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WHO SHOULD DESIGN YOUR NEXT HOTEL?
From vegetable- dyed textiles and charmingly wonky ceramics to sleek lighting and avant- garde sculpture, Emma Love looks to Africa’s homegrown designers for her interior inspiration. When it comes to...
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WHERE THE SAND MEETS THE SEA
From The Gambia to Kenya, South Africa to Mauritius, Africa’s beaches offer everything from buzzing urban marketplaces and extreme sport destinations, to sanctuaries teeming with wildlife and deserted...
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WAVE TO THE WHALES ON THE WESTERN CAPE
Late winter and the early days of spring in South Africa’s Western Cape mean many things: the petering out of winter rains, the explosion of spring flowers in Namaqualand, and the beginnings of the...
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FUTURE SHOCK: FABRICE MONTEIRO’S PROPHETIC SPIRITS WARN OF KEEPING COMPLACENT
Humanity is in pretty bad shape. Disorientated by heavy blow after heavy blow, a self-inflicted beating has put mankind on its knees — voices that don’t deserve to be heard are shouting louder than war...
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MOUNTAIN MADNESS: FIVE AFRICAN MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES
From diving with great white sharks to walking safaris through predator-rich Big Five country, there’s certainly no shortage of adventure travel to be had in Africa. However, few travellers think of...
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MEET THE THREE NEWEST AFRICAN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES
It is the cradle of human civilisation and one of the most extraordinarily diverse continents on earth. So it is something of a scandal that Africa is not more widely represented in the list of Unesco...
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IT’S A RUM THING: CAPE TOWN’S RUM REVOLUTION
Step aside craft beer. Move over artisan gin. Rum is the latest spirit to get the small-batch handcrafted treatment, and – unsurprisingly – Cape Town is hot on the heels of the global trend with the...
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Larry Achiampong’s Vision for a New Pan African Identity
You might be forced to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable, but in order to embrace a new positive identity for Africa and its diaspora, it’s important not to sweep difficult conversations...
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ON THE HUNT FOR THE ‘REAL’ AFRICA
In response to the modern traveller’s desire for true immersion in a destination, African safaris are stepping up their game. Melissa Twigg looks at a few of the experiences going beyond mere...
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FARM TO TABLE
Community farms in Cape Town’s townships are furnishing the tables of the city’s most mindful foodie destinations. Olivia Squire traces the journey from garden to plate… There’s a sketch on Portlandia,...
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HOPS AND HAPPINESS
Beer. It’s what puts a smile on the bearded face of Lethu Tshabangu, so it’s perhaps fitting that the most exciting of his new range of craft beers is dubbed, simply, ‘The Pursuit of Hoppyness’. While...
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ELDERS
The Founding Director of Uthando (Love) South Africa, James Fernie, explains the sentiment behind Conversations With the Elders: a unique book that tells the heart-wrenching, yet truly inspiring...
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AFRICA IN VOGUE
Africa’s presence on the international cultural stage is finally under the spotlight, with African art in particular generating hundreds of column inches thanks to the upcoming opening of the Zeitz...
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A SIP FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP
Far from the manicured estates of the Franschhoek valley and the terraced vines of Stellenbosch, South Africa’s maverick winemakers are increasingly seeking out pastures vineyards new. Whether it’s the...
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BELIEVE YOUR EARS: ZEITZ MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AFRICA IS OPEN
Cape Town has been wooing visitors with its extraordinary beaches and glamorous wine farms for years, but today it added another string to its bow when it opened the doors to one of the most...
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HOW EMBRACING YOUTH CULTURE CAN OVERCOME UNWARRANTED STEREOTYPES
“I feel as though the glorification of the ghetto and romanticisation of township life as our culture are some of the things that hold us back”, explains Soweto-born artist Musa Nxumalo of his...
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ADDIS ABABA: HOW CHINA HAS BOOSTED ETHIOPIA’S CAPITAL
What sets Addis Ababa apart from most other African cities? The fact it was never colonised? The range of delectable Italian restaurants on offer? The strong, slightly bitter Roman-style coffee on sale...
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ART AND THE VINE: HOW THE CAPE WINELANDS ARE SERVING ART ALONGSIDE OF A GLASS...
The recent opening of Cape Town’s Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art (MOCAA) is set to change the landscape of art and creativity in Africa, but with all the hype you’ll find the queues...
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WELCOME TO THE TRIBE: THE ROVER’S AFRICAN DREAM
One destination is often never enough for the adventure-hungry traveller. Being able to hop seamlessly from one place to the next is what turns a tired, two-dimensional holiday into a truly diverse and...
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TELLING THE STORIES UNTOLD
Africa is #NotOneStory. As part of our mission to verbalise new and unexpected narratives on the continent, each year we invite three brands whose stories might otherwise go untold to become honorary...
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