Pelumi Nubi Spoke on why she drove from London to Lagos

Who is Pelumi Nubi?

Pelumi Nubi is a Nigerian-born travel content creator based in the United Kingdom where she has lived since she was 10 years old. She is a Black woman living the dream of travelling solo to and from different parts of the world. Pelumi says her desire to travel is purely to show people that travel can be simple, safe, and achievable.

Pelumi Nubi has has opened up on why she embarked on such a daring adventure.

She spoke in a recent interview with Punch Saturday Beat, she stated that she wanted to inspire other women to step out of their comfort zones and try new things.

She wants to demonstrate that driving from Europe to Africa is possible for every black female solo travelers. It’s about seeing this magnificent continent, challenging myself, and maybe encouraging some of you to follow your ambitions as well, she notes. Some days are filled with so much excitement and others, not so much!

“I’ve been a traveller. I’ve travelled to so many places, explored so many cultures and each time I was travelling, it was mostly to like Europe, Asia but my own continent, I barely has any footprint there so I was like I wanna explore more of this place I was born into,” he said.

“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and grew up in the UK, and each time I came home, I just flew for 6 hours … but then, there is this West African region I haven’t really met myself into, and I wanted to.

“As a solo black female traveler, I want to show that adventures like this are possible. It’s about exploring our beautiful continent, pushing my limits, and hopefully, inspiring some of you to chase your dreams too,” she says.

With a mildly rugged terrain in some parts Morocco, Pelumi Nubi cruising in a pretty small but comfortable car is rewriting the rules of travel. She says that you need no 4×4 to travel. Pelumi has since nicknamed her Peugeot car OLUWA-LUMI which means it’s God that lights my path.