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One beautiful, sunny afternoon in Rio, I was listening to my professor drone on and on about something I didn’t understand and looking out the window when a brilliant idea popped into my head: What if I decided to jump on a bus to another city for the weekend? As …

Imagine sun tanned beach-goers sipping on cool coconuts, striking rock formations, and dazzling spectacles of music and dance… All of these things exist in one incredible city – Rio de Janeiro. There’s a reason they call it the Marvelous City! Of course, you’ve probably seen tons of photos of Rio …

Cartagena has been growing steadily as a popular destination within Colombia, a country that has been struggling to overcome its bad reputation for some time. Cartagena proper is a rough, bustling, dirty, screeching mess of a city but a weekend in the Centro Historico district or neighboring Getsemani will leave …

I find that as a 20-something traveler with limited paid time off I try to make the most of every vacation. That comes with maximizing vacation days and minimizing travel mishaps– though travel problems seem to stalk me like a 6th grade crush. There was the time I booked a …

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week: Image copyright AFP Image caption Model Winfrida Metili shows off a colourful hair extension at the Swahili Fashion week in Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam on Friday… Image copyright AFP Image caption While this model waits her turn …

Image copyright Jose Cendon One woman isn’t letting drought, mass emigration and political upheaval stand in the way of her dreams of building a fashion empire, says Colin Freeman. If all it took were motivation, Tida Jallow’s name might be up there with Mary Quant’s or Coco Chanel’s. Her fashion …

Image copyright Reuters In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at what lies ahead for some of the girls who have been released by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria. To enable the 21 recently freed Chibok girls to avoid the stigma usually …

Image copyright AFP In our series of letters from African journalists, Sola Odunfa looks at why it is a good idea for Nigeria to reintroduce history as a school subject – a move recently backed by the country’s senate. When I was growing up, one of the subjects I learnt …

Image copyright AFP Image caption Supporters for both Ghana’s main parties love dressing up for rallies In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene, a member of the main opposition NPP, explains the hidden meanings of election parables. We are in the midst of an election …

Image copyright Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Image caption Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s father wanted his children to master English In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking her mother tongue. My parents forbade my local language, Igbo, from …