Streamer IShowSpeed samples food and learns traditional dances in African tour

IShowSpeed has more than 50 million YouTube subscribers, 45 million Instagram followers and 47 million on TikTok. — AFP

DAKAR: The American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed is in the final leg of a 28-day tour of Africa aimed at showcasing the continent's cultural diversity, which is often overshadowed by images of poverty and violence.

"I’ve done so many incredible things in my life,” he said during a stop in Botswana. "But this trip is different. It opened my eyes. Africa is not what I thought.”