Listen to Africa is a 24,000-kilometre cycling expedition, recording African sounds and voices.
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Soundscape: The pirogue to Orango Last week, we left our bikes in Bissau and set off by boat to a couple of islands in the…
Soundscape: Life in the mangroves We recorded this just after dawn in the mangrove forest on the banks of The River Gambia, placing the microphones…
Cooking with Kumba Kumba is the housekeeper at Kaira Konko Scout Lodge in Soma, The Gambia, where we stayed for a few days….
Soundscape: A thunderstorm in Bissau A thunderstorm in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau’s slightly surreal capital city. The thunderstorm started quite suddenly but went on for two hours…
Soundscape: The River Gambia We spent several evenings sitting on the jetty at Tendaba Camp on the south bank of the River Gambia, listening…
Gallery: The Gambia Photographs from our two weeks in The Gambia – cycling from Banjul in the west to Soma in central Gambia,…
Gallery: Senegal Landscapes, wildlife and portraits from our two months in Senegal – cycling from Rosso in the north to Ziguinchor in…
Soundscape: Dawn at Bessi This soundscape was recorded at dawn in a derelict old camp near Bessi, not too far from the southern bank…
Wildlife: Giant Eagle Owl Giant Eagle Owls are wonderful creatures; they have huge, lidded eyes that make them look a little like gremlins, and…
Soundscape: Morning by the lagoon In this soundscape, recorded just after dawn at Le Thiossane camp near Mbodiene, Senegal, you can hear the insects and…
