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He’s been pedalling for almost five straight months, and somehow the smile is still wider than the road behind him.
Real Emmiwuks, the Nigerian adventurer who set off from Lagos with nothing but a bicycle, a dream, and an audacious plan to ride all the way to the United States, has just crossed another border. Day 148 found him leaving the warm embrace of Gambia and rolling into Dakar, Senegal, with the Atlantic breeze on his face and another stamp in his passport.
From the photos he posted, Gambia didn’t just host him; they adopted him. He posed in front of pristine mansions, swimming pools sparkling behind him, locals beaming like they’d known him for years. His caption was pure gratitude: “Thank you, GAMBIA. Your love, your kindness, your PEOPLE, I’ll carry them in my heart as I move FORWARD.”
What started as a wild idea (“Let me ride from Nigeria to America”) has become one of the most followed African journeys of the decade. Through dust, through rain, through borders that told him no until they finally said yes, Emmiwuks has kept turning the pedals and turning heads. Villages empty out when he arrives. Kids run alongside him for kilometres. Strangers open their homes, their kitchens, their hearts.
Now in Senegal, the West African chapter is nearing its end. Ahead lie Mauritania, the vast emptiness of the Western Sahara, Morocco, and then the big leap across the Strait of Gibraltar into Europe. After that: Spain, France, the UK, and eventually a flight or a boat to the Americas before the final push to the United States.
148 days. 14+ countries so far. Thousands of kilometres. Zero sponsors in the beginning, now the whole continent is sponsoring him with love.
He ends every post the same way: Together we Ride. Together we Rise. Viva Africa.
And every time he writes it, more people believe it.
Keep pedalling, king. The world is watching, and Africa is proud.
