Now, I think my thrust mainly is bringing out African thought. I’m very Afrocentric. In my approach, I am not apologetic at all, because my drive is that let those who write stories about Africa be Afrocentric. What I don’t like is for us to be a people in relation to other people overbearing us….
“My view is that we have as an African people to be independent. Africa is too much of a beggar and will never be a respected people when we are beggars – and the danger is that he who pays the piper will call the tune, and I don’t think it’s fair for Africa to…
This article first appeared in S.E.E. AFRICA magazine (Vol 4: South Africa edition). Published by Afro Tourism. ***** It’s no secret that Bulawayo is laidback and not as rambunctious as Harare, and if you do not inquire, you may miss out thinking it’s a ghost town when the sun goes down. I thought the same,…
The 11th Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo witnessed a significant success as 23 countries participated in Zimbabwe’s premier travel and tourism expo. Over 150 buyers arrived the country from various parts of the world and some of them were part of a pre-expo tour group which went on a familiarization trip of some places, while the rest…
June 18, 2016… I got out of bed and went downstairs with my camera, knowing most of the other guys in the group were leaving Bulawayo this morning. Aminata and Peter had left the previous day, while the rest of the group were going to the Antelope Park at Gweru on their way to Harare,…
June 17, 2016… The Expo continued, but Michael and I didn’t get to the ZITF Grounds until evening for the official Opening Ceremony. We had some urgent news materials to send down to Lagos and the pictures had to be resized for easy upload. Afterwards we went on a stroll downtown. We had said we…
June 16, 2016… …and Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo kicked off today at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Grounds, Bulawayo. We met other people from the second pre-tour and the post-tour groups – a couple of them were with us at Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel and we boarded buses together to the Expo venue. In the afternoon, we…
June 15, 2016… The 2016 Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo is billed to kick off on June 16. I got up early in a bid to try and capture the sunrise. Afterwards, I went back to bed, not really sleeping just lying down idling. I was told there will be two press conferences for us to…
June 14, 2016… By 05.00, we were out of Hwange Safari Lodge like fugitives fleeing the long arm of the law. Obviously, a couple of activities had been lined up for the day and the sooner we got to Bulawayo, the better. Breakfast was packed and we all had our fill in the buses. We…
