Clive Myrie’s African Adventure blends travel, culture and reporting across four countries

Clive Myrie’s African Adventure is a 10-part travel series from the BBC, filmed across South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Morocco, that sees the long‑time journalist take a lighter, more hands‑on approach to chronicling culture and contemporary issues. The series follows a recent pivot for Myrie – who even declared himself “a warrior god” on the One Show – after his previous travel programmes Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip (2023) and the Bafta-winning Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure (2024).

The episodes are described as infused with joy and hope while still addressing environmental concerns and health inequalities. In South Africa he reconnects with former colleague Milton Nkosi, visits Soweto, meets Ndileka Mandela and takes part in street art, cooking bunny chow, craft work supporting women with HIV/Aids, trapeze lessons, jazz drumming and amapiano dancing.

The Ghana episodes are highlighted as the strongest, combining historical and contemporary reporting. As the child of Jamaican parents who came to Britain during the Windrush era, Myrie visits forts where enslaved people were held and participates in a Fante naming ceremony, receiving the name Papa Kojo Abaka.