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 * Africa** is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent (the first being Asia).

Headlines
[] https://projekte.sueddeutsche.de/paradisepapers/politik/kofi-annan-on-corruption-in-africa-e783888 [|Youth Leadership Platform: Rewriting the African Narrative with Gilmore Tee] [|#PodcastOfTheWeek] Does the African narrative need to be rewritten? [|@GilmoreTee] & [|@SLR_Goncalves] on [|@YLPCliffCentral]http://bit.ly/2yjI8Xl [|burkina-faso-coup] [|hidden-positive-travel-and-tourism-stories-about-africa] [|Africa Tourism Report 2013]

Celebrations
[] [|http://africaday.ie]
 * May 25** Africa Day celebrates the birth of the Organisation of African Unity, May 25, 1963

Twitter
[|Travelwires] http://twitter.com/WADiscoveryLtd https://twitter.com/RETOSAOnline https://twitter.com/HenryLouisGates [|Africaeconomist] [|@GreenAfricaDir]

Recommended Listening
[|Afropop]

Nile Project - In Africa we have this problem. We don't listen to each other http://www.afropop.org/26213/inside-the-nile-project/

https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/inside-the-nile-project-1#t=23:00 https://twitter.com/afropopww https://twitter.com/NileProject

'Oh alleh adigi digi digi! Oh alleh alo eih alo ah!' We're just getting started! [|#NileChoir] http://www.afropop.org/26213/inside-the-nile-project

http://nileproject.org/support

Africa's Civilizations (2017)
http://www.pbs.org/weta/africas-great-civilizations/watch-video [|#AfricasCivilizationsPBS]

https://twitter.com/HenryLouisGates

Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces viewers to the African continent through a series of expansive views and myth-busting revelations. His six-hour exploration of the African past begins at the origins of human existence. Through anthropological and scientific discoveries viewers learn that Africa is the genetic home of all currently living humanity. Only between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago did some of humanity's common ancestors leave the continent to spread across the rest of the world. These great African migrations culminated in the diverse global peoples and societies that viewers know today. Beginning with this great revelation, Gates then traces the roots of agriculture, writing, artistic expression, and iron working to their birthplaces on the continent.

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Wiki essays
Africa Wildlife africatour africasurvey ecotourismafrica

Places
Benin Botswana BurkinaFaso Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia Egypt Ghana guinea-bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Namibia Niger Rwanda South Africa - Capetown - Durban - Responsible Tourism South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Wiki Features
Responsible Tourism in Cities Ecotourism Africa Photography Group South Africa Slang

Weather
http://www.pilotfriend.com/av_weather/africa/sat1_weather.htm http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteworld/africasatellite_large.html

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_metropolitan_areas_in_Africa

rss

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Other forums
Debating Africa's 5% of global tourism & conservation vs. development issue. What really holds back tourism in Africa? http://development.thinkaboutit.eu/think3/post/africas http://www.fodors.com/community/africa-the-middle-east/africas-share-in-global-tourism.cfm

Flickr
[|Mara Triangle] [|South African Tourism]

Blogs
[|Afrikatourism] [|Ecoafrica] [|South Africa Logue] [|Sustainable Options] [|Travelwires] [|White African] [|Africa's potential] http://greatguidesorg.blogspot.com - [|Roddy Bray's Great Guides] http://timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com http://wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/

Elsewhere on the Web
[|www.africatravelassociation.org] http://www.safarinow.com http://www.coastingafrica.com http://whiteafrican.com - https://twitter.com/#!/whiteafrican http://www.afdb.org/en http://www.africaprogresspanel.org

[|African Heritage Challenge] Hashtag: [|#AfricanHC]

http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/gallery/video/webber-ndoro-heritage-places-in-africa-what-benefits-from-preservation-and

http://globalheritagefund.org/about_us/ghf_board/senior_advisory_board/ndoro_webber

