With SO many of my American friends + clients booking safaris now that COVID is over and travel restrictions are lifted, I thought I would share a collage of beautiful photos from a trip I took in late 2019 pre-COVID. Pssst. You might want to read this: WISE AFRICAN PROVERBS How many people in the…
Category: ❤ Africa
South African Healing Herbs
Many people don’t realise that where I’m from, the first choice for a healing remedy is not always a pill from the pharmacy. A lot of the time, it’s an organic alternative from the herbs and naturally occuring vegetation in South Africa. After reading about these remedies that have been around for thousands of years, you may yourself switch to healing herbs.
Visiting An African Prophetess’ Cave
The cave of Maketha Mantsopa is a pilgrim site for many religious groups in Africa, who come here to seek supernatural blessing from the prophetess
The Faces of Africa
The culture and history of Lesotho are so rich, it’s impossible not to fall in love with the people and the kingdom.
Traditional South African Recipe: Samp & Beans “Umngqusho”
SAMP AND BEANS (UMNGQUSHO OR ISITAMBU) RECIPE Serves 10 Ingredients 500g samp (substitute: hominy) – rinsed and soaked overnight 500g sugar beans (substitute: black eyed peas) – rinsed and soaked overnight salt to taste oil 1 onion
Nature For Healing
The Most Famous African Proverbs South African Ubulawu South African traditional healers use “ubulawu” to open their intuition and dreaming and to increase their learning ability. It’s a medicianal herbal plant. Some species are also used for people who need to heal aspects of their minds, while laypeople use it for dreaming and to increase…
Ubulawu: Africa’s Self Transformation Plant Healing Medicine
Phytoalchemist-Herbalist-Medicinal Plant Researcher: Jean-Francois Sobiecki. BSc.Hons. EthnoBot. (UJ)., Dipl Clin Nutr. (Aus). Intro My path as a herbalist healer took a long time to realize where I was for many years seeking answers to who I am. The path was not easy, yet I found great breakthroughs with plant medicines such as Ayahuasca and then…
An African Folktale About The Hippo
Here is an African folktale about ‘Why Hippos Don’t Eat Fish’: When God was giving each animal a place in the world, the pair of hippos begged to be allowed to live in the cool water which they so dearly loved. God looked at them, and was doubtful about letting them live in the water:…
#147notjustanumber: The Victims of Kenya
As a three-day period of national mourning ends in Kenya for the massacre of nearly 150 students at a university in the country’s east, a social media campaign has coalesced around the mounting outrage and grief to commemorate the individual victims. People are using the hashtag #147notjustanumber #theyhavenames to join the discussion on social media…