Ghana’s capital city, Accra, has long been celebrated as a center of culture, politics, and business in West Africa. But in recent years, it has also emerged as a powerful hub for cross-border tourism ...

People perform a dance on a canoe during a festival of water sports, culture and arts in Ganvie, near Cotonou, Benin, Aug. 30, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) A young girl participates in a canoe dance ...

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When you travel the world, you come across all kinds of beautiful places and fascinating sights. While cars are the default for most cities, there are a few places that skip roads entirely and float ...

Every day, I sift through the hundreds of tracks that bombard my inbox. On a biweekly basis, I tell you about the two artists whose music most impressed me. This time, it's the late Cameroonian ...

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A unique and fascinating lake village of bamboo and teak stilted houses is attracting more tourists than ever before. Often dubbed as ‘the Venice of Africa’ , Ganvié is located near the southern ...

We’ve all heard mantras about floating through life, but what about a community that actually floats on water, like the village that exists on a lake in Benin, West Africa? Unlike the stories from ...

Ganvie, known as the Venice of Africa, is a unique stilt village in Lake Nokoue, Benin. Home to over 20,000 people living in houses on stilts above the lake, it's accessible only by boat. Ganvie ...