Travel, Languages
Travel slow. Speak first.
Agbalumo is the star apple: sweet, sticky, worth the trouble. This is a travel and language companion for the cities where the African and Mediterranean diasporas meet, from Lagos to Athens to Salvador.
Before you go
Learn the greeting
A greeting in the local language opens more doors than any guidebook. Start with five words.
Read the local news
Every city here links to its headlines on The Afo Times, so you arrive knowing what people are talking about.
Check your papers
Entry rules change often. Check the destination's embassy and your own government's travel page before you book.
Need a translation?
Explicitus translates documents from French and Greek, and works with Igbo and Yoruba.
The market-day map
Our cities follow the Igbo market week. Each day leads with one part of the map:
- Eke: Mediterranean cities
- Orie: Nigerian and Anglo-African cities
- Afo: the Americas
- Nkwo: French-speaking and French-African cities
Field notes
Guides, phrase lessons, and field notes from the network's cities are on the way. Send a place we should cover to hello@agbalumolove.com.