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Five Epic African Hotels You Need To Visit
Headed to Africa this year? These five incredible hotels are so breathtaking you'll never want to go home. From a floating hotel on Botswana's Chobe River to an underwater quarters in Tanzania, there's no time like the present to return to the Motherland. 5. andBeyond, Mnemba Island, Tanzania This private island off of Zanzibar provides travelers with an ultimate escape from ANY and EVERYTHING. Offering swimming, snorkeling, yoga, spa services and a private chef, it's no surprise a night at andBeyondREAD MORE
Your American Passport Ain’t As Powerful As It Used To Be
Once upon a time carrying a United States passport when visiting another country was the equivalent of hitting the club with a VIP card: all doors always opened. Unfortunately, those days are over. Don't get us wrong, it's still a powerful travel document, it's just not as powerful as it used to be. Let us explain why. The Henley Passport Index just released its quarterly report on the world's most coveted passports, and America ranks 8th. Considering there are approximatelyREAD MORE
Cooking Classes: The Best Souvenir Your Money Can Buy
Skip the ridiculous t-shirts and colorful shot glasses. The best souvenir you can acquire abroad isn't an item, it's a cooking class. After traveling for two decades, I’m a bit disappointed that I'm just discovering this, but thankful the next two decades of travel will have a more refined focus. I have a recent trip to Antigua, Guatemala to credit for the epiphany. I love cooking at home, but have never been guided through a recipe from start to finishREAD MORE
Be One Of The First To Tour Madam C.J. Walker’s Villa Lewaro Estate
Madam C.J. Walker's story is one of the greatest and most inspiring in American history. Once considered the wealthiest Black Woman in the country, her tale is finally headed to Hollywood later this year. The mini series will surely draw added interest and attention to Walkers real life mansion and estate in NY. Currently the building isn't open to the public, but thanks to Google you can still get a glimpse at the incredible building that Madame Walker once calledREAD MORE
Stop Waiting On Your Friends To Travel
Are you a person craving new travel experiences but apprehensive about partaking in adventures without familiar company present? Take it from a seasoned traveler: the calvary isn’t coming. Your friends have more pressing matters: work emergencies ... hair appointments ... cocktails with the dude that finally texted back. Solo travel isn't as bad once you consider these words: “Time is non-renewable.” People are flaky. My companions. Your companions. But nobody wants to be eating a side of soggy broccolini insideREAD MORE
Fox Sports Rob Parker: The Black Man On The White Continent (Antarctica)
Rob Parker yells at people a lot. Let me clarify that, he yells a lot at Skip Bayless. In real life, away from FOX Sports 1 programming, he is a gentle and thoughtful soul. Ask his take on the Cowboys failures while sitting at a table with Jason Whitlock and he morphs into monster that can spew numbers and information at a dizzying rate. But in general he operates at a speed that reminds you of Miles Davis' Kind of BlueREAD MORE
Black People: Stop Complaining About Your Exoticism While Traveling
Exoticism is an "issue" African-American travel bloggers document ad nauseam. Their articles (or tweets) recount anecdotes of stares, unrelenting curiosities and what they might consider offensive questions or gestures during international travel. Historically, African-Americans and our issues, causes and plights have been treated flippantly by the racial majority here in the United States. And while our collective social status has improved from the days of iron chains and Jim Crow, racism remains one of the few threads consistently utilized in the stitchingREAD MORE
Kehinde Wiley’s “Rumors Of War” Is Art Worth Traveling For
Kehinde Wiley's latest artwork is an art installation deserving of a road-trip. Located in Richmond, Virginia, Rumors of War is a powerful sculpture depicting a young African-American man in urban streetwear. Adorned in a hoodie, jeans and Nike tennis shoes, the figure with his braided hair is perched atop an energetic horse. The bronze statue commemorates "the youth lost to the social and political battles being waged throughout our nation," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts writes. Rumors of War is also Wiley'sREAD MORE
Want To Travel Like A Local? Download This App
Seasoned travelers are adept enough to navigate foreign lands without speaking the language, but multilingual travelers know speaking the native tongue can enhance your experience abroad tenfold. Need directions? Struggling ordering from a restaurant menu? Wondering where your change from that drink went? Communication enables access. And the more in-depth your communication, the more that access widens. But of course not everyone has hundreds of hours to focus on learning Yoruba, Mandarin, Danish or Spanish before their next big adventure.READ MORE
Mary Seacole Statue, The London Landmark Hiding in Plain Sight
Westminster Bridge is one of Londons most visited and recognizable sites. There isn't a travel guide or travel show on the planet that doesn't mention the bridge as a must see attraction in the English capitol. It is also the landing point for the London Eye, Big Ben, Parliament and lots of water activities on the Thames. I have spent countless hours on that bridge and the surrounding area working and just hanging out. So it's a little embarrassing toREAD MORE
20 Things To Know Before Traveling To Ghana
The West African country of Ghana is having a moment and our objective in this moment is connecting you with the magic. Bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east, Ghana is spearheading a tourism boom throughout Africa. The ministry of tourism expects over a million visitors this year and already have receipts from over 750,000 to bolster those hopes. Many of us may not make it to Ghana before this decade is over,READ MORE
One Million Strong: Here’s Why Black Travelers Are Flocking To Ghana
When Ghana's tourism board announced their 2019 “Year of Return” campaign, they had modest expectations: attract 500,000 foreign visitors in one calendar year. 2019 is nearing its end and Ghanians have to plenty to be optimistic about entering 2020. The West African country has already welcomed over 750,000 foreigners this year, smashing their expectations. And the tourism board believes a one million visitors threshold is within reach by year's end. Ghana's Year of the Return is an invitation to descendants ofREAD MORE