Oscar Scafidi

Oscar Scafidi is originally from the UK and Italy and spent five years living and working in Luanda, Angola as an international school history teacher. He has lived, worked and travelled in over thirty African countries, including Sudan, Angola, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tunisia and Ethiopia. When not teaching, Oscar writes travel journalism focusing on "difficult" destinations, such as Somalia, Afghanistan, Liberia and Timor-Leste. In 2016 Oscar wrote the first English language guidebook to Equatorial Guinea, as well as completing the first ever source to sea navigation of Angola's River Kwanza with his friend Alfy. A documentary film of the 33 day journey, called Kayak The Kwanza, is available to view free of charge on YouTube. In 2019 Oscar and Alfy were recognised by Guinness World Records for their achievement. In 2022 Oscar and his friend Ben completed the first ever source to sea navigation of Madagascar's longest river, The Mangoky. A book and documentary film about this expedition are due to be released later in 2025.

Oscar’s latest book is the first English-language guidebook to Tunisia to be published in nearly a decade, released in June 2023 by Bradt Travel Guides. He has also documented his adventures across Tunisia on his YouTube channel: Scafidi Travels.