Bienvenue, welcome

To my Africa. A continent that many of us are past hating, yet still know very little about because most of what we see, hear and read remains traditional-if it bleeds, it leads-news material.

Boogy in Africa is about heart, soul and emotion. It is about my travels around West Africa, a trip I consider a starter in getting to know Africa like the back of my hand. Very soon.

If you believe that Saturn returning story, like I do, then pay attention. If you don't, read and think before you diss.

I think many things and influences, including socialization and boredom, led to me here. A spiritual version of that line is that feel like this moment and my future around Africa is destiny. I am here by my will and by God's design. A well educated version runs along the lines of the typical pan african story about pride and putting one's LSM something money to where her mouth was. The event that pushed me here was my grandmother's death two years ago. She had been critically sick a while and in and out of hospitals for the past few years. We knew she was not going to live as long as her mom and grandmother, they passed on at 86 and 100 plus.

Yet her death was more painful than I thought it would. It just ripped me to pieces. Pieces must be picked up and broken things mended. I had to think about my life, not why hers did not last long enough, and decided that I really need to start living a life that is a manifestation than the pursuit of dreams. One of my dreams being seeing as much of earth as possible, starting with Africa.

The pain of her death pushed me to the decision to travel, instead of once a year two week vacations as planned.

Last year being the first year of her death, I decided I am going to do it and if I needed one emtional reason, I claimed her death and the need to celebrate her life of limited travels as the main reason I had to travel.

Besides, when I get ideas that totally excite me I just can't let go of that idea. And I consider Africa now the best idea of my life (So far.Because if something as simple as this is the best of my life...then gosh, what about the many decades I still have left?)