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Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This Mississippi Born Theologian Came to Open a Soul Food Restaurant in TokyoIn episode 40, I interview LaTonya Whittaker. LaTonya has been a fixture and a leader within the African American community in Japan for 15 years. She along with her husband David are the founders of the prominent Soul Food House restaurant in Tokyo that has long been a central destination for the Black community to gather. In many ways, the inspiration to build Legacy Foundation Japan comes from the relationships and opportunities unlocked at Soul Food House. The restaurant is a unique place that both Tokyo veterans and new arrivals frequent to eat love-filled food, connect with the culture of home...
2021-05-3147 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Pan-Africanist Humanitarian Chose to Pursue a Career in Social Impact Causes and Now Calls Somalia Her HomeIn episode 39, I interview Delphine. Delphine is a Pan-African optimist. Strategist. Doer. Advocate for the broad spectrum of the ‘underdog’.  Avid world traveler. Lover of dance, art and all things creative. At her core she is passionate about truth, culture and all things Africa. Born and raised Cameroon and relocated to the United States as a teenager. She is an international humanitarian and development affairs professional currently working in Somalia. With a multi-lingual background in English, French, Spanish, Bamunkah and Pidgen English/Creole, she has worked and travelled in over 2 dozen countries around the world. She h...
2021-05-1744 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy this Trini Native Chose Education as an International Career Path and How it Led Her to Kore, Czech Republic and MalaysiaIn episode 38 I interviewed Pier Garcia. Pier is a lifelong educator born and raised in Trinidad but moved to England as a teenager. After finishing high school she went on to University in England and studied psychology and sociology. Unfulfilled with her job situation in the UK she left to pursue a career as an international educator. Pier has taught in England, Czech Republic, Korea, and most recently Malaysia. To follow Pier's journey check out her IG: https://www.instagram.com/thewanderingpier/ For more information about Black Broads Abroad follow: https://www...
2021-05-1058 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Photographer Said Peace Out to the Divided States and Moved to JohannesburgIn episode 37 I interviewed Stephanie O'Connor. Stephanie is a photographer and creative consultant, originally from South Dakota, who spent her professional life in Atlanta, New York, Johannesburg, and now Los Angeles. She has worked with brands such as Addidas, Hypnotiq, Sunglass Hut and major artist that include Talib Kweli and several Afrobeat musicians on the continent. A free spirit by nature, after earning her degree in Computer Information Systems she started her career and she soon realized that her creativity was not being fed in this profession. Shortly thereafter, she studied for her MFA in photography at the Academy...
2021-05-0357 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This Third Culture Kid Converged Her Afro-Arabic, Sudanese, British Background to Create Cultural Impact in Media, Politics, Fashion and BeyondIn episode 36, I interviewed Rozan Ahmed. Rozan is an ambassador, advocate, activist, champion of the arts a cultural practitioner, and preservationist. Born in West London to Sudanese parents, her formative years were abruptly disrupted, when while living in Kuwait she suddenly became a refugee and her father and uncle were taken hostage when the gulf war broke out. As the youngest appointed editor in British publishing, Rozan joined RWD magazine and took lead in discovering, cultivating, and pioneering the UK’s biggest urban music & lifestyle publication. Throughout Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and more, Ro...
2021-04-2654 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy this Detroit Native Joined the Peace Corps and Retired in MadagascarIn episode 35, I interviewed Lisa Lee. Lisa is a 64-year-old, twice divorced, retired computer nerd with two grown children (David and Dawn). Both of her kids live in Oakland, CA, a city where she lived for over 30 years before joining the Peace Corps in 2017. Originally from Detroit, Lisa was also a professional genealogist for many years and started a successful website, www.GotGenealogy.com, where she taught family historians of all levels how to maximize their searches utilizing online resources. Lisa  joined the Peace Corps when she was 60, which was her way of doing an early retirement. Peace Corps t...
