What Happened When a Journalist Drove the Length of Africa With His Family – Barry Maughan

The Uncommon Minds Experience · Aug 26, 2026 · 32m

This conversation is for anyone who's ever dreamed of an adventure that seems impossible—and wondered if they had the courage to actually do it.

Barry Maughan knows what it means to step into the unknown. A lifelong writer and international broadcaster for more than forty years, he plied his trade on four continents, including Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and the United States . His major news coverages included the coup that overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie in September 1974, and the devastating drought and subsequent famine in Ethiopia's northern province of Wollo .

But his…