From Columbus to Magellan, seafaring men drew the maps of the lands they discovered and gave shape to the world we know today.
One continent, however, seems to fade from our vision: Africa. Who can place Abuja, the capital of the most populated African state? Do we know that today’s Ethiopia once was the ancient kingdom of Aksum which flourished from the 3rd to the 9th century? We re-discover this huge island-continent with a group of journalists on board a sailing boat, dropping anchor at Port Said, Massawa, Djibouti, Mombasa, Durban, Cape Town, Luanda, Douala, Cotonou, Dakar and Tangiers.