Mamas of Africa: How a new female-only expedition is helping empower women in Kenya

Women in Kenya are on a mission to improve gender equality through tourism. Georgia Stephens travels from Nairobi to hear their stories.

“Hold on tight!” comes the warning, too late, as the truck hits a rock and makes a break for the sky. One second, two seconds and bump – we’re back on the dirt road to continue on our rattling way. To my left the scrubland’s tangle of thorn bushes is a blur, vanishing at some far-off point beneath a sweep of umbrella acacias. Hot wafts of baked earth blow in through the truck’s open windows, while up front Becky is shifting gear. The top of her cornrowed head is peeking over the driver’s cab. At 50 years old, she’s east Africa’s first female overland truck driver.

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