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EcoMark
http://ecomarkafrica.com http://ecomarkafrica.com/downloads.html http://ecomarkafrica.com/events.html http://ecomarkafrica.com/stakeholders.html http://ecomarkafrica.com/partners.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eco-Mark-Africa/229370420429832 https://twitter.com/#!/ecomarkafrica

Open Society
http://www.soros.org/regions/africa http://www.osiwa.org

[] [] [|Hiding the Real Africa - CJR]
 * News**

indigenous
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Misc africa tour, africa survey

YouTube
[|TEDxStellenbosch - Mark Swilling - The Power of Quiet Encroachment]

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Region
North Africa East Africa West Africa Central Africa Southern Africa Indian Ocean Islands

Benin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin http://www.gouv.bj

Togo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo

Links
[|Sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia] [|Ecotourism as development option for Africa?]

Agriculture
[|Pannar] is the largest seed company in Africa and a significant competitor in the international seed industry, with highly successful operations in North and South America and Europe, as well as marketing activities which span the globe.

Quotes
Scientists find previously unknown species of plants and animals all the time, usually consisting of tiny populations in remote locations. But the latest addition to the great catalog of life is a species whose members number in the millions and cover a huge swath of Ethiopia. It's a tree that botanists have never had a name for until now: Acacia fumosa. Unlike other acacias, it produces pink blooms in the dry season instead of yellow or pink flowers in the wet season. - http://www.freewillastrology.com

[|Transitions Abroad 2008]
Sensible Rules for Safe Travel in South Africa //by Pearl Harris//

I emigrated from South Africa to Europe in 2002 and re-visited only recently. South Africa is truly a beautiful country, with friendly, hospitable people, incredible scenery and incomparable wildlife. I believe that these qualities are certainly more worthy of publicity than the crime and other negative aspects. Indeed, I can think of no other place on earth so rich in a diversity of scenic beauty, wildlife, sights, sounds, music and varied cultures as South Africa. ... [|Read More]

Independent West Africa Planner //by Terry Redding//

Travelers mulling a first visit to Africa—but with limited time and budget—should consider West Africa. There are no big game parks, but most of the countries are smaller and you can cross a few borders in a short trip. Even if you are limited to one country, you will have the opportunity to experience several ethnic groups, as their distribution bears no resemblance to the colonially imposed national borders... [|Read More]

Africa: Is One of the Last Frontiers of Global Tourism as Volatile as Ever? //by Volker Poelzl//

Africa is one of the last frontiers of global tourism. While travelers can follow a well-developed tourist trail on most other continents, travel in Africa remains an adventure. The continent has a rich cultural heritage and fascinating ecosystem, but the tourism infrastructure is poorly developed, and travelers in many parts of Africa need a strong sense of adventure and courage...Despite the many problems facing this vast continent, some countries are moving toward greater prosperity and stability, and tourism plays an important role in this development... [|Read More]

Wiki
Things to do in Capetown

Wikipedia
[|Africa] [|Serengeti] [|Shona people] [|Wildebeest]

Other Forums
[|Africa - Thorn Tree]

Museums
[|Egyptian Museum] (Cairo)

Music
[|Afropop Worldwide]

Proverbs
If you think you are to small to make a difference, you have never spent a night with a mosquito

Regional
[|Ecotourism - Afrol News] [|Ecotourism - All Africa] [|Otherways: Peace Corps Adventures of Sean O'Keefe in Benin] [|Internet Africa] [|Nile Basin Society] http://www.openafrica.org - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8292633630&ref=openafrica.org - http://www.flickr.com/photos/openafrica/ - http://twitter.com/OpenAfricaOrg

Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA)
Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa (RETOSA) is a Southern African Development Community (SADC) body responsible for the development and growth of tourism in the region. The organization’s mandate is to position, market and promote the region as a multi-facet but single tourism destination. The membership of RETOSA brings together 15 countries of the Southern African region – Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, promoting tourism growth and development of the unique natural wonders and splendors of the region – the infinite contrasts of scenery, climate, color, traditions and culture; the spirit of Africa.

FYI Africa's geographic southern tip is located at [|Cape Agulhas]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Africa#Extreme_points

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