When I found out two years ago that I would be moving to Hong Kong, one of the first questions I asked myself was the following: “ What the heck am I gonna do with my hair?” For many non-Black folk out there, this is probably a non-issue, but for most of my brothas and […]
It wasn’t until I packed my bags and headed off to France for a year-long study abroad program that I realized that I had been bit by the travel bug. My year in France, which took place during my third year of university, opened my eyes to the world and ignited my passion for discovering […]
Be warned that your “different-ness” will often single you out and will make you and instant celebrity in some places in the region. My travels around Asia have yielded some pretty funny situations that are primarily due to my skin colour. In Cambodia and Thailand, people pointed at me and yelled out “Obama!”
