GRIOTS REPUBLIC - AN URBAN BLACK TRAVEL MAG - DECEMBER 2016
2016 is coming to an end and in this issue of Griots Republic Barrington Irving and Calvin Ramsey join us to talk about the Legacy of Black Travel. We also have stories on Moore Town's Freedom Fighter, Global Bath House Culture, Christmas Markets in Cologne, and the Cocktail scene in Shanghai. Do not miss our "REAL" articles on "Runcations" and traveling to Antartica!
2016 is coming to an end and in this issue of Griots Republic Barrington Irving and Calvin Ramsey join us to talk about the Legacy of Black Travel. We also have stories on Moore Town's Freedom Fighter, Global Bath House Culture, Christmas Markets in Cologne, and the Cocktail scene in Shanghai. Do not miss our "REAL" articles on "Runcations" and traveling to Antartica!
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was born.<br />
We called our movement Blackboard<br />
because it carries a timeless metaphor<br />
that we want all young black girls to<br />
remember. We are black, and made<br />
of hardened material but at the same<br />
time we are smooth and soft. We have<br />
been written onto by society’s “white<br />
chalk” since the beginning of time.<br />
Blackboard is about us erasing all of<br />
that and being the ones to portray<br />
ourselves in the way in which we feel<br />
we need to be portrayed. Blackboard<br />
is aimed at Africans because that’s<br />
where we identified the most lack. We<br />
do recognize that there is a lack in the<br />
black community in general but we<br />
wanted to start at home.<br />
We started our website www.<br />
blackboardafrica.com and that<br />
is where the bulk of our content<br />
lives and breathes. Blackboard is a<br />
collaborative project so we try to get<br />
people in our immediate access to<br />
share their experiences and stories.<br />
We want to promote a lifestyle in its
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