Tourism – Cameroon Passport Diaries

Tourism, Accents, and the Colonial Hangover

Throughout my childhood, the only profession I knew—and perceived—as having requirements about how you should sound versus how you actually sound was journalism. In most French-speaking African countries, national news anchors always sounded “French.” Not because of their reporting style or content, but because of the sound of their voice—their accent. That was my earliest…More

Discovering South Sudan: My First Encounter with the Last Born of Africa

Have you ever heard of a city nicknamed “Sunny Town”? Well, let me introduce you to Juba, the capital city of South Sudan, the last born of Africa. And like many last borns, it tends to give a high fever to its parents and siblings. I landed in South Sudan in November 2023, after paying…More

My Adventures in Southern Africa Region: A “Missed” Stop in South Africa

If you’ve ever found yourself at international airports like Nairobi, Addis Ababa, or Dar Es Salaam, chances are you’ve seen a banner reading “Visit South Africa”. I certainly did. But it never grabbed my attention. I simply wasn’t interested in planning a trip to South Africa. For the simple reason that, one of my core…More