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09/12/2025
Many people want to travel to Africa but are
usually scared of making the travel—and it is totally
understandable. With lots of negative images of Africa
on the media, anyone has the right to be afraid.
However, one way to beat traveling fears is to find a
travel buddy. Africa is one continent that has a lot to
offer from the rich culture, beautiful mountains, various
species of animals and birds, name it all.
Do you Agree With Ngozi Adichie?
"Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in "real" African culture, before it was tainted by the west, gender roles were rigid and women were contentedly oppressed."
09/11/2025
🌍✨ Reflecting on the past, healing today, and sowing peace for tomorrow.
The lessons of yesterday shape the hearts of future generations. May we raise children who choose unity over grudges, love over conflict, and peace over pain. 💛
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09/11/2025
🍶✨ Kuba Palm Wine Cups — Art, Identity, and Spirit ✨🍶
Among the Kuba people of Central Congo, drinking palm wine was more than refreshment — it was a ritual of prestige. High-ranking officials and titleholders drank from intricately carved cups shaped like human heads or full bodies, symbols of wealth, status, and refined taste.
These vessels were believed to be more than objects. The carved faces carried a spirit that offered protection, good fortune, and success to their owners. Hairstyles, scarification marks, and details carved on the cups echoed Kuba identity, reflecting the same styles once worn proudly by men and women in the 19th and 20th centuries.
For the Kuba, art was never just decorative — it was a living vessel of culture, memory, and power. 🌍✨
Whether you want to rock a ‘fro updo, a faux hawk, a twist, a bun or any classy but creative look for work, we have gorgeous natural hairstyles for work. For best results on some of these hairstyles, you may need to start out with blown out hair.
Find out 25 Gorgeous Natural Hairstyles for Work here:https://africanvibes.com/?s=HAIR
09/10/2025
Test your knowledge of Africa. Who was the first indigenous African to win Miss World?
09/10/2025
Angola always, always, surprises with the
incredible traditional hairstyles that are part of its
culture. In particular the crests of the young
Ngendelengo when looking for a partner.
This almost extinct population speaks a rare dialect
called Nyaneka. They live by hunting and gathering and
are subordinate to the main Mucubal tribe. Like the
Mucuroca in the desert, the Nguendelengo are a
sub-cast of the Mucubal with whom they live but do not
intermarry. Most Ngendelengo men work as shepherds
of the Mucubal, while women live more independent
lives in the hidden villages in the mountains around
Garganta town, an old Portuguese mining enclave.
Nguendelengo female hairstyles are unique and take
us back to the pre-colonial
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09/09/2025
The Temple of Pythons is a site of historical
and modern symbolism and spiritual practice in
Ouidah, Benin. The snakes are a major totem for
followers of Vodun, a religion practiced by groups of
people within West and Central African nations such as
Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
Vodun became somewhat widespread in southern
regions of the New World as a result of the African
diaspora. It became the inspiration for other religions
such as Louisiana Voodoo and Haitian Vodou. Snakes
are important religious symbols and are highly
respected. According to the theology, a rainbow
serpent named Dan is an important deity that serves as
a middleman between the living and the spirits.
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09/09/2025
There is nothing as amazing as spending
some time on a beautiful beach during a holiday or
weekend break. Tanzania is blessed with an abundance
of picturesque beaches that locals and travellers from
across the world flock to.
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The attitudes of many people in the world is greatly influenced by the media. How Africa, Africans and African Immigrants are portrayed in these mediums often stereotypes and reinforces perceptions of aid, disease and war.
When Belle Niba first came to the United States as a teenager, she struggled with the story that was being told about where she was from. Africa was always this dark place with endless wars, disease, poverty and strife. Her country of origin, Cameroon didn’t stray too far from the stereotype but the mainstream narrative was one sided and omitted stories of resilience, hard work, determination and success. The stories of ordinary Africans doing extraordinary things.
That’s when she decided to take matters into her own hands and fill the void. She created African Vibes, a general interest lifestyle publication, to counter the negative stereotypes about Africa and Africans perpetrated by mainstream media.
The publication reaches across the borders of national origin to engage bi-cultural individuals who have a desire to stay connected to Africa through stories that are hopeful, inspiring, educational and motivating.
The internet has opened up an information superhighway where information is can be shared more liberally across the globe. Despite all that, stories of Africa in mainstream media have not strayed too far from old patterns. If it’s about fashion then Safaris are the theme; if it is about today’s Africa then desperation, war, disease and poverty are the highlights. African Vibes does its part to add more color and perspective to the the beautiful fabric of Africa’s story so its diversity can be more fully expressed.
There are so many stories to tell and so much more to discover. With every story we are reminded of how much light and beauty rests in a continent that was once coined ‘the dark continent’.
