ROOOTS & ROUTES
Travel Africa Without Going Around in Circles
Rooots & Routes is a creative mobility lab building tools, stories, and systems to help Africans move freely across their own continent.
From navigating visas and borders to discovering community dinners and local travel routes, we’re here to make intra-African travel simpler, smarter, and more soulful.
What Does It Take to Move Freely Across Africa?
This project began with a question — and a journey:
“What does it take to move freely across Africa as an African?”
For over 1,000 days, we’ve traveled 35,000+ kilometers by public transport through 10 African countries — documenting roadblocks and routes, creating tools, and building community.
Now, you can use what we’ve learned — and help shape what comes next.
Tools to Move Freely Across the Continent
Dashboards, maps, and directories — built from the road up.
COVID‑19 Regulations Dashboard
Stay informed. Track regional health requirements for cultural events and safe movement.
Your On-the-Ground Travel Guide
Connect with local experiences that go deeper than the map.
Field Experiments in Cultural Movement
Tools aren’t enough — we build communities, too.
Travel Scout Program
Support local tourism while creating. Scouts get immersive access in exchange for storytelling.
The Travelling Studio
A mobile creative agency helping small biz, and cultural orgs digitize and grow with human-centered systems.
African Travel Now
The podcast companion to Rooots & Routes. It features conversations with tour operators, drivers, artists, border agents, local residents, and fellow travelers; soundscapes from taxis, stations, checkpoints, and cities.
Mini travel reports exploring themes like visas, corruption, joy, and language.
Stories From the Road
Fresh notes, field diaries, and reflections from our journeys across Africa. Read the latest stories shaping how we move, connect, and create across the continent.
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