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Situated right in the centre of Botswana, larger than Denmark or Switzerland, and bigger than Lesotho and Swaziland combined, the 52,800 square kilometre Central Kalahari Game Reserve, which was set up in 1961, is the second largest game reserve in the world.

Mory Kanté by life is a legendary West African singer and kora player. He inherited the griot tradition from the Jalis of Mande. The talented griot from Guinea in West Africa was the first African artist to sell a million singles with 'Yéké Yéké', which topped the European charts. In 2000, Leonardo Di Caprio called upon Mory Kanté for the musical track of his film, The Beach, which includes a remix of ‘Yéké Yéké’.

Founding President of Zambia Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, helped emancipate the Southern African region from colonial dictators. Without Dr. Kaunda, Nelson Mandela would still have been in prison. Kaunda gave refuge to ANC and the freedom fighters. Namibia was liberated because of Kaunda. He played a major role in freeing Namibia from South African colonialists. Angola and Mozambique were liberated from Portuguese colonialists in 1975 because of this son of Africa, Kenneth Kaunda. The contributions to African renaissance by Kenneth Kaunda are so many...

Salif Keita, born in 1949 in Djoliba, is sometimes called the Golden Voice of Africa. He is a direct descendent of Sundiata Keita, the Mandinka warrior king who founded the Malian empire in the 13th century. Born an albino - a sign of bad luck - Keita was shunned and ostracized by his family and community alike. In 1967 he moved to Bamako where he began playing in nightclubs with one of his brothers. Two years later he joined the 16 member, government sponsored Rail Band that played at the Bamako railway station's Buffet Hotel de la Gare - a very choice gig at the time. In 1973 he left the Rail Band along with Kante Manfila (guitarist, composer, and leader of the band) to join Les Ambassadeurs. By 1977, with Keita and Les Ambassadeurs reputation extending beyond the boundaries of Mali, he was awarded the National Order of Guinea by President Ahmed Sekou Toure. In return, Keita composed Mandjou, telling the history of the Mali people and praising Sekou Toure. This hauntingly beautiful song features Keita's typical sound of guitar, organ, and sax. To see him perform it concert is an occasion you will never forget. By 1984 Keita had relocated to Paris in order to reach a wider, more European audience, where he joined other African stars like Mory Kante, Toure Kunda, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Ray Lema, Papa Wemba, and Manu Dibango among many others. He now lives in the Montreuil section of Paris among the some 15,000 Malians there. Keita's music blends together the traditional griot music of his Malian childhood with other West African influences from Guinea, the Ivory Coast, and Senegal, along with influences from Cuba, Spain, and Portugal, and an unmistakably overall Islamic sound. Besides the aforementioned guitar, organ, and sax, Keita's sound also includes traditional African instruments such as the kora, balafon, and djembe, often synthesized and sampled.

Back to the Roots, Restaurant "Essen" à la Mamma. A Ghana Restaurant at Gutleutstrasse 145 - 60329 Frankfurt/M - Germany. Ghanesische Küche mit Geschmack und Raffinesse. Das kleine Restaurant am Rande des Hauptbahnhofs in der Gutleutstraße ist noch ein Geheimtip. Zu unglaublich niedrigen Preisen wird hier richtig gutes Essen auf die randvollen Teller gezaubert.

On the 4th August 2001 the team left on an overland journey from Demelza House in Kent and drive through seventeen countries in order to reach Cape Town, South Africa. Their primary aim is to raise funds for Demelza House, however, the journey will be broken three times in order to work at African children’s hospices with a view to establishing sustained support from the UK.

Experience its biodiverse game and marine parks, biosphere reserves, archeological sites, awe inspiring scenic beauty, pearly white sandy beaches, coral reef sheltered waters, green palms swaying with the breeze, world class hotels, sparkling cocktails and sumptuous international cuisine.

Kenyan leader Jomo Kenyatta was educated at a Scot's Mission School. From 1931 to 1944 he lived in Great Britain, and attended the London School of Economics for one year. On his return home, Kenyatta worked for Kenyan Independence. He headed the New Kenya Africa Union. He was arrested by the British and spent the years 1952-58 in jail. Four years later, the Kenyan African National Union -- headed by Kenyatta -- won the elections that followed Kenya's Independence. Kenyatta was President of Kenya until his death.

"The King Center is a nonprofit organization that educates the world about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy and methods of nonviolence in order to create the Beloved Community". The King Center is making significant progress in its long-range mission to spread the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. to a broader, global constituency. In addition, it has made dramatic improvement in the Center’s capacity to coordinate the efforts of Dr King's followers in the U.S. and around the world to help fulfill his Dream.

The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Foundation is dedicated to fostering the exploration, rediscovery, and preservation of African American history, culture, archaeology, and genealogy. The Foundation further encourages the search for ethnic "roots" among Americans of all ethnic origins. One role of the Foundation is to continue the symbolic journey begun by the late author Alex Haley in his quest for his own cultural heritage as reflected in his Pulitzer prize-winning book Roots. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt organization.