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Top 5 Cities in Africa for Playing or Staying
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Top 5 Cities in Africa for Playing or Staying
Need a break from the old U.S. of A. but still want to experience that urban life? Here are the hottest metropolises you can visit in the Motherland.
hough he never got props from the black bourgeoisie for his ambitious “Back to Africa” plan, it's hard to deny that black nationalist and Pan-Africanist visionary Marcus Garvey was on to something.
The Jamaican immigrant who launched the largest mass movement in African-American history just over a century ago—attracting thousands of people throughout the Diaspora and inspiring the Nation of Islam and Rastafarian movements—was convinced that black folks were destined to suffer from social, economic and political inequality and disrespect as long as they lived in America.
While today it’s unlikely that one would buy a one-way ticket from New York to Namibia sight unseen, curiosity spawned by genetic-testing kits and shows like PBS’ currently postponed Finding Your Roots are leading more and more black Americans to ask themselves, “What if?”
Rare Customs founder and CEO Cherae Robinson, who last year launched Tastemakers Africa, “a mobile app and content platform revolutionizing travel to Africa,” says to folks just now thinking about coming to Africa—shoot, we are already late. -
