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…
So I am alive. After breakfast this morning, we went into town. A couple of people arrived to increase the size of the team, and since they were not around when we went to see the Victoria Falls, they were taken there so they could witness Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Smoke That Thunders firsthand, while the rest…
Someone had created a WhatsApp group for us and when I woke up this morning, I learnt some monkeys had entered Steven’s room while he was out taking some early morning photos. I recall there was a notice in my room – which according to confirmation from others was in all rooms – to keep your windows…
I love Zimbabwe. The people are warm and friendly, the climate suits me well, even in winter and I love the scenic topography of most of the places I have been to. A couple of personal tragedies dampened my excitement as I made preparations for my second journey to Zimbabwe. About a month to my…
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…
