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The towns in the Hudson Valley region are some of our favorite to explore in the empire state. From historic homes, museums, festivals for everything from tulips to cheese, there is something for everyone in the Hudson Valley. Nigerian-American Travel blogger Kemi joined host Mazuba to talk about their favorite Hudson Valley trips they've taken recently.

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Photo Credit: Kemi

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According to the UN Women's global report on Women in Tourism published in 2019, women employed in the tourism industry account for 54% of the workforce, yet they earn 14.9% less than men in tourism. However, in Morocco, due to a lack of issuance of licenses for tourism guides, there were fewer women employed.

Zina Bencheikh who is the Regional Manager for Europe, Middle East & North Africa for Intrepid Travel is trying to chance that statistic . In 2019, she was featured in a Forbes Magazine article titled ‘The Woman Who Challenged Morocco’s Tourism Industry For Women’s Rights and Won’. Zina has spoken at various tourism conferences including the Skift Forum, the London WTM Travel conference and more.

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Hannah Ajala is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared on BBC Africa and other platforms. In December 2019, Hannah left the UK to begin a slow travel journey across four West African countries: Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana. In this episode, Hannah speaks about why she began the trip, how corona virus changed her travel plans and shared tips on saving and spending money while traveling.

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Read Hannah's blog re-capping her 3 month stay 

https://thisishannahajala.com/2020/03/09/3-months-of-living-in-west-africa-locations-tips-money-and-more/

Read Hannah's blog re-capping her 6 month stay

https://thisishannahajala.com/2020/06/29/6-months-in-west-africa-my-detailed-itinerary/#more-3379

Watch Hannah's travel video re-capping her trip so far

In 1911, British born Sir Stewart Gore Browne moved to Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) to be a member of the Anglo-Belgian land commission. In 1914, he bought land in Shiwa Ngandu, a place in Northern Zambia that he also named his estate and english manor home that he built.

Now almost 90 years old, the house and the Kapishya hot springs on the estate draws visitors. In this episode, I spoke to Emma Harvey, Sir Gore-Browne's great grand daughter. Emma shared her fond memories of growing up at Shiwa house, some of the activities that can be done by visitors and shared which traditions of her great grandfather are still practiced.

For more on Shiwa Ng'andu and to book a visit, here's the website

Read Christina Lamb's book about Sir Gore-Browne called The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman

The continent of Africa is home to thousands of languages; from Akan to Zulu and everything in between, African languages connect us to our culture. When traveling to a new country, one of the best ways of connecting with locals is by learning a few phrases in their language . It is a way of showing effort and respect. In this episode, I speak to Omokolawole Lamikanra who is the founder of Lingua 54, an online learning language platform that will launch in a few weeks with three languages ; Igbo, Twi and Yoruba and then roll out more languages including Somali, Ga and Swahili.

Lingua 54 Website| https://www.lingua54.com/

Lingua 54 Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/lingua_54/  

Lingua 54 Twitter|  https://twitter.com/lingua54  

Everyday Lusaka is a photography and stationery company based in Lusaka, Zambia. EL started as an Instagram account in 2018 founded by Sana Ginwalla and Sebastian Moronell.

Sana shared the inspiration behind EL, why postcards are essential travel souvenirs, the importance of consent in travel photography and more.

Purchase EL postcards at Lsk Collective in Long Acres in Lusaka

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Everyday Lusaka Blog| everydaylusaka.wordpress.com/

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Irin Journal is a biannual publication that explores African culture through travel, people and communities.

Founded by Mimi Aborowa, each issue of Irin focuses on a different African city. We spoke to Mimi about the inspiration behind founding the magazine, Intra-Africa travel and why Irin should be your new favorite African travel magazine.

* Irin is currently 20% off for a limited time. Shop here| www.irinjournal.com/shop/

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Website|www.irinjournal.com/stories/

Alpha Sipho is a self described foodie and traveler who has visited every province in his home country South Africa. When the South African government instituted the 21 days lockdown due to corona, Alpha created the #21days21Destinations campaign to showcase past travels.

Upon hitting a milestone of 1 million impressions, we spoke to Alpha about the future of the campaign post corona.

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The Corona virus has affected the travel and the tourism industry in Africa in a major way, with airlines, hotels, travel guides , park rangers and more affected.

For this episode dedicated to exploring the impact the virus will have on the continent from a tourism perspective, I spoke to three previous Mwende Bwino podcast guests.

Chibuzo is the co-founder of Africlaim, Nigeria's first flight delay compensation company. He spoke about the impact of corona on African airlines.

Find out more about Africlaim below

Website| www.africlaim.com/

Next, I spoke to Rhoda Nuhu, a consultant in the hotel industry in Nigeria. Rhoda spoke about the impact of corona on hotels in Africa, as well as recovery efforts.

Instagram| www.instagram.com/rhoda_yn/

Lastly, I spoke to Chiedza and Tariro of Afronomads Zim. The Zimbabwean travel influencers had to postpone their group trips to Bushfire in Eswatini over covid. They share where they are excited to travel to next.

Twitter| twitter.com/AfronomadsZim

Welcome to season 2 of the Mwende Bwino Podcast. To kick us off and in celebration of Women's month, I interviewed Winnie Rioba, a travel blogger from Kenya who organizes all female group trips in Africa.

Listen in to find out where she's traveling to this year, what she's learnt about group travel and her tips for planning the best group trip ever.

Follow Winnie on her social media channels @justrioba

www.instagram.com/justrioba/

Read her blog| justrioba.com/

Get on the waitlist for her all female trips here