A Black British Girl's Perspective of a Global Village
Highlighting two amazing young African-American women who've ditched the limitations of their home country that come with being women - and black, to reap opportunities that South Korea has to offer them - despite the obvious challenges. They've adopted the Korean culture and language which makes them blend in, yet they're using their 'blackness' to their... Continue Reading →
https://vimeo.com/56745606 Hip-hop, R&B, Dancehall, and Funk in Seoul, South Korea. Get there: Hapjeong Station 합정역 (Line 2, 6), Exit 5 Check out blog posts coming next: "Brown Seoul: Hip-Hop culture in South Korea’s capital" interview with Brown part-owner and Hip-Hop dancer, DJ Locksoul "Seoul Nights: from Whiskey Sours at B28 to Hip-Hop at Brown" My weekend... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/jLq9ODJBNvA Just hours after arriving in Seoul, I'd already heard the name "Samuel Okyere" mentioned to me whenever I introduced myself as a Ghanaian... And the pattern continued late into the evening. So without much hesitation, in under 24hrs after arriving in Korea, I took to twitter to reach out to the Ghanaian TV personality... Continue Reading →
From Santo Domingo to Seoul - friendship beyond borders I first met Soo when I volunteered in the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2013. The young Korean volunteer who at the time was doing a 1 year placement with charity organisation Good Neighbors DR, was my flatmate during my one month stay with the... Continue Reading →
"Let's do Lunch: An Urban Girl's Guide To Making Contacts - And Keeping Them!" If making contacts - and keeping (the important part!) was my forte over the past decade, I probably wouldn't have come up with the idea to start a blog which essentially taps into why I'm pretty s*** at keeping in touch... Continue Reading →
I've set up a blog dedicated to all things #Art4Change, a project created by me - Kai Lutterodt! Please subscribe so you can follow the journey which starts on the 19th Aug in NYC then shortly after Port-au-Prince where I'll be teaching arts and crafts to children living in camps. http://www.art4changetheworld.org I'm also collecting children's... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/a0F8ckveE2c When Guylene Solon turned up at my door step a couple of days ago with more than just a suitcase, I knew this would be an opportunity to utilise her talent (of which she has many) in collaboration with #Art4ChangeHaiti. Seeing her Kora (an African harp) carefully unpacked from its durable casing (where Guylene travels,... Continue Reading →
In 2013 I went to Haiti to volunteer at the Sai Baba Centre which provides nutritious meals to over 2000 children living in camps in and around Port-au-Prince. When it was time for me to leave after a month - I knew I would one day return to volunteer again! So when I was elected as... Continue Reading →
The word "Kimono" literally translates as "thing to wear" (ki "wear" and mono "thing")... And Momo (pictured above) wears his well out on the streets of Ginza! If you come to the capital of Japan with high expectations of seeing locals dressed in array of traditional Kimonos - prepare yourself for disappointment. A different type... Continue Reading →
I'm 5950.877 miles from home... That's the furthest I've ever travelled, according to freemaptools.com's calculations! I've been in Tokyo for a little over a week (excluding a quick trip to Seoul which I'll blog about in the next post), and lets just say its an 'interesting' experience. Yes interesting because unlike Marmite, I can't work... Continue Reading →
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