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January, 2009 Archive



Africa’s Festivals in January

January 4th, 2009 Cat: Africa News with No Comments »
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If you're at all interested in West African music and culture, then Mali is right the destination. Two internationally acclaimed festivals will take place this January, one along the banks of the mighty River Niger and the other in the middle of the Sahara desert. Other festivals include a Minstrel Carnival in Cape Town; Amazigh New ...

More fun in Africa Travels (3)

January 1st, 2009 Cat: Africa News with No Comments »
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Here are more interesting facts in Africa Travels, complementing previous post about some more fun in Africa travels (1) and fun Africa travels (2): 1. Sierra Leone's capital city Freetown was founded by freed slaves in the 1790's. They settled near an old cotton tree that is still alive today and one of the city's main ...