ʻO nā wahi i kipa ʻia ma West a me Central Africa

ʻO nā wahi kiʻekiʻe loa o West Africa e pili ana i nā mea hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma Mali, Niger, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, a me Gabon. Ua kaulana ʻo ʻApelika Komohana no kona ʻano moʻomeheu a me kona mōʻaukala waiwai. ʻO ka hoʻolālā terracotta kū hoʻokahi a me ka hoʻolālā e hoʻomalu i nā monuments nui ma Niger a me Mali. ʻO nā pā kaua ma ka mokupuni ʻo Gori a ma ke kahakai ʻo Ghana e hoʻokipa nui i nā malihini. Hāʻawi nā paka aupuni ma West Africa e like me Luango i nā manawa kūikawā no ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu. ʻO kahi huakaʻi i ka mauna Cameroon e lawe iā ʻoe i ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa.

• Jenny (Mali)

ʻO Djenne (Mali), i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 800 AD, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa ma lalo o Saharan Africa. Aia ma kahi mokupuni ma ka delta o ka muliwai Niger, ʻo Djene Island kahi kikowaena kūlohelohe no nā mea kālepa i hoʻoneʻe i kā lākou waiwai ma waena o ka wao nahele a me nā ululāʻau o Guinea. I loko o nā makahiki, ua lilo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dajin i kikowaena o ka hoʻonaʻauao Islam, a ua hoʻomau ʻia ka mākeke mākeke e ka Mosque nani. Aia

ʻO ka mākeke ma Jenny, i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakahi, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mākeke hoihoi a olaola ma ʻApelika, a kūpono hoʻi e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi.

ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hele ai ma ka hopena o ke kau ua (ʻAukake/Sepatemaba) ke lilo ʻo Djin i mokupuni.

• Luango National Park, Gabon

ʻO Luango National Park ma ke komohana ʻo Gabon, i kūʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he "Africa's Last Eden" kahi huakaʻi kaiaola hou. ʻO ia wale nō kahi ma ʻApelika kahi āu e ʻike ai i nā koholā, chimpanzees, gorillas a me nā elepani i loko o kahi paka. Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka holoholona hihiu ma kahakai, savannah, swamp a me ka ululāʻau i ka lā hoʻokahi.

Aia kekahi hale moe nui ma ka paka, a me kekahi mau kahua hoomoana. Ma ke kūpono, pono ʻoe e hoʻolimalima ma kahi o 3 mau lā e ʻimi ai i nā wahi like ʻole o ka māla, no ka mea he ʻokoʻa loa lākou.

• Mokupuni ʻo Goree (Ile de Goure), Senegal

ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo Gorey (Ile de Goure) kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi aia ma ke kahakai o Dakar, ke kapikala nui o Senegal. ʻO ia kahi puʻuhonua o ka mālie i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā alanui pahū o Dakar. ʻAʻohe kaʻa ma ka mokupuni a he liʻiliʻi ia e ʻimi pono ai i kou ala a puni.

ʻO Goree Island kahi kikowaena kūʻai kauā nui, i kūkulu ʻia e ka Dutch ma 1776 ma ke ʻano he heleuma no nā kauā. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka hale i hale hōʻikeʻike a wehe ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā koe wale nō ka Pōʻakahi. Nui nā hale hōʻikeʻike hoihoi ʻē aʻe e kipa aku ai ma ka mokupuni, a me kahi uwapo e ulu nei i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā hale ʻaina iʻa.

• Ianuali, nā keikikāne

ʻO Ganvi ma Benin kahi kauhale kū hoʻokahi i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi loko, kokoke i ke kapikala ʻo Cotonou. Kūkulu ʻia nā hale a pau, nā hale kūʻai, a me nā hale ʻai ma luna o nā pou he mau kapuaʻi ma luna o ka wai. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka lawaiʻa ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai. ʻAʻole ʻo Ganvi kahi i kipa nui ʻia e noho ai ma Benin, akā hana ia i kahi lā huakaʻi nui a me kahi wahi kūʻokoʻa.

No ka hōʻea ʻana, e lawe i kahi kaʻa kaʻa a hiki i ka lihi o ka loko a lawe iā ʻoe mai laila. E hoʻolālā i ka lā e nānā i ka poʻe kūʻai, hele i ke kula, kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau mea kūʻai - ma luna o nā waʻa.

Aia kekahi mau hōkele maʻamau ma (ma luna o nā kuʻi a hana ʻia me ka ʻohe) akā hele ka hapa nui o nā poʻe i kahi lā huakaʻi mai Cotonou.

• Timbuktu, Mali

ʻO Timbuktu ma Mali kahi kikowaena o ke kālepa a me ke aʻo ʻana i ka wā o ka Middle Ages. Noho ʻia kekahi mau hale mai ko lākou wā kahiko, a he wahi hoʻomaha koʻikoʻi ia no nā kaʻa kaʻa paʻakai hoʻoilo. Paʻakikī ke hele aku ʻoiai he hapalua ka leʻaleʻa o ka holo. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ma ke kūlanakauhale wao nahele, ʻo ke ala maʻamau e hiki ai i Timbuktu ma ka moku ma ka muliwai Niger.

ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hele ai i ka wā ʻahaʻaina ma ka wao nahele ma Isakani a hoʻāʻo e hopu i ka ʻahaʻaina, Niger ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka palena.