Kaylan Reid ShipangaLove fleetsLike a roaring West Indian wave, you came into my life.Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaOde to the Village ManI have come to see a beauty in men of certain tribes of Namibia. A raw but tender gentleness and humility for human kind. A genuine…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaAncestral MasculinityThere’s something about being here in Africa, constantly surrounded by African men from various parts of the continent, that is so…Jan 22, 20171Jan 22, 20171
Kaylan Reid ShipangaNothing will ever be the same…Below is a post from my old blog Beautiful Namibia, that I wrote six months after arriving in Namibia, back in 2010. My soul was speaking…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaA Challenging But Empowering Holiday In My In-laws’ Namibian VillageWhile my American family bid farewell to 2016 bundled up in New York City, I rang in the new year about 8 hours north of Namibia's capital…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaMy Black American Childhood in 1970s-1980s LiberiaWhile many African American children of the 1960’s traded jokes on their parent's front porches, the Atta family children were preparing…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaTurn Up the Heat: How Living In Africa Taught Me How To CookBrace yourselves.Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid Shipanga8 Culturally Infused Ways to See Namibia and Support Black BusinessAs an African American in Namibia, one thing that has continually frustrated me is how much of its tourism industry is controlled by its…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaPressured: Bumping Heads with Religion in NamibiaI’ve had an ever-gnawing disdain for Christianity’s fierce hold on so much of the Black global community. It has been increasingly…Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017
Kaylan Reid ShipangaThe Importance of Black Expat Voices in AfricaFor far too long the perspectives of travel and expat life in Africa have been dominated by White voices.Jan 22, 2017Jan 22, 2017