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Breakdown in Botswana

Breakdown in Botswana

September 25, 2019
by Meagan Wells
Africa Yarns

Dear Diederek Thank you for loaning us your bucket-of-bolts rooftop tent 4wd. We’ve left the driveshaft on the side of the road. Here are the…

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Go Climb in South Africa, But Leave a Goddamn Tip

Go Climb in South Africa, But Leave a Goddamn Tip

September 16, 2019
by Celena Reiter
Yarns

South Africa. A country of luxury safari resorts and Apartheid. Of good wine and water shortages. Of huge wealth disparity and Nobel Prize winners. And…

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Why You Should Stop Romanticising Poverty

Why You Should Stop Romanticising Poverty

January 3, 2018
by Madison McKewin
Features

It was 12:30am and I was keeled over the toilet of an airborne plane, throwing up the half-digested Red Rooster chips I’d forced myself to…

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Volunteering Abroad - Who Are You Doing It For?

Volunteering Abroad – Who Are You Doing It For?

October 3, 2017
by Ida Thommessen
Features

At a family dinner in Norway, just hours before I was about to leave everything I knew behind and get on a plane to Tanzania,…

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"I Don't Have the Pussy for Little Lanterns"

“I Don’t Have the Pussy for Little Lanterns”

September 13, 2017
by Lizzy Keen
Features

There’s a fantastic idiom in Spanish used to express exasperation, employed mainly by women: No tengo el coño para farolillos. In English: “I don’t have…

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Saviours on Tour

Saviours on Tour

September 6, 2017
by Amelia Edwards
Features

“The trip was so inspiring, you know? Like, I really made a difference. I just feel so humbled too, because they had nothing, but they…

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Danger and Disaster on an African Road Trip

Danger and Disaster on an African Road Trip

May 15, 2017
by Vida Schiff
Yarns

Authors Note: I’ve done many stupid white-girl things in my 25 years, and often acted out on my privilege. Often out of fear and often…

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Taghazout: Taghazout Surf Hostel

Taghazout: Taghazout Surf Hostel

January 5, 2017
by Livia Benders
Taghazout Do

Get There: Taghazout Centre, 9 behind West coast restaurant on the left، Cost: 3080MAD for an all-inclusive week’s package; 133MAD for a night’s bed and…

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What's Actually Happening in Zimbabwe

What’s Actually Happening in Zimbabwe

August 25, 2016
by Holly Bailey
Current Affairs, Features

Ah, Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, notorious as they come. Doesn’t his very name make you think of political unrest, mob violence and, generally,…

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#FeesMustFall And The Inflating Price of Freedom

#FeesMustFall And The Inflating Price of Freedom

April 4, 2016
by Shannon Hansen
Features

Monday, 19 October 2015, 7:46am. I’m woken by my phone alarm. I pick it up and, through gluey sleep-eyes, read: “It has been decided to…

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The Hobo Guide To Mount Kilimanjaro

The Hobo Guide To Mount Kilimanjaro

February 25, 2015
by Ida Thommessen
Features, Tanzania Tips

It was when he mentioned the German girls that I made my decision. I had been in Tanzania for about three weeks and I had…

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Through the Lens: Malawi

Through the Lens: Malawi

January 17, 2015
by The Hobos
Through the Lens

Malawi: the warm heart of Africa and home to chubby hippos, misty rainforests, mysterious plateaus and a giant sparkling lake beset with pristine beaches. Hobo…

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