A Guide to Tea in the Sahel

A Guide to Tea in the Sahel

Popular throughout the Sahel, this tea is a concentrated, sweetened brew that is served in tiny glasses (think shot glass sized). The tea kettle itself is tiny, and it seems everything has been miniaturized due to the tea’s strength. Here we will explain a few...
Sun Protection in West Africa

Sun Protection in West Africa

I was blessed with pale skin and a bald head. In other words, a nightmare for West Africa. After years of neglecting sun protection, I ended up with a basil cell carcinoma, a kind of skin cancer. Needless to say, I take the sun a bit more seriously now. Here is what I...
Exploring the Gambia River

Exploring the Gambia River

We are writing this right in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. No one is doing much traveling in West Africa, let alone the rest of the world. That said, Gambia’s tourism sector had already been ravaged by the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook. Once we are all...