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ARCHIVISTS’ NOTE | APRIL 2019

Spring is finally here and the weather is warming up. Hopefully, many of you are starting to stretch your imaginations and are planning your summer excursions. For those planning a longer vacation (e.g retirement), we've decided to dedicate this issue to our Elders. This is an ode to Boomers! From ... Read More...

THE ELDERS | 4 WORLD CULTURES THAT CELEBRATE AGING AND WHY WE SHOULD TOO

RETIRING ABROAD? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

How African-Americans Disappeared from the Kentucky Derby

I WENT IN SEARCH OF ABANDONED AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERIES

EX FILES | The Native Borne Family | Ghana

ELDERLY TOURISM | THE GREYING OF JAPAN

Travel Health | Pack Your Shower Shoes!

Sisters of the Skies

The Pilgrimage to North Sea Jazz Festival

Why Don’t Westerners Eat Off One Plate?

Tax for Expats | Six Things you Need to Know About Filing American Taxes

COWORKING | AN OFFICE BY ANY OTHER NAME

G YAMAZAWA: It’s the North Cack Baby He’s the Boss

Starr’s Ascension | Writing Her Narrative on the Ice

CHEF AHKI

Sci-Fi Legend Steve Barnes: This is new. This is different.

Abiola Abrams | A Traveling Spiritpreneur™

STACEYANN CHIN

SUPER NOVA

2019 BLACK TRAVEL ITINERARIES

Black Travel Movement | From The Northern Lights to a Stunning Safari

Black Travel Movement is a community of friends and family who share an interest in cultivating new friendships and epic experiences through... Read More...

Sisters and Suitcases | Balancing Chill & Adventure

Meet Sisters and Suitcases (SAS) is a boutique travel company that curates intimate, immersive travel experiences served with a side of luxu... Read More...

Work N Play Co | Travel Therapy for Your Soul

In 2015 Work n Play Travel Co and group was created. The company was created with the motto: “Don’t just see the world, give back to it.” Wo... Read More...

Black Sisters Without Borders | Get Up, Get Out and Do Something

Black Sisters Without Borders, BSWB, is an online travel community designed for women of color. Initially, BSWB was established to educate, ... Read More...

Green Book Travel | Culturally Immersive Trips

Green Book Travel is a full-service travel company that specializes in hosting culturally immersive trips with an emphasis on the African Di... Read More...

Bucket Lists Beasts |Living a Kick Ass Life

Bucket Lists Beasts (“BLB”) is the travel and adventure segment of (Im)Possible Living, LLC, a purpose-driven, passion-filled, freedom-based... Read More...

Black Folks Travel Too | Travel Experiences That Appeal To Us

When planning a trip the first step is deciding where to travel. The next decision is probably who to travel with. Many people prefer the in... Read More...

Haitian Nomad | Haiti and So Much More

After returning from our biggest trip yet on January 4th to Egypt with over 70 attendees, we’re jumping right to our favorite country: Haiti... Read More...

Up In The Air Life | The Art of Connections and Luxury Travel Experiences

Up In The Air Life merges the art of connections with luxury travel experiences to create memories, milestones, and magic for individuals lo... Read More...

BLACK TRAVEL PROFILES

Blogger of the Month | The Witches and Priestesses of the Church of Felicia

"While Pan-Germanic Heathenism has given me strength and courage to hold to my convictions, it’s the spiritual wisdom of the diaspora that... Read More...

FABU D

MARCH 2016 - ISSUE 03 - IRELAND FABU-D is an Irish comedian based in the Dublin City area. He is known for his outgoing personality and his... Read More...

DELROY “ITAL” ANTHONY

Ital Delroy Anthony is a Local Artist, Musician and Medicinal Plant Expert on the island of St. John. As a child his mom would take him a... Read More...

JASON IKEEM RODGERS

JULY 2016 - ISSUE 07 - BLACK MUSIC! Maestro Rodgers is currently the Founder and Music Director of Orchestra Noir, the Atlanta African-Amer... Read More...

SHALISA DAVIS

Shalisa Davis was born in St. Louis, MO and raised in the inner city of Chicago. Graduated high school at the age of 17 and joined the U... Read More...

