The original Ghanaian kingdom was a large and powerful state, which hundreds of years ago spread out over a large portion of West Africa. Today Ghana is only a small remnant of its former size, its current configuration resulting from its British colonial history. It has a unique place in history however; since it was […]
Burkina Faso is certainly not on the travel itineraries of many tourists. Generally foreigners who visit this land locked country are NGO workers, diplomats, businessmen or those that transit through it from countries such as Mali or Ghana. We usually avoid capital cities if we can, since they are generally congested, noisy, polluted and navigating […]
The ferry from Rosso Mauritania jolted up against the landing planks on the shore of the Senegal River in the grubby town of Rosso in Senegal. The town name Rosso is used both on the Mauritania and the Senegal side of the border. Trucks, cars, motorbikes, donkey carts, goats and people heavily laden with goods […]
