I was born in South Africa and raised in the United States, after my father was forced to leave the country for resisting the apartheid regime. My connection to my birth country and the rest of the continent has shaped my life and career. I have a unique position within the diaspora: Unlike me, many Black Americans will never be able to trace their ancestry to a specific place the way I can. For them, heritage travel is about exploring the land that has shaped our people and culture. It s about finding connections and traces of the familiar.
Travel to Africa has historically been seen through a Western lens and has been dominated by the idea of going on safari. This is changing: I have been excited to see African culture draw greater international attention as it plays a larger role in fashion, music, art, and food around the world. Of course, Africa s cultural side is something that many Blacks within the diaspora have known about and honored for decades: Celebrities and thought le
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Consider the latest travel story you read. Was it about a place you were familiar with, or somewhere new? Did you notice the byline? Did anything about the descriptions stand out? Perhaps it was the tale of a coast-to-coast train trip across America where the characters were âRunyonesque,â or a tuk-tuk ride through âdusty, dirtyâ stretches of Mumbai. Do a quick Google search for âmedina Marrakech hecticâ and see how often it turns up. Thereâs a dominant language used in centuriesâ worth of travel stories thatâs so pervasive, most of us donât question it.