Journeys Through Africa

Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika

The end of the road    Published  Saturday magazine Nation media 18 November 2017 Superlatives fill the lake as l dive into the dazzling blue warm waters Lake Tanganyika. It is Africa’s longest and deepest lake – a veritable African Great Lake in the Albertine Rift, the western arm of the Great Rift Valley. It […]

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"Dr Livingstone, L presume?" The epic soundbite delivered by Henry Morten Stanley (l) to Dr David Livingstone(r) on 10 November 1871 Copyright Rupi Mangat

Modern-day Ujiji on L.Tanganyika

Above: “Dr Livingstone, L presume?” The epic soundbite delivered by Henry Morten Stanley (l) to Dr David Livingstone(r) on 10 November 1871 Copyright Rupi Mangat We’re driving through a narrow cobbled street, ten kilometers south of Kigoma to reach the historic village of Ujiji a few meters from the shores of Lake Tanganyike. The road […]

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