Traveling While Black with Nanjala Nyabola
Writer, humanitarian advocate, and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola talks about her book inspired by her experience of traveling while black.
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Show Notes
Every now and then, I like to drop an extra episode! This week, I'm pulling one of my favorites from the archives.
Nanjala Nyabola is a writer, humanitarian advocate, political analyst, and author of Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move. In this episode, we dive into giving back as a traveler, the impact that travel can have on your relationship with fear, how to recognize privilege, and why you can and should do many various things in life (no niching required).
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Tune in to Learn:
- The idea of defining a mission for yourself and pursuing it authentically
- The unspoken barriers of traveling with an African passport
- Recognizing privilege and what we can do to create change
- Being conscious of how we consume the world and how environmental alternatives can enhance the travel experience
- Why your values will and should guide your decisions
- How we can influence people in power to open their hearts and borders to asylum-seekers
- How the media has failed us
- How travel has changed Nanjala's relationship with fear
- And so much more
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Want More?
- Solo Travel, Coffee, & Blackpacking w/ Jarika Johnson
- The Slow Travel Philosophy + Traveling As A Black Woman w/ Oneika Raymond
- Finding Meaning Through Travel w/ Dr. Christopher Daniels
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