Author / Adeola
-
Five things to do in Seattle
By: Wonuola Lawal 1. Attend a baseball game: I saw a baseball match between the Seattle.Mariners and the Philadelphia Phillies. I was rooting for Philadelphia because I’d stayed in Philly for nine…
16. July 2017 -
Q & A with INNCLUSIVE Founder Zakiyyah Myers: Your Alternative to discriminatory Airbnb
By: Adeola Naomi You may have come across a horrendous video of an AirBnB host pushing a black woman down the stairs in Amsterdam. The stories of #Airbnbwhileblack are not pretty but…
13. July 2017 -
Who Am I?
By: Mariam Guessous Who am I? If not all the lives I’ve lived. The experiences I’ve endured. The memories etched into my being. Who am I? If not all places I’ve been.…
11. July 2017 -
Colourful Convo Elizabeth Akingbade of Yemzi
We sat down with the Nigerian-British sustainable fashion designer Elizabeth Akingbade. Elizabeth’s work reflects her dual African and European heritage and her journey around the globe. We hope she inspires you all…
10. July 2017 -
Berlin for Queer and Queens
By: Adeola Naomi As a grandchild of a WW2 veteran, I have learned to associate Berlin exclusively with war and terror from stories I heard from my grandfather. In these crazy days of…
9. July 2017 -
Visiting Eritrea: A Journey to the Birthplace of my Parents
By: Helen Woldu I had just ended a loving and healthy relationship and I needed to leave Los Angeles. I contemplated whether I should go to Eritrea for I feared for my…
5. July 2017 -
Freckled Face Girl with Nappy Hair
by: Janice Hylton-Thompson In December 1990, at the tender age of 12, I boarded a plane at Kingston International Airport in Jamaica of the West Indies to JFK Airport in New York.…
4. July 2017 -
How Food Kept Me Close To My Identity
By: Ronke Lawal As a British born Nigerian the fusion of cultures has always been a priority for me, as my parents instilled the importance of not losing sight of my Nigerian…
3. July 2017 -
Goddess Pose for Confidence and Travel
As we travel our body is under various pressure and hard condition for the spine and mood. This week I am sharing a very intense yet basic pose for an immediate increase…
1. July 2017 -
What Traveling Taught me About Race
by: Sope Adekola Stereotypes are still prevalent There are archaic stereotypes attached to being Black that are still unashamedly thriving in parts of the world. Living in a country like the UK,…
28. June 2017 -
Editor’s Letter: Issue 3 on Travel Stories
Dear Collective, We want to first acknowledge that traveling outside of the lands in which you were born for a holiday or escapism, can be a very elitist avocation. But we also…
26. June 2017 -
How to safely get into Garudasana for upper back flexibility and balance
Garudasana also known as Eagle pose is a balancing beginner pose. This is a perfect place to start your standing poses and balancing journey. Some of the benefits of the pose are:…
24. June 2017 -
Home is Nowhere
By: Sasha Bonét To find one has to lose, one finds only by losing…To find is also to lose the self. While advancing, I am playing to find while losing. A thousand…
22. June 2017 -
4 Black Women Fashion designers pairing Style + Ethical Sustainability
Yemzi Yemzi is founded by designer Elizabeth-Yemi Akingbade, a British-Nigerian fashion designer residing in East London. Yemzi uses sustainable materials to blend prints influenced by her origins blended with simple modern aesthetics…
20. June 2017 -
Hoda Katebi On Dismantling Orientalism Through Fashion, Art, And Activism
By: Atoosa Moinzadeh “Fashion is an incredibly powerful form of communication,” says Hoda Katebi. And for the 22-year-old Iranian Muslim, the personal is inherently political. As the founder of fashion and social…
19. June 2017 -
Meditative Malasana for Grounding and Hip opening
Malasana is an asana that physically stretches the ankles, the groins, and back. Going back to the very basic of hip opening poses and emotional release. Watch the video to take tips…
16. June 2017
Categories
Tags.
Latest Posts.
Search blog
Archive
- April 2024
- March 2024
- October 2023
- April 2022
- February 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- July 2020
- June 2020
- April 2020
- December 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- March 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- February 2017