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The Great Migration: What It’s Like to Watch It With Your Sisters Beside You
There is a moment on safari that you do not forget. The dust rises first. Then the sound, a low thunder you feel in your chest before you understand what...
50 Experiences Every Black Woman Over 50 Should Consider Welcome to Your Summer There comes a point in a woman's life when she realizes that time is no longer something...
Morocco for the First-Timer: The Souk, the Sahara, and the Senses
There is a moment on safari that you do not forget. The dust rises first. Then the sound, a low thunder you feel in your chest before you understand what...
Senegal and the Meaning of Teranga: Where You’re Family First
There is a word in Senegal you will hear before you fully understand it, and feel before you can translate it. Teranga. It is usually rendered as "hospitality," but that...
Our Africa: 8 Destinations Every Black Woman Should See at Least Once
For most of our lives, Africa came to us secondhand. A documentary. A headline. A photograph someone else took, cropped the way someone else wanted us to see it. A...
Is It Safe for a Black Woman to Travel to Africa? An Honest Answer
If you have caught yourself wanting to go, then quietly talking yourself out of it because of that one nagging question, this is for you. Is it safe? You deserve...
The Water in Zanzibar Really Is That Clear. Here’s What Else You’ll Find
You have seen the photos and assumed they were edited. They were not. The water in Zanzibar really is that clear, a turquoise so bright and so transparent you can...
South Africa in One Trip: Table Mountain, Safari, Wine, and Mandela’s Legacy
Some countries you visit. South Africa you absorb. It is the one place that hands you the whole continent in a single trip: a flat-topped mountain standing over a city...
Durban: South Africa’s Warm Coast and the Zulu Kingdom
If Cape Town is South Africa's drama and Johannesburg is its engine, Durban is its warm heart. This is the country's beach city, where the Indian Ocean stays warm enough...
Egypt Is African: The History We Were Never Taught
Somewhere along the way, we were handed a version of Egypt with the continent cut off. It showed up in the textbooks filed under "ancient Mediterranean" or "the Middle East,"...
Ghana, the Front Door of the Return: What to Know Before You Go
For a lot of us, Ghana is not where the trip starts. It is where the return does. This is the country that looked at the diaspora and said, plainly,...
Beach, Safari, or History: Picking the Right African Destination for You
