Africa’s Long Walk to Freedom
The Long Walk to Freedom was also Africa’s story. The indignation that once permeated our continent has been replaced by inspiration. The undercurrent of pessimism resulting from the onslaught of maladies – wars, coup d’etats, disease, poverty and oppression – has given way to a steadily increasing sense of possibility.
It wasn’t only Nelson Mandela who was transformed during those years of his imprisonment. We all were. And Africa is all the better because of that. The thing about heroes is that their acts are righteous only when nurtured by their nation and people, to intervene for the interests of such nation and people. Some even say that the assassination of Patrice Lumumba was the most important political assassination in the 20th century. This special freedom edition of Nomad Africa magazine presents us with an opportunity to celebrate the lives and times of the heroes of our national liberation struggles, an opportunity to reflect upon and reaffirm the intrinsic roots of our nation and the continuing relevance for nation building and social cohesion.
Tourism is a major source of income globally especially for smaller countries that have a rich diversity of offerings for international travellers, yet current issues of climate change, sustainability and digitalisation together with super rapid progress in the data and information technology sectors are exerting a profound impact on tourism worldwide. Our media crew attended the first International Conference on Digitalization and Sustainable Tourism in Mauritius hosted by the Mauritius Ministry of Tourism. Read more about this two day high profile event on Page 82. On the second day of the same event, Mauritius boosted environmental awareness by inviting guests to witness a coral planting (Page 94).
