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Black Travelers

Explore podcast episodes featuring Black travelers sharing experiences of living abroad, long-term travel, and cross-cultural travel around the world. Hear perspectives from across the African diaspora on identity abroad, community, and building meaningful lives across borders.

Black travelers experience the world in diverse ways shaped by culture, history, and identity across borders. In this collection from The Maverick Show, guests from across the African diaspora share stories of living abroad, long-term travel, and moving between cultures. You’ll hear the experiences of African Americans, Black immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as travelers from the African continent navigating global travel on their national passports. These conversations explore cross-cultural travel, the nuances of Black identity abroad, and the realities of building community and finding belonging around the world.

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Living in Afghanistan, Haiti, Myanmar and Traveling to Over 100 Countries on a Kenyan Passport with Eva Adongo (Ep 213)

Hear how racism, passport privilege, and unequal freedom of movement shaped her perspective on travel and opportunity. Eva Adongo joins Matt for this in-person interview in her home country of Kenya. She starts…

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Summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Ethiopian Immigrant Culture, and Why Japan is So Amazing with Tammer Abiyu (Ep 211)

Hear how his first trip to Ethiopia transformed his identity and deepened his connection to family, heritage, and home. Tammer Abiyu starts by telling his parents story of participating in the resistance against…

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Traveling the African Continent with Wazha Dube (Ep 153)

Learn how post-colonial power, local ownership, and allyship can shape more responsible travel choices across Africa. With his roots in Botswana and the U.S., Wazha Dube shares his experience growing up in 6…

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Traveling the World for Whisky, Growing up in Queens, and Reflecting on Genocide with Martine Volmar (Ep 169)

Hear how her Haitian immigrant upbringing and years abroad shaped her views on race, identity, and America from afar. In this episode, Martine conducts a whisky tasting for Matt in her apartment in…

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The Legacy of South African Apartheid and Healing Ancestral Money Trauma While Traveling the World with Vangile Makwakwa (Ep 226)

Learn how systemic inequality and inherited beliefs about money can shape our lives & how we can begin to heal them. Vangile Makwakwa takes us on her journey growing up under South African…

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Empowering Plus-Size People to Travel the World and Co-Founding the Black Travel Alliance with Jeff Jenkins (Ep 112)

Hear how one life-changing trip transformed his career and inspired him to make world travel more inclusive for others. Award-winning travel influencer Jeff Jenkins shares his story of growing up in Orlando, Florida,…

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Founding NOMADNESS Travel Tribe for Black and Brown World-Travelers with Evita Turquoise Robinson (Ep 96)

Hear how loss, reverse culture shock, and life abroad inspired a community that transformed representation in travel. Evita Turquoise Robinson shares her story of how a transformative trip to France for a film…

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How to Live Free in a Dangerous World and Write a Decolonial Memoir with Shayla Lawson (Ep 280)

Learn about black community building across geography & language, challenging the gender binary & decolonizing ourselves. Shayla Lawson joins Matt for a wine night and starts off talking about growing up in Kentucky,…

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Founding Black Travel Summit and Telling Afro-Indigenous & Global Black Diaspora Stories with Anita Moreau (Ep 289)

Learn about the nuances, diversity, and intersecting identities of the global Black diaspora through travel stories. Anita Moreau joins Matt from Miami and starts off talking about her parents’ experiences being born in…

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Afro-Colombian Storytelling, Hidden Histories, and Traveling to Sierra Leone with Eileen Ivette (Ep 333)

Learn about Afro-Colombian history, diaspora identity, and the impact of 3 special trips to different regions of Africa. Eileen Ivette joins Matt and starts off talking about her viral video on “How Braids…

Dive Deeper: Explore by Community:

Hear from Palestinian and other Arab travelers navigating migration and displacement while building community across borders and cultures.

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Hear from East and Southeast Asian travelers living abroad, exploring the world, and building community across cultures and borders.

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Explore how South Asian travelers navigate family expectations, identity, and life between cultures.

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Hear from Muslim travelers about navigating faith, visibility, and global travel across diverse cultural contexts.

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Explore how Latinx travelers navigate language, culture, and belonging across borders and continents.

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Hear from Black travelers living abroad, moving between cultures, and building community across the global diaspora.

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