2021-04-191h 04Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This Domestic Abuse Survivor Went From Being Overweight and Depressed to Moving From Paris to LA and Being the First Black Female Gym Owner in DTLAIn episode 34 I interviewed Nadege NDjeBayi. Nadege is a fitness entrepreneur and the first Black woman to own a gym in Downtown LA. Originally, from Paris France, Nadege underwent a drastic transformation when on January 20th 2018 she had a very bad car accident that locked her lower back and caused her to become bedridden. After gaining 40 pounds and losing confidence she decided to make a change. Through intense pain, she competed in fitness competitions in France and won 5th place after just one month of preparing.  After working for several years thereafter as a celebrity fitness trainer in Paris, N...
2021-04-1244 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom Southwest Philly to Paris: How This Self-Proclaimed Hood Chic Went From a Pennsylvania Attorney to Becoming a Law Professor in FranceIn episode 33, I interview Channel Andrews. Channel is a Philadelphia native and attorney based in Paris, France, where she teaches law at Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). Prior to moving to France, she served as Assistant Counsel in the Governor’s Office of General Counsel in Pennsylvania. Her legal expertise includes Administrative Law, Comparative International Law, and Constitutional Law. Channel’s courses at Panthéon-Assas teach French students the foundational principles of the American government and legal systems. She also assists European students with navigating the admissions process to enroll in LLM programs in American law schools, and ass...
2021-04-0533 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom Atlanta to Haiti: Why This Artist Made Port-Au-Prince Her HomeIn episode 32, I interview Christie Clermont. Christie is a folk and abstract artist from Atlanta, Georgia currently living and working in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with her wonderful husband and son. Christie's vibrant use of color and bold lines evoke an electric fascination that resonates within the imaginations of many. As an artist, she mainly works with heavy bodied acrylic paint and gold leaf to give texture to her pieces. She matches her visual intensity with striking subjects of women of color and recurring theme of nature and social commentary. Christie was formally the art teacher at Quisqueya Christian...
2021-03-2246 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This Serial Entrepreneur Created Location Indepedent Income Streams in Portugal and Teaches Other Clients To Do The SameIn episode 31 I interviewed, Cinnamon. Cinnamon is a Digital Marketing Strategist and entrepreneur from Washington, DC. Soon after her 40th birthday she decided to leave the United States and move to Lisbon, Portugal for a new life.  Cinnamon shares her transition to expat life as well as the experiences of other expats on her Youtube channel. Her goal is to encourage busy professionals to spend more time focusing on their personal goals and aspirations rather than committing to the restrictions and pressure of building someone else’s dreams. To keep up with Cinnamon's journey, fol...
2021-03-1555 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This Ted X Speaker, Serial Entrepreneur and Third Culture Kid is Creating Social Impact By Reframing 'Sharity' In AfriaIn episode 30 of 'Black Broads Abroad', I interview Mallence Bart-Williams is a Sierra Leonean - German multi-facetted social entrepreneur: Publishing, film, fashion, writing and philanthropy are among her professional repertoire. Mallence pursued her studies in economics and finance in Paris, Singapore and Great Britain. Today she lives across the globe, produces a holistic natural body care line in Asia, and is the founder and creative director of the Freetown-based creative collective FOLORUNSHO, a ‘SHARITY’ that she initiated with street kids in Sierra Leone. Due to her cross-cultural roots she perceives herself as a bridge connecting two vastly diff...
2021-03-081h 02Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadKola Boof Is More Than an Internet Troublemaker and Osama Bin Laden's Captive: An Intimate Portrait Into The Life of The Feminist AuthorKola Boof is an Egyptian/Sudanese-American, award-winning novelist, poet, television writer, activist, and perhaps most infamously known as being romantically entangled in the life of one of America’s, formerly most wanted Individuals – Osama Bin Laden. Kola is a mother, wife and author of the forthcoming book entitled: Feminist Need Dick Too, pre-ceeded by her similarly controversial work, The sexy Part of the Bible and autobiography entitled “The Lost Girl” among many other works. In this episode we discuss her early life in Sudan and witnessing her parents being murdered and later being adopted by a prominent African American family i...
