The Blog

A Focus on the San Bushman Tribe

San (or Bushman or Basarwa) is a term for Khoisan-speaking nations in Southern Africa, primarily in the Kalahari Desert region of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, a...

Baguettes In Senegal

Did You Know That Senegal is world renowned for its bread? Baguettes in particular are the most delicious delicacy, with soft, practically melt-in-your-mouth centers a...

Braids: A Brief Cultural History

Growing up in Senegal, my hair was always braided. It was a part of life as much as weaving, family meals, and tea ceremonies. I never thought about braiding as someth...

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today, we celebrate the many contributions women make to all aspects of society around the world.What it means to be a woman is always on my mind, mostly because of th...

Senegal's National Sport

In Senegal, the national sport is wrestling, called Burre in Wolof. More popular than even futbal (soccer), entire stadiums fill with tens of thousands of people to wa...

Saying Goodbye Is Never Easy

If you’ve been with us since the beginning, you know that I had a partner early on. A beautiful Ugandan friend and of the two of us, she was the fashionista. She loved...

Poverty is not Africa's only story

Everybody reading this probably knows of our mission to build a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) school for girls in Senegal and that each purchase...

Ethical, Sustainable, & 10% off

This is Sofi, the founder of Expedition Subsahara. Did you know that until 2020, Expedition Subsahara had never had a sale? When the pandemic hit, our sales halted and...

The Tree Of Life: The Baobab Tree

The Tree of Life Provides, Protects and Teaches Life’s Greatest Lessons Throughout Africa, there’s a tree called the Baobab. Most people think of Madagascar when they ...

Shell Island

Located at the far end of Petite Côte – a stretch of coast in Senegal - is a small fishing village known to locals as Joal-Fadiouth. Around the world, though, it’s kno...

The Battle For Jollof Rise

If you’ve ever been to any country in West Africa, you’ve probably heard of Jollof rice. Each country has its own signature version, and each country’s people think th...

Expedition Subsahara is officially three years old

Expedition Subsahara is officially THREE! If you’re like me, you love proverbs, and there are several that speak to our journey not just in the past year, but over the...