices. Woodcarvings are also sold almost everywhere.
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[[Browse the woodcarvings]]
[[See some crafts]]These are some of the colorful clothes that are sold at the local market. African textiles are often used for social and political events, for commemorative purposes marking special occasions like political or tribal events, weddings, funerals, burials, naming ceremonies.
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How are they made? Cloth production methods include woven, dyed, embroidered and printed techniques. Printing and dying and hand painting occurred on all types of woven cloth and also on leather (hide) and bark.
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</div>Swahili art includes wood carvings. They represent spirits of animals or ancestors, mythological heroes, moral values or a form of honoring of a person in a symbolic way. Wooden mask are very important to the culutre.
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</div>The ancient trade between the tribes situated at the eastern African coast and the Arabs brought forth strong foreign influences that made East African art more distinct. A common East African art that most tribes in this region share is their elaborate and beautifully patterned beadwork. Colorful beads are vital components in the body adornment of Eastern ethnic groups. These vibrantly hued materials are created into accessories, jewelries or used as ornaments embroidered into their exotic clothing, and even tediously incorporated into complex hairstyles.
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Beadwork is done by hand requiring much detail and time. Beadwork is very difficult and is a beautiful art form.
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Hello! Welcome to West Africa. There is a rich culture to explore. Here you can explore the markets, watch a foodball game, listen to some West African music, and watch some films. Hope you enjoy your stay!
[[Explore the local market]]
[[Watch a football game]]
[[Listen to some music]]
[[See a film]]Welcome to North Africa! Enjoy your stay here; there is much to explore in North Africa. You can venture the market and haggle, take a hike, visit the pyramids, or go scubba diving.
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[[Tour the pyramids]]
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[[Hike North Africa]]Hello! Welcome to South Africa. There is much to explore here. South Africa offers stunning landscapes and a rich culture.
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[[Check out the dunes]]
[[Explore the coast]]
[[Taste the food of South Africa]]Hello! Welcome to East Africa. Feel free to explore and witness East Africa's rich culture. You can go to the local market, grab some food from a street market, take a hike in the East African outdoors.
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[[Take a hike]]Welcome to Central Africa! There is much to explore here. There are some large cities in Central Africa, like Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo! You can walk through the local market or explore a popular animal sanctuary in Central Africa.
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[[Explore the market]]Welcome to the local street market. The street markets are usually at night time, called night markets. They are scattered all around East African cities. Here you will see some of East Africa's most popular dishes!
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These are some of East Africa's Mandazi Donuts.
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Stews with different meats and vegetables are very popular in East Africa.
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</div>.East Africa is dominated by the Great Rift Valley. Associated with the rift valleys are vast savannas such as the Serengeti Plain, large lakes, high mountains, and the highlands of Ethiopia.
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Located in Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s tallest mountain at about 19,340 feet. It is the largest free-standing mountain rise in the world, meaning it is not part of a mountain range. And it is the tallest peak in Africa. There are various volanoes, like Mount Kilimanjaro, scattered around East Africa.
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East Africa is a land of gorgeous landscapes, warm sunsets, proud people, and unforgettable wildlife. Countries like Kenya and Tanzania are world famous for their majestic animals like the monkey, hyena, leopard, panther, and African elephant. Many people travel to East Africa for safaris.
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</div>Welcome to the a local market in West Africa! In West Africa there are many of these markets scattered along the streets. There is much to see here. You can grap something to eat from street vendors or buy some colorful clothing from a shop.
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The West African Football Union officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is an association of the football playing nations in West Africa. Here you can watch West African teams compete. In 2019, Senegal played Ghana at Stade Lot Dior in Thies, in the final game of the new-look WAFU Cup of Nations.
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</div>Welcome! You are at a West African music festival. Here you can listen to the different genres of West African music. Waga Hip Hop is one of the major international hip hop festivals taking place in West Africa. Each year, around early and mid-October it welcomes international artists and media to attend this festival of urban cultures.
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</div>Nollywood is the film industry in Nigeria, and is in fact the second largest movie industry globally - in terms of output, producing about 2,500 films in a year. This number surpasses Hollywood, and is second only to India’s Bollywood. Here are some famous Nollywood films.
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</div>Welcome to the clothing shops of West Africa. Wander through the shop and look at the popular West African wear.
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Agbada is one of the names for a flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa. Agbada is usually decorated with intricate embroidery, and is worn on special religious or ceremonial occasions, such as the two Islamic Eid festivals, weddings, funerals or for attending the Mosque for Friday prayer. It has become the formal attire of many countries in West Africa. Older robes have become family heirlooms passed on from father to son and are worn as status symbols.
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The dashiki is a colorful garment for men and women worn mostly in West Africa. As casual-wear, the dashiki is made with little to no embroidery, while as a formal attire for weddings or occasions it will be made from silk brocade and includes intricate embroidery on the neckline and around the cuffs.
