Статьи - Africa OUTLOOK

Professional travelers, ethnographists and explorers rarely visit lands, popular among tourists, because there is a slim chance to make a discovery or learn something new there. However, experts have own TOP-list of countries and regions where even in 21st century they find things to amaze themselves first and entire world then.

17.02.2022 | Africa, 10 facts, Papua New Guinea

If you have 10 dollars and you are in Nairobi

Today we are going on vacation in Kenya style! Let’s watch out for thieves, bargain at local markets, taste fantastic tea and get wrapped up into colourful African textiles. We will find out which places are not available for a modest budget, and without any worries, will cheer up admiring fantastic sunset on the coast of the Indian Ocean.

17.02.2022 | Africa, we were there, 10 dollars, Kenya

Colorful continent. Beautiful tribes of Africa

Daily life of African tribes may seem bizarre even for the natives of the continent. Only nature and curious travellers dare to met face to face with distinctive local atmosphere and unusual life of ethnic groups residing outside metropolis.

06.02.2022 | Africa, culture

Wild, wild Africa... Part 2

We are continuing our narration about the most breath-taking national reservations in Africa! There are five more primordial world areas where time hardly slowed down its running being afraid of worrying the natural harmony…

12.12.2021 | Africa, nature, Ethiopia, travels, RSA, DRC, Niger, Uganda

Wild, wild Africa. Famous national parks of the continent. Part 1

Insanely beautiful, raw and refined Africa is exactly the place where one should plunge into a whirlpool of wild nature, taking over an unusual role of a guest in the abode of animals, not vice versa... Here you can free your mind from all artificial and imaginary stuff, feeling like a tiny speck in the vast and exciting world...

06.12.2021 | Africa, nature, Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, RSA

African beauty. Botswana

Facet of Botswana diamonds shine brightly. But aside from gemstones every woman in the world dreams about, there are many other treasures in this African nook. Today let us have a look at this country for ourselves...

19.09.2021 | travel, Africa, nature, Botswana

10 facts about Lesotho

Universe quite often offers us balance showing the shades and more intensive colors. The bright example of such a equilibrity at the square of South African Republic is the Kingdom Lesotho. The state that is situated high in the mountains, the only place within the territory of the continent which in July and August is visited by snow and snowstorms. That’s why it was called as ‘African Switzerland’.

28.08.2021 | Africa, 10 facts, Lesotho

Stellenbosch: The wine capital of Africa

OUTLOOK keeps introducing you to the most beautiful and unique cities of our planet. Today we will tell you about Stellenbosch located on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. This town is considered the continent’s premier address for wine production.

11.06.2021 | Africa, travels, RSA

Rwanda: Oh Africa, that’s Africa!

Despite the tragic past, not so long ago Rwandas shot a film called “Living Forgiveness” where they told how they live after a period of survival. The Civil War could not break them. Moreover, nowadays Rwanda, according to tourist standards, is catching up with Singapore. Can you believe in it? Then read the article asap!

19.11.2020 | Africa, Rwanda

Cinema in Nigerian style

For most people Nigeria is known as a country with huge oil reserves and permanent economic and political problems. At the same time, few people outside Africa know about the powerful film industry of this country, the scale and pace of which are nothing short of incredible. We have engrossed in this subject and tried to understand what a Nollywood is.

17.11.2020 | cinema, Africa, Nigeria

Saint-Louis: first settlement of europeans in Africa

This amazing African country strikes tourists by odd mixture of cultures. There isn’t a thing you cannot see in Senegal! Retro cars of French origin; cows idly walking along the road; horse-drawn carts... Yet, there are more than enough surprises it its historical and cultural capital city of Saint-Louis.

19.08.2020 | travel, Africa, Senegal

Guinea Bissau: Expensive downshifting

People on holiday can be divided into two types: “tender creatures” and “adrenaline addicts”. Former ones will trade passive sunbathing and comfortable hotels for nothing. The letter ones prefer even cabins to annoying all inclusive and suites. “Cabins” are the conditions Guinea Bissau provides you with.

26.06.2020 | travel, Africa, Guinea-Bissau

Not Just Oil and Tourism: Safari from African Employers

There are many options in the world that a person can master. North America has given a boost to startups and the banking sector, Asia - to high technology, Europe - to medicine ... And let's find out what do people do on the sunniest continent in the world?

19.05.2020 | Africa, society, Egypt, SAR, Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire

OUTLOOK Project creates a venue to exchange professional culinary experience between the chefs from Ukraine and the RSA within the framework of the FEEL SOUTH AFRICA event

Chefs from the RSA Andile Somdaka and Mahlomola Thamae, who came as the special guests of the Feel South Africa initiative within the framework of the festival of the cultures of the peoples of the world OUTLOOK WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL...

30.11.2019 | Africa, ambassador, RSA, owcf, feel

FEEL SOUTH AFRICA event by OUTLOOK project and RSA Embassy took place in Kyiv

On November 21, OUTLOOK together with the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Ukraine carried out the FEEL SOUTH AFRICA project within the framework of the festival of the cultures of the world OUTLOOK WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL.

28.11.2019 | Africa, diplomacy, ambassador, RSA, owcf, feel

Touristic Intermezzo

Are you familiar with the feeling of being tired of urbanism? In a closure of a hard day you can’t but feel like having an Intermezzo. It is then when you want to replace everyday well of strong coffee with a cup of crystal clear spring water, alarm clock – with a birdsong, car exhaust – with hugs of mountain fog, TV-staring...

11.11.2019 | Africa, nature, Norway, New Zealand

Nairobi: Now I have seen everything

Unique nature, the main tectonic fault of our planet, flamingos, giraffes and cheetahs at arm's length - all this and much more in our new article about the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi and its environs.

19.10.2019 | Africa, nature, Kenya

Languages. Which one is the next to disappear?

Very soon we will lose their melody, then we won't recognize the words and finally the meaning will become a mystery to us. Disappearing languages. How many of them were there over the entire period of the existence of humankind? No one know that, and as February 21 marks the International Mother Language Day, we have prepared a post about endangered languages to pay attention to this issue once again.

21.02.2019 | Africa, Asia, Europe, natioanlities

Kano: Nigeria's oldest city

You had enough of boring and predictable touristy destinations, but you are not ready to dive headlong into dangerous adventures in the wild jungle? If yes, go to Nigeria! This civilized African region is amazing, but not frightening. In addition, it is a home to Nollywood - the biggest movies factory, to which even Hollywood is the second. Today we will tell you about Kano, the oldest city in Nigeria.

14.01.2019 | Africa, Nigeria

ISSA DIALLO, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN COUNCIL IN UKRAINE: "Our main mission is to promote dialogue between different cultures"

When I left Guinea in 1986, I had no idea that I would live in Ukraine. And I knew absolutely nothing about this country, but for the fact that it was one of 15 republics which constituted the USSR. Being fluent in French and English, in Russian I could pronounce one word only "pereryv" (a break).

30.11.2015 | Africa

Voodoo people

Today beware of black magic more than ever. Why? Well, it’s January, 10, Voodoo Day!

10.01.2015 | religion, Africa

Food for hearing: kind regards from Ethiopia

African music is fettered by checkered stereotypes thickly as hyleas situated in the same place are covered with lianas. The reality, however, is that in skillful hands anything can tune up in variations of overtones. These were the motives that originated in hot tropics that influenced establishment of bands all over the world.

08.08.2014 | music, traditions, Africa, Ethiopia