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Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria African open billed stork
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Lake Victoria yellow billed stork
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Welcome to Lake Victoria

The insider's travel guide to Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is the largest freshwater lake in Africa and is one of the sources of the Nile. Travel here to explore the wildlife around its islands.

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Decolonising African travel—and travel writing
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Decolonising African travel—and travel writing

Mazuba Kapambwe
Mazuba Kapambwe

Travel writing in Africa has always been an overwhelmingly white affair. Early accounts from 19th century explorers like Henry Morton Stanley and fiction writers like Joseph Conrad depicted Africa as uncivilised, mysterious and barbaric, reflecting the racist attitudes that underpinned European empire building.
The best safaris in Kenya
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The best safaris in Kenya

Stuart Butler
Stuart Butler

Meru, the country’s forgotten national park, is easily one of my favourite of all Kenya’s safari parks.
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