Books and music are two of the most essential things when you go travelling. That's why almost every hostel in Southern Africa has a bookshelf where travellers can swap books and almost every traveller has some mp3s, cds or mds in his or her backpack.

When it comes to swapping books you never know if the book you chose is good or bad. Ok, you may have heard about it, but in the end you never know if you made a good swap and got a great book or if you took the most boring book in the world.

This forum will give you a plattform to recommend and discuss books, post your favourite music, announce and review live gigs in Southern Africa, get to know the Southern African music scene and, in the end, to write or read whatever you want.