GRIOTS REPUBLIC - AN URBAN BLACK TRAVEL MAG - OCTOBER 2016
In the October Issue of Griots Republic we cover GLOBAL DESIGN! From interior to sound design we plug into the subjects that interest urban travelers. Black Travel Profiles include: Brooklyn Circus Founder, Ouigi Theodor. Up In Air Life Founder, Claire Soares. Fashion Influencer, Jason Andrew and Blogger A.V Perkins of A.V Does What. This issue also includes interviews with International D.J., DJ Super Nova and street artist and designer Jerry Gant. This is Black Travel!
In the October Issue of Griots Republic we cover GLOBAL DESIGN! From interior to sound design we plug into the subjects that interest urban travelers. Black Travel Profiles include: Brooklyn Circus Founder, Ouigi Theodor. Up In Air Life Founder, Claire Soares. Fashion Influencer, Jason Andrew and Blogger A.V Perkins of A.V Does What. This issue also includes interviews with International D.J., DJ Super Nova and street artist and designer Jerry Gant. This is Black Travel!
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Close your eyes. Imagine walking<br />
into your kitchen. Turn on<br />
the cold faucet and pour yourself<br />
a glass of water. Now drink it.<br />
Taste every molecule as it makes its<br />
way down your throat, refreshing you<br />
with each drop. Now imagine that<br />
you are in Uganda, in a small village.<br />
It is 93 degrees and humid. You see<br />
Namubiru. She is only 14 and just<br />
walked two miles to fetch water for<br />
this evening’s meal. And while she<br />
is tired and dying of thirst, she will<br />
not chance drinking the water before<br />
boiling it, for fear of getting diarrhea,<br />
again. Open your eyes.<br />
What you just imagined represents<br />
me. It represents my duality. As a<br />
daughter of Ugandan immigrants,<br />
born and raised in America, I am<br />
constantly faced with the duality of<br />
my existence.<br />
My travel style is<br />
definitely inspired by my<br />
Ugandan heritage and my<br />
love of my blackness.<br />
From a young age I visited my family<br />
in Uganda, vacationed in the Caribbean<br />
during the summers and hung<br />
out with cousins in London. My parents<br />
introduced the importance and<br />
enjoyment of travel to my life. My curiosity<br />
of the world was truly inspired<br />
by my parents who gave me access to<br />
it. We had a globe in the house that<br />
I was constantly spinning, dreaming<br />
of the places that I might visit<br />
some day. Fast forward and I have
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