"Africa News" Category

On January 3, 2009, The Dakar Rally is all set to start. Dakar Rally is the world's most dangerous and grueling off-road race and have watched by millions of people throughout the world. The 2008 Dakar Rally was canceled at the last minute because of security concerns where some French tourists had recently been killed ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you have read previous post about some More fun in Africa Travels, here are 5 more added... 1. There's an alternative race for you f you can't afford to enter the Dakar Rally, called the Plymouth-Dakar challenge where competitors race for 3000 miles across the Sahara desert in cars worth less than $150. The Lada ...