ARLETTE BOMAHOU

MARCH 2016 - ISSUE 03 - IRELAND Passionate about weight training, Arlette decided to start competing in powerlifting in August 2013. She ha... Read More...

Ghana | A Second Home

Ghana, West Africa! The place that many African Americans have been traveling to visit or live for the past 30+ years. It is what I call my... Read More...

DAMIEN ESCOBAR

On October 28, 2016 the long awaited album, Boundless by Damien Escobar will be released to a fanfare not seen with previous projects. A cul... Read More...

TONY REBEL

JULY 2016 - ISSUE 07 - BLACK MUSIC! Patrick George Anthony Barrett, better known by his stage name Tony Rebel, is a Jamaican reggae deejay.... Read More...

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT

About Last Night | Lebeha Drumming Center

At the north end of Hopkins Village lies a community of drummers. They practice nightly, with or without an audience, and the cadence of the... Read More...

SUPERFOOD

Moringa Lion Farm Packs a Punch with Moringa Oleifera The beautiful island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a gorgeous island tha... Read More...

GRIOTS READ: Say Yes to a New Year

Is this the next book to add to your reading list? "YES!" THE GIST There is something intriguing about the close of an old year and the on... Read More...

Why Don’t Westerners Eat Off One Plate?

"Why don’t your students love each other?” asked Kaunda, a Hadza hunter, as we sat around the campfire overlooking Lake Eyasi in Tanzania. ... Read More...

Noodle Boom | The Art of Ramen, Soba, Sōmen & Udon

Whether you want to claim them or not, our human food ancestors got this one thing right: wheat flour, water, and maybe a little salt make... Read More...

A Family’s Journey

Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Book of the Year and the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History, Gail Meli... Read More...

The Jamaica Food and Drink Festival, Kingston’s Foodie Haven

For one week, Kingston revels in gluttony. The Jamaica Food and Drink Festival is in its third year in Jamaica’s capital. Unlike other stati... Read More...

Adinkra and Kente Cloth | Mass Production and Ghana’s Changing Material Culture

Although I own a women’s set of kente cloth, I have never worn a full kente outfit. There has not yet been an occasion in my life important ... Read More...

DANS LE NOIR | The Ultimate Dining Adventure

The darkness did another thing – it stripped us of our labels. When it comes to unusual meals, I’ve done everything from eating live ... Read More...

Indulge your Inner Foodie with these Festivals

Everyone eats when they travel, but more and more people are booking flights JUST to eat. And while all sorts of fancy food and wine festiva... Read More...

Hip Hop Está Vivo en Cuba

Hip Hop is Alive in Cuba There is a saying in Cuba, “Hip Hop didn’t die, it just went to learn Spanish.” Hip Hop in Cuba is not only very m... Read More...

Food & Stout

Ask any cab driver, bell boy, police ofcer or any random person walking down the streets of Dublin, Ireland what is “a must do” while in the... Read More...

GLOBAL HEALTH, WEALTH & HEART

The Fundamental Elements of the Arabic Language

The Arabic language is spoken throughout Northern Africa and the Middle East. There is over 420 million people who speak Arabic around the w... Read More...

ARCHIVISTS’ NOTE | MARCH 2019

Welcome to our first destinations issue of the year, Japan! If you ever ask me where a first-time traveler should go, I will always tell ... Read More...

Global Health | “Breastfeeding is for White People” & Other Myths

Ever since the photo of the mothers of the CMM taken in Railroad Park went viral, the response has been pleasant and not so pleasant, incl... Read More...

Yes, Jamaican is a Language!

To the ear, Jamaican language dances with a melodic syncopated rhythm. Many still believe that Patois (widely referred to as what locals spe... Read More...

THE BUILDING FUND: The Racial Wealth Divide in the Unites States

A 6-PART FINANCIAL WELLNESS SERIES Traveling is as much about the ability to pursue dreams as it is about boarding passes and bucket lists.... Read More...

The Fulbright Program | Living and Learning Abroad Through Cultural Exchange

Are you interested in traveling on a whole new level? Have you ever felt the desire to study, live, or work in another culture or country? W... Read More...

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ARCHIVIST'S NOTE

2019 BLACK TRAVEL ITINERARIES

BLACK TRAVEL PROFILES

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT

GLOBAL HEALTH, WEALTH & HEART

GLOBAL BLACK HISTORY

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