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</div>Hello! Welcome to the a local West African street food market. You can grab a bite to eat and taste the popular dishes of West Africa.
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Jollof rice, or jollof, also known as benachin in Wolof, is a one-pot rice dish popular in many West African countries such as The Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Mali. It is also called 'reddish one-pot dish' and varies in these countries.
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Fufu is a staple food common in many countries in West Africa and Central Africa such as Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, both Congos, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Gabon, and is also found in the Caribbean. Fufu refers to a dough made from boiled and pounded starchy ground provisions like plantains, cassava, or malanga.
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</div>Sadza is the main food in Zimbabwe, it is so common that sadza re masikai translates to lunch, and sadza re manheru translates to dinner, sadza by itself translates to meal. Sadza is eaten at least once a day. It is made from corn/maize and water, it is a type of porridge usually served
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Muamba de galinha is the national dish in Angola, is made with chicken and many spices and herbs. Palm oil gives the dish flavor, while lycopene provides the red color.
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</div>When going to South Africa make sure to try out sandboarding in one of the oldest desserts in the world. This can be done year-round. They do not have lifts to get you back to the top of the sand dune, so good luck I hope you are in shape. The Namib desert the origin of the name even means “vast place”. There are several different plant and animal species that live in this desert
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</div>Be sure to check out South America’s Wild Coast. Where you will be able to see the Mkambati Falls which cascades directly into the ocean. Also has its own natural beach, and natural formed pools. You could also see Waterfall Bluff which is one of 19 waterfalls in the world that fall directly into the ocean. Mapuzi caves is a must see, there is a cliff to jump off into a pool where you can also swim with the fish. Bulungula and Mdumbi Beach is a beautiful destination along Wild Coast to bask in the glory of our world and really take in its beauty. These are just a few.
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The Mapuzi caves are also another wonderful place to visit. Once you’re there, relax and enjoy the scenery or follow the edges to Mapuzi cliffs, where you can find a cave with a hidden natural Jacuzzi. For those more daring, the Mapuzi cliffs are also perfect for jumping, with the highest being 14 meters!
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The Buffalo River is situated in the city of East London on the East Coast of South Africa, and it is another great place to explore.
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</div>Morrocan bazaars are some of the most historic and famous marketplaces in the world, featuring goods from all over the world and African continent. It features 2.2 million craftspeople who uniquely create each of their products by hand, a rare trade in an increasingly automated global economy.
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There is spices, clothing, and crafts to purchase at the market. The markets are vibrant and expresses the culture of North Africa.
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</div>The Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt are one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. They were constructed as temples and tombs for royalty from 2580 B.C.E. to 2560 B.C.E. using mostly slave labor. The smooth exterior is made of limestone which was quarried across the Nile, and the interior is constructed out of stone quarried to the South of the Pyramids, the blocks assumedly had to be lifted into place by hand.
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Let us take a look at the inside of the pyramids. The pharaoh's final resting place was usually within a subterranean burial chamber underneath the pyramid. Although the Great Pyramid has subterranean chambers, they were never completed, and Khufu's sarcophagus rests in the King's Chamber, where Napoleon is said to have sojourned, deep inside the Great Pyramid.
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</div>Let us go scubba diving!This national park is located between the rich coral reefs of the Red Sea and the inland desert of the Sinai, and is one of the most famous diving spots in the world. The area is teeming with colorful fish, dolphins, coral, and mangroves. The park is also referred to as the “Jewel of Sinai.”
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</div>North Africa has very a unique landsacpe with much to explore. First, North African coasts are beautiful. Here’s where the bright blue water of the Mediterranean Sea meets the rocky cliffs of the Akhḍar Mountains in Libya.
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This is the town of Imlil, just outside of Toubkal National Park. Imlil is a relatively new creation. It was created to house tourists coming to visit the Toubkal National Park. The Park contains the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains, Toubkal Mountain.
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Lola Ya Bonobo is a sanctuary for orphaned bonobos and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Kinshasa area. The bonobos are hunted for bush meat, and when a mother is killed, the babies are often taken and sold on the black market as pets. The sanctuary tries to recover as many as possible so that they can live out their lives in safety. One of the four great apes, bonobos have been relatively isolated until the 20th century. The sanctuary covers 30 hectares of forest and you can visit the several feeding stations that the staff use to help track the apes. The sanctuary also accepts volunteers.
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</div>Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is home to 10 million people. With an estimated 400 markets and over 1 million traders, markets are an important supplier of goods and source of livelihood. They are also an important source of revenue for the state. There is much to browse here: clothing, food, and handmade crafts.
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↶↷Your plane just landed in Africa! Because Africa consist of 54 countries there is much to see and explore here. You can explore North, East, South, West, or Central Africa by exploring the following countries. Delve into the culture and life of the African People. Enjoy your stay!
Explore West Africa
Visit North Africa
Travel to South Afrca
Venture to East Africa
Go to Central Africa