2021-03-011h 08Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom Bushwick Brooklyn to Iceland: How This Engineer Made a Career Pivot and Found Love in IcelandIn episode 28, I interview Jewell’s Chambers is the Host of All Things Iceland Podcast, an engineer by training, who has made the pivot as a career digital strategist.  Her passion lies in being able to engage, inspire, and infuse innovation into her work by utilizing her analytical mind, organizational skills and innate ability to connect with people. Over the years, she has been fortunate to create, implement, and measure creative digital strategies in various industries. Regardless of the industry, her objective has remained the same - link the right people to the right resources to relieve their pain poi...
2021-02-2239 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadSingle Motherhood in Korea: Why This Photographer Left the Divided States For A Teaching Opportunity in KoreaIn episode 27 I interview Erin Jackson. Erin was born and raised in the Michiana area of Michigan and ISouth Bend Indiana. She spent most of her early life in the country, living in a house that her dad and brother built from the ground up. At about 12 or 13, when her parents split, she started living in the city of South Bend during the week and weekends with her dad and back in the country with her mother. Setting her sights on the big city for college, Erin moved to Chicago and studied photography at Columbia College. After graduating, she...
2021-02-0858 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom Probation to Passports: How This South Central Los Angeles Native Became a Comedienne and 4X ExpatJazzie Más is a multi-faceted digital nomad and expat that currently resides in Da Nang, Vietnam and originally from South Central Los Angeles. She has lived in Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. Jazzie is a stand-up comedian, speaker, owner of Black Digital Nomad which empowers melanated folks to live fully,freely, boldly and bravely outside of the US. She also makes natural skin care products for melanated folks abroad like Glow Up! Body Butta. Jazzie often shares her story of 'Probation to Passports' and believes that our past does not have to dictate our future.
2021-02-0125 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom Corporate Finance to Professional Basketball Player in Australia: How This Black Girl from Inglewood California Made the Leap AbroadIn episode 25, I interview Valerie Weyland (formerly Valerie Ogoke). Valerie is an explorer at heart, always open to what life may bring. She is a business owner, meditation facilitator, health + wellness coach, and a reiki healer. She is Nigerian-American and was born and raised in Inglewood, California. Currently residing in Perth, Western Australia, she founded Brown Girl Bloom in 2017. Brown Girl Bloom curates safe spaces for women of color to thrive with a focus on holistic wellbeing. She is also the co-founder of Ayune Hair, an ethical South East Asian human hair extension business that focuses on re-defining the...
2021-01-2540 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom International Litigator to First and Only Black Female Hotelier in MoroccoIn episode 24 of Black Broads Abroad I interview Meryanne Loum-Martin. Merryanne lives in Marrakech, Morrocco where she owns and operates a boutique hotel called “Jnane Tamsna” for almost 20 years. The hotel is nestled on 8 acres and has 24 rooms, 5 swimming pools and a clay surface tennis court. As a hotelier, Mrs. Loum-Martin’s clientele has included the likes of movie stars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, and designers Giorgio Armani and Donna Karen. She is the ONLY black female hotel owner in Morocco. Born in Abidjan, Coite de Voire, to a West Indian mother and Senegalese father, Meryanne spent her childh...
2021-01-181h 05Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWelcome to Season 2 of Black Broads AbroadSeason 2 is going to be lit. I've interviewed Black women living and thriving in places from Vietnam to Vicenza, Kuwait and Korea, Iceland and Istanbul, Mogadishu and Madagascar. Get into it! For more information about Black Broads Abroad follow: https://www.instagram.com/blackbroadsabroad/ / or visit the website: https://www.blackbroadsabroad.com/ To support the podcast, become a member @https://www.patreon.com/BLACKBROADSABROAD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackbroadsabroad/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com...
