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Explore different versions of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" through history. Find the original writer and learn about the roots of Mbube style music.

For me one of the many inspiring and affirming aspects of being a woman is the incredible generosity afforded to me by other women, particularly in the 13 years since I started ROAR AFRICA.

Two weeks ago my friend Zoologist Dr Lucy King (on her way back to Nairobi) popped into New York having just spoken at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington.

I’m enormously proud to announce that Christine Schuler-Deschryver is one of the guest speakers at our upcoming inaugural Women’s Empowerment Journey June 11 – 17, 2019 in South Africa.

It’s no secret that good food (and wine or whatever your preferred tipple) is essential to any travel experience. It’s something that I’ve long spoken of with my friend, the renowned New York chef Dan Kluger

REWILDING: ROAR & RESTORE RETREAT 2019

It was Paracelsus, the 16th-century German-Swiss physician, who wrote: ‘The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician.’

Last month I was lucky enough to catch up with two visionary women that I have long admired – world-renowned photographers Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith, at the launch of their spectacular new book, African Twilight: Vanishing Cultures and Ceremonies of the African Continent at THK Gallery in Cape Town.

Yesterday I was clever – so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise – so I am changing myself.’
-Rumi