The African Union is Introducing a Single Passport to Make Travel on the Continent Easier for Africans

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LILLY KUO | QZ

54 Countries, One Passport.

[dropcap]When[/dropcap] heads of state from across Africa arrive in Kigali, Rwanda next month for the African Union (AU) Summit, they will be among the first Africans issued the new electronic African Union passport. The passport is meant to make travel on the continent much easier for Africans.[mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
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African Union, Passport, Africa Travel, KOLUMN Magazine

Jan C. Schlegel

JAN C. SCHLEGEL
PHOTOGRAPHER – German
The pictures of Jan C. Schlegel bear witness of the special encounters of the photographer with unique people on his trips through Africa and Asia. Since 1998 Jan C. Schlegel regularly travels to remote places, which are secluded from the tourism of the western world. On his tours the artist observed the rapid decline of traditions and increasing change of the way of life of the people within their tribes due to globalisation. The inexorable changes woke the urgent wish in the photographer to portrait people, to capture impressions and to preserve traditional life forms in his pictures. Thus Schlegel not only creates artistic photographs, but also documents and preserves unique pieces of art – the people themselves.
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“The scene seems to be set to realize the dream of visa-free travel for African citizens within their own continent by 2020,” the AU said in a statement announcing the launch.

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