People got heated and said #BoycottGiraffeManor after some poorly-worded social posts, but here are some ACTIONABLE steps to decolonizing how you travel both home and away.
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Here are four of the best places to visit in Kenya that hardly anyone knows about - you’ll be surprised how much there is for everyone!
Tips from a local on traveling deeper and getting off the beaten track in Kenya ;) Get off the beaten track and support local, indigenous businesses and communities that need it.
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Join our 5-day travel writing challenge for any and everyone! Daily emails with a writing/journaling prompt, plus inspiration and tips from myself and other writers.
My phone was broken for a week so I did a lot of thinking and realizing. Creating - drawing, writing, cooking, talking and more - is a revolutionary act. Even more so for black and brown people of the Global South.
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Travel bans and sealed borders be damned!
This is how I’m traveling without traveling. Chin up, babes ;)
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I went to a Hindu Temple I had been meaning to visit for a while to see their permanent cultural exhibit and bookstore (and see the fantastic architecture up close) and was swiftly informed by the guard at the gate that "they don't allow Africans inside". My favorite part of that exchange was when he added "unless perhaps you were accompanied by an Indian or a white person".
My second favorite part of this while story is that it happened in Nairobi, Kenya (aka my home town and country) in this year of our lord 2018.
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One morning I roamed around Stone Town, Zanzibar and photographed some of my favourite beautiful traditional wooden doors. With Arab and Indian influences dating back to the 18th and 19th Century, every door has a story to tell about its occupants from then to now.
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Read and watch for ways to live your full Africanness in Joburg - the run-up to AFROPUNK JHB 2017 had us living our blackest lives, eating right, dancing hard and celebrating the vibrant cultures of the continent.
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