Kickstarter for The Unseen Africa TV Pilot Episode

May 25, 2014 – Agadez, Niger – To celebrate Africa Day adventure travel writer Francis Tapon is announcing the production of a new TV series called The Unseen Africa.

Tapon, who is traveling nonstop to all 54 African countries over four years, will host the show. In addition to capturing Africa’s unseen parts, he plans to summit the tallest mountain of every African country.

Press Coverage of The Unseen Africa Kickstarter Project

Below is a list of the bloggers who have written about the project or where I’ve written a guest post. If you’d like to get on this list, write about the project and we’ll add a link to your page!

• In an epic guest post on Everything Everywhere, I compare Gary Arndt’s cruise ship travels along West Africa with my inland journey in West Africa.
• I wrote about the 9 Myths we have about West African in Nomadic Samuel top 10 travel blog.
• I wrote about crowdfunding your travels at Go Backpacking 
• Ryan Jordan of Backpacking Light interviewed me.
• Vagabundo Magazine reveals my low point in the last 10 years.
• FoxNomad share my 4 lessons from traveling in West Africa.
• E-Tramping wants to know if I will ever settle down.
• Keep Calm and Travel pledges and explains why.
• Tripoto profiles me and The Unseen Africa.
• Wimdu, a competitor to AirBnB, covers The Unseen Africa.
• Backpacking legend Chris Townsend endorsed the project.
• Keith Foskett is also an author and long distance backpacker. He poses profound questions in his interview.
• Journey Wonders reveals how much one month of rent cost me in Dassa, Benin.
• Mapping Megan asks me what parts of Africa are unsafe.
• One Weird Globe breaks down the real cost of producing the pilot episode.
• The Culturist picks its Top 4 Kickstarter projects and The Unseen Africa makes the list.
• True Nomads asks me about the challenges of getting visas for 54 African countries. 
• EuroTribe features an interview and features the video and widget on their homepage.
• A Week at the Beach shares about how the media sides “The Other Side of Africa”
• Great Big Scary World wants to correct negative African stereotypes.
• Nomad is Beautiful interviewed me about how trip idea came about.
• Canon Footprints reviews my 10-year plan to travel the world.
• The Gift of Travel asks me 10 questions.
• I did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit. 
• Romar Travel celebrates on Africa Day!
• Nicole Labarge covered the project too.
• The World Is Not That Big pledged and endorsed the project.
• Crowdfunding PR covers the press release.

Video and Audio podcasts

Bernie Wild at Practical Backpacking interviewed me. There’s as bonus audio available about how you can finance your adventures.

Script Magazine highlighted us by featuring a 45-min video podcast that talks about the unseen parts about The Unseen Africa.

Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast:  

Unseen Africa with Francis Tapon – This Week in Travel #166