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Dar-es-salaam – Haven of Peace Dar-es-Salaam is on the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania. The original name of Dar-es-salaam before it was given that name by the Sultan of Zanzibar and Pemba was Mzizima. It is the biggest City in Tanzania and most people imagine that it is naturally the capital. It was, until 1973 when government operations were moved to the more centrally placed but little known town of Dodoma. Dar-es-salaam is a coconut-fringed sprawling city of about four million inhabitants. Compared to Nairobi, the city residents appear slower in their pace and definitely more polite. The weather is usually hot and humid. Air conditioning is common in shops whose doors remained closed to retain a cool air on the inside. There are numerous Forex bureaux’s in the city center which compete for business by displaying their rates on large banners on the pavement. Anyone wanting to change foreign currency to the local Tanzanian shillings and vice versa is able to postpone changing the mone...

                                                A view down Oginga Odinga Street, Kisumu Introduction to Kisumu City Kisumu is Kenya's third largest city after Nairobi and the port City of Mombasa. It is the second largest in the Lake Victoria basin, after Kampala in Uganda. Kisumu’s origins as a town can be traced to the arrival of the Uganda Railway in 1901 from the port of Mombasa. The train went into service in 1903. The terminus was first called Port Florence, though the locals called it Kisuma. This was later changed to Kisumu. It is likely that the locals met at Kisuma for barter trade long before the arrival of the railway. Ancient pictures show a thriving market in Kisumu. The gulf on which Kisumu (1,131 m, 3,711 ft above sea level), is situated at Winam gulf, which is part of the larger Kavirondo Gulf on Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the second largest Fres...

                                                                                  Ouagadougou city centre - source: Author Ougadougou City,   the Capital City of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou, affectionately referred to as Ouaga, is the vibrant and bustling capital city of Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso means the land of the upright people, which literally means incorruptible. It is located in the heart of West Africa, and is the cultural, and economic hub of the country. The official language is French but the most widely spoken language is more of the Mossi. The Mossi make up 52% of the Burkina Population. The other widely spoken language in Burkina Faso and by millions of people in West Africa is Dyula as a principle language of commerce. With its unique blend of traditional Africa...