When Africans think of traveling, their goal is often to go to Europe, the US, Dubai, or anywhere other than traveling in Africa itself—except to visit relatives, and usually within the same country. We see other continents as superior, and the moment we can afford the opportunity, we go overseas because there is a belief that the streets are paved with gold. It was not always like this. Africans were once nomadic, and in the great Bantu migration, centuries ago, they moved from east to west, then down towards the south of Africa, entering the lands of the San or Bushmen people who lived there. That is why Bantu languages, like Swahili, are so similar that someone from Uganda can almost understand someone from Zimbabwe when they are speaking different languages. The Bantu people settled down to become farmers and herdsmen, then colonization brought borders, which further restricted movement. During apartheid in South Africa and Zimbabwe, Africans could not even visit cities unless they had a “town pass,” so families were split up, and many were too poor to afford to travel, even if they were allowed to.