{"id":15006,"date":"2021-12-16T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/?p=15006"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:06:57","slug":"detained-for-spying-in-angola-with-travel-writer-oscar-scafidi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/detained-for-spying-in-angola-with-travel-writer-oscar-scafidi\/","title":{"rendered":"Detained for spying in Angola with travel writer Oscar Scafidi | WIHTF podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h2 id=\"oscar-scafidi-is-a-teacher-tra\"><span class=\"x_x_mark8xicu3sxz\">Oscar<\/span> <span class=\"x_x_mark25raz65cq\">Scafidi<\/span> is a teacher, travel writer and political risk consultant with a focus on Lusophone Africa.<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"in-2016-he-completed-the-first\">In 2016, he completed the first ever source-to-sea navigation of Angola&#8217;s River Kwanza with his friend Alfy Weston.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Source-team-photo-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A documentary film of the 33-day journey, Kayak the Kwanza, is available to view <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vIfnrQJVDVo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the final stage of the journey, Oscar and Alfy were detained by security forces, initially accused of spying on a hydroelectric installation, and then suspected of diamond smuggling. Oscar spoke to WHEN IT HITS THE FAN about the experience.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Detained in Angola with travel writer Oscar Scafidi\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AtIxdzLmBQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x_x_mark8xicu3sxz\">Oscar<\/span>&#8216;s latest project is to write the first English-language guidebook to Tunisia to be published in nearly a decade. It will be released in early 2022 by Bradt Travel Guides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He is also documenting his adventures across Tunisia for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ScafidiTravels\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>To find out more about HALO Trust, go <a href=\"https:\/\/kayakthekwanza.com\/who-is-halo\/\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar Scafidi is a teacher, travel writer and political risk consultant with a focus on Lusophone Africa. In 2016, he completed the first ever source-to-sea navigation of Angola&#8217;s River Kwanza with his friend Alfy Weston. A documentary film of the 33-day journey, Kayak the Kwanza, is available to view here. 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