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The Shanboob Camel Market, located near Sudan's border with Eritrea, is one of the largest and most vibrant camel markets in Africa. It’s a fascinating cultural hub where traders gather to buy and sell thousands of camels, showcasing the region's deep connection to nomadic traditions. The market is a sensory experience—filled with the sights, sounds, and smells of bustling trade, as camels are inspected, bargained over, and prepared for long journeys across the desert. It’s not just a marketplace but a vital economic and social center, reflecting the importance of camels in local life for transportation, milk, and meat. A visit offers a unique glimpse into a centuries-old way of life.
Welcome to Africa, AKA the motherland! Check out African Internet Radio while you're scoping the panoramas.The earliest fossil of the homo sapiens family (human beings) was found in Ethiopia, dating back more than 200,000 years. Compared to this length of time, even the "ancient Sumerians" from 6000 B.C. are drooling toddlers.Let's mention a few African heroes you may have heard of, for inspiration in the face of the continued economic inequality and violence which plague Africa today: Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected President of South Africa, who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison while advocating freedom and peace. Haile Salassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, who resisted Mussolini and the fascist Italian invasion of WWII, and who is worshipped as an incarnation of God by the Rastafari movement. Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister of Ghana, advocate of uniting Africa in Pan-Africanism. Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat music, who declared his home to be an independent state, ran for president of Nigeria, and to whose funeral ONE MILLION PEOPLE came to pay their respects.In June 2001 the African Union was formed, consisting of 53 African States organized, like in the EU, around common economic and political development.Text by Steve Smith.
