Uganda & Zimbabwe - Birds of Similar Feather

 United by red, black, white, and yellow.  Both have birds of iconic destiny.  

Once upon a time they were adopted by the UK, now they are independent and have stepped into a world of their own making. 

 

 

 

Mauritius & Seychelles - Isles of Afica in India

Small sisters that are hidden gems as isles of Africa down under, hanging it lose like Australia & New Zealand.  But they are deeply tied to West Asia, than to Northern Europe. 

 

 

Angola & Papua New Guinea

 Angola & Papua New Guinea are Lands Down under who connect the common element of humanity from Africa to Australia.  Peoples with little in common, yet are distant cousins separated by eons.  

Mozambique and Sao Tome & Principe - Portuguese Princes

Portugal had an epic imprint on these two nations of America from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans, it is reminder that Africa has much in common with Europe yet also a strong link towards Asia. 

 

The Bahamas & St. Lucia - Black, Yellow, and Blue

 Big sister Bahamas gets all the attention, but little sister St. Lucia is hardly noticed.  They are English-African cultures that lay in the wake behind the other English colonies.   During the 1776 rebellion, the Bahamas and English speaking Caribbean were apart of the 13 plus loyalist colonies that opposed the Americans.

 

  

Oman and Madagascar - Indo-Africa

Madagascar and Oman are so close to Africa, but so different to Africa.  They have strong Asian imprints before falling the colonial gravity well of Europe.  Today they are unique places with a heart facing the heart of Asia. 
 

Belize & Haiti: Non-Latin Latin America

Many wrongly assume that south of the US border it turns into Latin America.  But Belize and Haiti are exceptions to the rule.  Canada, Australia, and New Zealand get all the attention of being cousins the USA, but there is so close that often gets ignored, Belize the English Speaking nation of Central America.  Likewise Haiti is Quebec of the Caribbean.