How to Plan Your 2020 Visit to Africa!

If you’ve been thinking about making a 2020 trip to the Motherland here’s exactly how you can plan it!

advice, Advice From the EditorEditorFebruary 25, 2020africa, advice, back to africa, Hotels, p, travel, culture Comment

#YesYouCan: How to Live in Africa for a Year (or more)

A year's long move to Africa is just within your reach! Here are our tips on how to make it happen.

adviceEditorDecember 30, 2019advice, back to africa, diaspora, Immigration, Jobs, Work, money, planning, relocation, Volunteering, volunteering, moving, Moving, work, Study Abroad Comments

You don't feel connected to your African roots? Here's why I do.

In honor of all of our African ancestors, here’s why I unequivocally feel connected to my African roots.

Advice From the Editor, advice, Editor's ReflectionsEditorJune 17, 2019advice, back to africa, culture, diaspora, Family, history, slavery, slave trade, Tradition, travel Comments

The ULTIMATE Africa Packing List Guide

Heading to Africa for the first time? Feeling stressed about what to pack? Read on to find out what you should bring PLUS our favorite items to take on visits to Africa!

adviceEditorMay 10, 2018advice, packing, flying, travel, advice favorite Comments

It’s Irie: African American Rasta On Life And Work In Ethiopia

What's life like for an African American Rastafarian poet living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia? Read this first hand account with Timothy Green!

East Africa, InterviewsEditorApril 6, 2018Ethiopia, Cost of living, advice, event management, Addis Ababa, Poetry, Teaching, teaching english, Education, Latest interviews Comment

To Move or Not to Move? Ask Yourself THIS Before Moving to Africa

Plotting your escape from the good ole US of A? Are you ready to #getout? Before you jet, ask yourself these questions first.

advice, Advice From the EditorEditorMarch 21, 2018advice, moving, Moving, healthcare, homesickness, Immigration, cultural adjustment, advice favorite Comments

Reclaiming Your Wakanda: 5 Ways To Move To An African Country

I'm sharing some ideas on how you can move to an African country!

adviceEditorMarch 15, 2018advice, work, business, Volunteering, volunteering, advice favoriteComment

Journeys In Faith: Why This African American Pastor Moved To Cameroon

From Chicago to West Africa: Experience West African life through the eyes of an African American pastor living and ministering in Cameroon.

West Africa, Central Africa, Interviewskaylan reidJanuary 16, 2018advice, cameroon, challenges, cost of living, ministry, religion, west africa, Latest interviews Comments

Life As A Black American In Africa Is No Utopia

I often hear African Americans talk of moving "back to Africa". I listen to their romantic expectations. But I know continental life is no utopia.

Southern Africa, Editor's Reflectionskaylan reidMarch 13, 2017adjusting, advice, challenges, cultural adjustment, namibia, southern Africa, Popular Comments

Turn Up the Heat: How Living in Africa Taught Me How to Cook

For the cooking impaired, a move to Africa could do you wonders!

Editor's Reflections, Southern Africakaylan reidNovember 1, 2016adjusting, advice, back to africa, food Comments