Accra, Ghana 2022

Dream Destinations Tours led us through Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast. Our tour lasted one week, however, I stayed in Ghana for two weeks. I spent the first week filming the city, and enjoying the good Ghanaian air and sun. Here are some videos I took while there.

The Next Movement: Bbräveler

Originally, this post was written and saved in 2019. The picture was taken in the Sultanate of Oman. Black + Brave + Traveler = Bbräveler Already there is a Black Travel Movement in motion. And, you may already be encouraged to travel by organizations such as Travel Noire, and NoirBnB. If you’re reading this now…

AFROCENTRICITY

THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN CAPITAL NEWSPAPER — ETHIOPIA’S BUSINESS WEEKLY AFROCENTRICITY BY ADJEI GYAMFI An important feature of Pan – Africanism This essay seeks to explain why the concept of Afro-centricity has been an important feature of the Pan-African tradition. Introduction Following the abolishment of the slave trade, Africans in the diaspora were faced…

Ethiopian Beauties

Watch on YouTube, click here. Shop here. On Tuesday I decided not to sleep in. This was not a problem because my night’s sleep at the Panoramic Hotel was quite invigorating. I awoke and went for a city stroll that unbeknownst to me lead to a six-hour round-trip  hike to the hilltop monastery. When my…

Ethiopia

My journey through northern Ethiopia took me to the same places Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. traveled through nearly twenty years ago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxydlMaikBY Addis Ababa The present day capital of Ethiopia is home to the resting place of the last emperor Haile Selassie, and where the bones of one of the oldest human ancestor, Lucy’s bones…

Buddha Like Me

After my most recent trip to Ethiopia, I marveled at the similarities between Korean and Ethiopian culture. This is the original post:  I went to a temple today. Koreans built it around the sixth century. We drank tea, talked, and took some pictures. I saw a statue of Buddha — one that I hadn’t seen…