I have only been in Ethiopia for two weeks, and I am sure that sooner of later, I will find someone who can unravel the jacuzzi fetish for me, says Tej Rae.
All posts tagged: Africa
An Interview with Sam Manicom
Sam Manicom travelled the world on his trusty 1992 BMW R80GS, with his partner Birgit on her 1971 BMW R60/5, for 8 years.
Notier Frontiers: An Interview
Tim and Marissa Notier have recently returned from Peru and later this month are going to ride their motorcycle across Africa. We met at Overland Expo West in May 2019 and chatted about their travels. Since then I’ve read their books and wanted to run […]
A needle in the African Haystack by Kevin Cheeseman
“It looks like I am now the African and you the European” he says, arms folded over a dishevelled white t-shirt, shoulders perched against a Karite (Shea) tree. The butter fromwhich soothes the calloused palms of African drummers. Fabrice steps in as translator for a […]
Mud, Fingers, and Fire by Rachel Hoffman
Women’s Work… In West Africa, women make pottery. They mine the mud, age it into clay, wedge it to align the particles, form the vessels, and fire them. After firing to ‘bisque’ temperature, water no longer dissolves clay. The vessel walls do remain permeable, though, […]
Omo Valley, Ethiopa by Kelly Fogel
Travel Photos by Kelly Fogel. She has been working on a project since 2010 visiting and photographing the most remote villages and tribes in Africa, Asia & India and has recently been focusing on the tribes of the Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia. With the […]
