In the series premiere, the Detroit-based winners of The Africa Channel's 2011 Know Your Heritage "Trip of a Lifetime" Sweepstakes travel to Senegal, in West Africa.

In this episode, we follow four Los Angeles students as they accompany their teacher back to her homeland - Ghana, West Africa. Along the way, they meet a group of school children on a remote island and vow to become their sponsors.

From Martha's Vineyard, to a small town in Uganda, best friends Lila Fischer and Hannah Kahl, adjust to local ways working with maternity centers near in South Sudan. Lila and Hannah share their enriching experiences and for one, her plans change course.

News and television cameraman Martin Proctor travels to Cuba on a search to find his beloved Cuban cigars and explore the many facets of this Caribbean island before it opens up to the world.

The founder of a successful Los Angeles-based sign spinning business and his top spinner make their first trip to Johannesburg in order to expand his brand to Africa.

Filmmaker Natural Langdon heads to Accra to shoot a local artist's music video and connect with a continent and people he wants to know better.