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Ayomide ‘Mimi’ Aborowa began collecting magazines as a young girl growing up in Lagos, Nigeria. But she also noticed something that was lacking from most
iAfrica 2 months ago 1 min read Share with your network! Many across the continent still see travel as something done overseas. “We are programmed to think that the west is the pinnacle of beauty, and that we have to go to Dubai if we want to shop,” says Mimi Aborowa, the globetrotting founder of Lagos-based travel magazine Ìrìn Journal. Historical ties to Europe have helped keep interest there and off the continent. “The Portuguese colonies go to Portugal, the Francophones go to Fr...