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AfroBuenaventura Partners with ROAM Magazine
AfroBuenaventura and ROAM Magazine have partnered together for the September and November issues that will feature AfroBuenaventura's...
Sep 21, 20171 min read


Self-Talk Makes Me a Better Traveler
Everyday during summers spent with my dad, we'd get up with him as he headed off to work. When my sister and I got into the car, he'd...
Aug 14, 20174 min read


Exploring Blackness in Mexico Part II: Easing on Down the Road & Black Ain't Ugly
Update as of 10/6/17 If you like this story and are intrigued by the story of Yanga, join me in February 2018 to celebrate Carnival in...
Jul 24, 20179 min read


Exploring Blackness in Mexico Part I: Bittersweet Black Coyolillo
Update as of 10/6/17 If you like this story and are intrigued by the story of Yanga, join me in February 2018 to celebrate Carnival in...
Jul 11, 20176 min read


Travel Is My Self-care
Travel is my self-care. It does for me what meditation, a day at the spa, or journaling does for others. Travel puts me back together,...
May 17, 20176 min read


Why AfroBuenaventura?
One evening in November, I arrived at a seaside village on the Pacific Coast of Colombia called Juanchaco. I hadn't heard of the place...
Jan 26, 20172 min read


Cuba Failed Me in 5 Ways
I never plan entire itineraries when I travel abroad. But honestly, I was afraid. I was afraid of losing control of my mission of...
Jan 26, 20174 min read

Access to Telecommunications in Cuba: An Interview with The Mindful Techie
Once I got to Havana, I saw it. Crumbling buildings, streets in disrepair, hoopties galore. Then there was the task of figuring out how...
Jan 5, 20173 min read
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