The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide is here! CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GUIDE For this gift guide, I collaborated with Nadeen of The Sophisticated Life because of our shared love of wine and spirits. As you know, I’ve compiled the most comprehensive list of over 100 Black-owned spirits available online. And Nadeen has an extensive...Read More
Bunce Island in Sierra Leone, 20 miles up the Sierra Leone River, and a few miles north of the capital Freetown, was home to one of the most profitable slave trading operations in West Africa. Established in 1670 by English slave traders, it was the largest British slave castle on the Rice Coast where tens...Read More
There are lots of things you should do in Scotland. Hiking, tackling road trips and enjoying some of the world’s best islands. Wild camping, multi-day treks and visiting some of the coolest cities on the planet. You could even eat a deep-fried chocolate bar, play some bagpipes or cuddle a Highland cow. But Scotland isn’t…Read More
“I am from Scotland and I love it when tourists come to Edinburgh and do painfully inaccurate impressions of my accent. It’s really funny and original. I just wish they would also wear a ginger wig while they do it. And play the bagpipes”. That’s something you probably won’t hear while you’re in Scotland. Because…Read More
Vaccinations! The confusing inoculations which strike fear and uncertainty into the hearts of travelers, adventurers and needle-fearers across the globe. If you’re traveling to Vietnam, some vaccinations are essential – and skipping them can be a way more dangerous prospect than having a health professional jab a needle into your arm. Sharp? They are. Painful?…Read More
As early as the 1600’s, enslaved men and women were brought to Bermuda on ships in route to the southern states of the United States. They worked mostly in the the maritime and tobacco industry, but often fought back and rebelled. During Bermuda’s period of enslavement, Black men and women would come together in the...Read More
In this article, we’re gonna talk about heather. But not Heather Graham. Or Heather Locklear. We’re gonna be talking about Scottish heather. Purple, fragrant and ubiquitous, it’s an iconic part of Scotland’s landscape. It looks great, it smells great, and for many, it’s one of Scotland’s most famous assets. Alongside the thistle, it’s absolutely the…Read More
I love Vietnam. I’ve traveled there twice, I’ve lived there and I’ve eaten about ten million spring rolls there. It’s a bemusing place full of chaos and contradictions. Famous for beautiful food, mind-boggling traffic and warm but no-nonsense locals, it’s both friendly and resilient, both welcoming and impenetrable, both alien and home. It’s a place…Read More
Scotland has a certain sparsity which is detectable but hard to define. If you’ve been to the more rural parts of the nation, you were likely hit by a barren atmosphere which seemed palpable but perplexing: ‘There’s something missing here, but I don’t know what’. Well, that ‘what’ is trees. Trees are missing in Scotland….Read More
Apple Music has launched its Holiday Sounds campaign featuring playlists from some of Sub-Saharan Africa and the world’s biggest artists, celebrities and influencers including Cuppy, Deborah Mutund, DJ Spinall, Dua Lipa, Ehiz, Elsa Majimbo, Joeboy, Lianne La Havas, Tems and Teyana Taylor and many more. Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio presenter Cuppy had this to...Read More
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