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Samba street parties, seafood stews, and sandy beach days.
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Award-winning travel journalist & Founder @ Buoyant Travel
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Best American Food Writing '23 ✨
Briona Lamback’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridThe Black Baltimoreans' guide to Charm City
Tripadvisor
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Three locals on Baltimore's best sights, eats, and art.
Best American Food Writing '23
HarperCollins Publishers
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My story, 'The Black Oyster King of New York,' was featured in the 2023 edition of Best American Food Writing and first published in Gastro Obscura in 2022.
In Western Ghana, Locals Are Reclaiming Their Surf Scene
Condé Nast Traveler
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With free gear, classes, and a new community space in coastal Busua, Surf Ghana is bringing Ghanaian surfers back into the fold.
Baltimore: The US Harborside City Where Crab is King
Going
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Where crab is king, Black history thrives, and quirky literary and art experiences are abundant...
Toya Boudy's Yakamein: A New Orleans' noodle soup
BBC
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While it's typically foods like gumbo, charbroiled oysters, po'boys and jambalaya that lure people to New Orleans, lesser known yakamein has been a hot bowl of local comfort for decades. In Baltimore, it's called yat gaw mein, known colloquially as "dirty yak", a brown gravy-based udon noodle dish often mixed with shrimp and found at Chinese takeouts.
How to navigate Ghana's epically cool surf scene
Tripadvisor
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Two surfers share their fave spots for catching some waves.
The Double Life of New York's Black Oyster King
Atlas Obscura
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In the heart of New York's financial center, a vacant building has sat untouched for decades. Behind its unassuming brass shell is the story of New York City's once-famed oyster houses and the overlooked life of Thomas Downing, the city's Black oyster king.
Ghana: The Coastal African Country Known as the Gateway to Africa
going.com
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Located just off the Atlantic coast and on the edge of the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana is a small West African country home to about 32 million people and considered the Gateway to Africa.
Explore the historic Edna Lewis Menu Trail, a trip through Black culinary history
Detour/Miami Herald
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"I grew up in Freetown, Virginia, a community of farming people. It wasn't really a town. The name was adopted because the first residents had all been freed from chattel slavery, and they wanted to be known as a town of Free People," Edna Lewis, the Grand Dame of Southern Cooking, wrote in her guide " The Taste of Country Cooking."
This 1800s Philadelphia Mansion Is A Cozy Music-Inspired Bed And Breakfast
Hotels Above Par
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Nestled on a corner Philadelphia block is Akwaaba Inn, an intimate bed and breakfast inside of an 1800s mansion with rooms and suites inspired by music made by famous Philadelphians like Teddy Pendergrass, Jill Scott, and The Roots. A large wooden and white-pillared porch wraps the house in a way that draws you in.
Through Guided Tours, Chef Sallie Ann Robinson Is Preserving Daufuskie Island's Gullah Geechee Hi...
Condé Nast Traveler
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How one sixth-generation ‘Gullah Diva’ is building upon the foundation her ancestors laid to keep their legacy alive.
Living Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement
The Group Travel Leader
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Though the key events in the struggle for civil rights took place in the 1950s and '60s, the values and convictions behind them are still alive today. And many of the people who participated in the marches, sit-ins, meetings and boycotts are still alive too. At sites along the U.S.
Black Entrepreneurs Capitalize on Tourism
The Group Travel Leader
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Since the days of the Negro Motorist Green Book, Black entrepreneurs have been helping guide, host and educate one another and travelers in the most innovative ways. The following six Black entrepreneurs are continuing that legacy, building and operating businesses in the tourism industry. The name Casual Crabbing with Tia began as a joke.
Bissap, Sorrel, Red Drink: How This Centuries Old Beverage Shows Up Across The Diaspora
PushBlack
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In West Africa, it's called 'bissap', 'sobolo', and 'zobo'; across the Caribbean, it's 'sorrel,' in Latin America it's 'Agua de Jamaica,' and in t...
The Reassuring Way Our Ancestors Embraced Death
PushBlack Spirit
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John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." Even when we know God's love, death can be scary, but there's reassurance in how some enslaved people viewed mortality.
The 10 Best Cocktail Bars in London-According to a London Bartender
Fodor's Travel
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One of the best ways to explore London is by sipping your way through it. I learned to bartend at a small bar in East London, and when I wasn't behind the bar concocting something new, I was sipping my way around the city known for its love of a good drink.
Eat Your Way Through London's Best Black-Owned Restaurants
Fodor's Travel
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If you're in London and a foodie looking for the best African diaspora cuisine, jollof rice, or vegan food try popular restaurants like East of Eden, Prince of Peckham, Zeret Kitchen, or Little Baobab.
The 5 best wellness retreats for black women
Well+Good
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It's hard to pin down the exact moment in a Black woman's life when she may begin to feel the weight of the world on her shoulders. For some of us it happens seemingly in childhood, while for others it might strike much later, like when entering the workforce.
They Created This Brilliant Business To Help Black People Travel With Ease
PushBlack
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Sibahle Nkumbi was checking out of her Amsterdam AirBnb, when the host pushed her down a staircase over an alleged late checkout, yelling ...
The Connection To Africa In Juneteenth's Red Foods And Drinks
PushBlack
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When our people gather on Juneteenth, there's always music and parades, but the star of the show is often the food. From watermelon to BBQ, there's plenty to eat - usually including an assortment of red bites and drinks. But what'...
Lakes Were Built On Top Of These Former Black Towns
PushBlack
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Atlanta is today one of the Blackest U.S. cities. But in 1912, its neighbor Forsyth County was being terrorized by white supremacy. After a
Amazon Tried to Stop Him From Unionizing, But He Refused To Back Down
PushBlack
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Christian Smalls was tired of Amazon dehumanizing him and his fellow employees. So he decided to take action, organizing a walk-out protest at the corporation's Staten Island factory in support of a labor union. Hours later, Amazo...