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6 Reasons Why Gorilla Trekking is fun in Africa
Today people have many life challenges but truly life turns around when you track gorillas in Africa. You may have traveled the world and regretted at certain point wondering why you visited some places that weren’t worth but discovering the secrets of the well conserved rain forests in Uganda, Rwanda and Congo is an incredible…
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Why is Uganda Called the Pearl of Africa
The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated that Uganda was the “pearl of Africa” because of its magnificence, variety of forms and colors, and abundance of vivid life, flora, and animals. East Africa’s smaller interior covers an area of 241,038 sq km. Uganda is located in eastern Africa, bordered to the east by Kenya, to…
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The Myth and Deception of ‘Smart Cities’ in Africa
It is certainly not wrong to think in futuristic terms that attempt to paint a utopian picture of life in African urban areas. What is wrong however is being oblivious to the immediate contexts surrounding African societies not only in urban areas but in rural areas as well. Africa has abounded with narratives of smart…
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How African Cities Are Now Inhabitable Due to Excessive Capitalism
The postcolonial African society, both in the urban and rural contexts, has become a contradiction in itself. Life in the 21st century can easily be mistaken for a movie script, but it is the lived reality for billions of people not only in Africa but across the whole world. It is now a cutthroat, dog-eat-dog…