Africa 1+1=11: Morocco to South Africa in search of unsung heroes, is the story of two journeys. The first, an epic overland adventure covering 16 countries in 2.5 months by public transport. The second, that of the people filmed; the unsung heroes of Africa’s controversial grassroots NGOs. Prompting discussion and debate about development and aid [...]
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Child Support in the Upper West, Ghana
August 26, 2009 – 3:52 am
Entering Ghana at Hamale, we’re greeted by a friendly immigrations officer who buys us pop-corn, no gendarme, and a language we all understand: English. Comforting to know that frightful looking poster on the wall of the immigration office is a warning about avian flu, and not a warning about a monster chicken on the loose. [...]
Bamako, Bobo and Mr Barnabe
August 26, 2009 – 3:45 am
We leave Bamako at 8:30am with assurances the bus, bush power on overdrive, would cover the 670km to Bobo Dioulasso in 5 hours. A little over 5 hours later, at 11:30pm, we cross the border into Burkina Faso and seven weary travellers are unloaded on a side street in the quietly charming city of Bobo. [...]
Bamako, Mali: Bright Young People
August 15, 2009 – 4:15 am
With the Bamako Express train sitting idle on a siding, we take the bus from Dakar to Kayes, then on to Bamako, a marathon two full days of travel along mostly dirt roads. The 5am bus from Dakar is delayed by an hour and a half, but the “Swede Group” is soon on its way, [...]
Nouakchott to Dakar
August 9, 2009 – 9:22 am
Leave Nouakchott packed tightly in a classic bush taxi, an 20 year old Mercedes station wagon, four people to a row and two up front. Our rucksacks walled up at the back. The journey out of the capital takes us along mostly good roads that cut across the desert, and past the tents and enclosures [...]
