One of the most hurtful things anyone has ever said to me since I’ve lived on this continent was that I wasn’t African. It came from an Angolan student of mine who was around 19 years old. And it burned me, the African American, to the core. Did he simply mean that I wasn't born on the continent of Africa? Well, all of my students knew that I was from New York so I didn't think that ...
African American in Africa: Christopher in Nigeria
Christopher Johnson’s exciting career has taken him across Africa and now to Abuja, Nigeria – an African continental life he dreamed of as a teen.
The Importance of Black Expat Voices in Africa
For far too long the perspectives of travel and expat life in Africa has been dominated by White voices. This must change.