2021-01-1803 minLife Happens
Life HappensThoughts on US protests4 dead, 52 arrested, 14 police officers injured after pro-Trump rioters breach US Capitol; FBI opens investigation. GUEST: Phelena Jean-Napper - Former Educator and Podcaster of Black Broads Abroad
2021-01-0709 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This TV Producer Left Her High Powered NYC Career to Build an Interior Design/Lifestyle Store in Tulum, MexicoIn episode 23 of Black Broads Abroad, I interview Dominique Michelle Bragg. Dominique was born in Hollywood Hills, California and was raised in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles. After attending private school, she went on to obtain her degree in Graphic Design from California State University, Northridge. She began her career in the fast paced setting of MTV’s Graphic Design Department. Without a roadmap, Dominique moved to New York City and quickly landed a position as the Project Manager at GILT GROUPE. She was hired for the rebranding of their online shopping and lifestyle website ba...
2020-07-1330 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Retired Army Sergeant Pulled Her Children Out of Their Hollywood Acting Careers and Moved to GhanaIn episode 21, of Black Broads Abroad I interview, Tiffany Clark. Tiffany aka Yaa ahgee-mahn  Opambour, Ohenee’ Yere’, is a retired disabled war veteran,  that materialized her goal of leaving the “United” States in 2019. Born and raised in So Cal, she joined the Army at the age of 18, where she quickly found herself in a Warzone in 2003, at the tender age of 19. Having realized the true motives of the war and what America was all about, as well as suffering injury and disease, she devised a plan to live the rest of her life doing as she pleased and working for no one...
2020-06-2952 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Attorney Turned Educator Decided To Leave The Divided States and Raise Her Children OverseasIn episode 21 of Black Broads Abroad I interview Truth Smith. Truth currently works at The International School of Tanganyika  (IST) as a Secondary Learning Support Teacher, located in the coastal Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.  Originally from Fort Washington, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC she previously taught at Western Academy of Beijing (WAB) in Beijing, China, Discovery College in Hong Kong, and various public schools in her home state. Before transitioning into education, Truth worked for many years as an attorney for a non-profit legal services organization. She has a BA in Sociology from Spelman College, a JD...
2020-06-2250 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Reality Star + Serial Entrepreneur Left Her Marriage and Business Behind to Start a New Life in West AfricaDana Cody is a reality star, serial entrepreneur, author and now expat, who resides between Ghana and Nigeria. The Miami born beauty who is equal parts brain and hustler was first introduced to the world as a Reality Star. But she is much more than that. Real estate investor, proprietor of Cody Transportation Corporation the owner of  Miami-based nail salon TippieToes Beauty Lounge, which was also a featured reality show entitled, Boss Nails on the Oxygen network. Dana’s first introduction to our television screens however, was on The Real Housewives of New York as the much younger step mot...
2020-06-151h 00Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This 2X Expat and News Reporter Traveled The World as a Fulbright Fellow in the D.R. and ColombiaIn episode 19, I interview Stephanie Claytor. Stephanie is the author of Blacktrekking: My Journey Living in Latin America  a riveting, coming-of-age story profiling Stephanie’s decision to move to a foreign country by herself not just once but twice. From the time Stephanie was a baby, she spent summers on family vacations exploring the United States with her family. As she became an adult, she made the decision to live abroad, and learn Spanish. From love and heartbreak, to violence, culture shock and exploration of racial identity, Stephanie details her time blossoming into an adult while living in the Dom...
2020-06-1025 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Designer + E-commerce Consultant Moved Her Business Operations to GhanaIn episode 18, I interview Tomara Watkins. Tomara is the Founder of Loza Tam, an eCommerce brand of satin-lined headwraps that are handcrafted in Ghana by women entrepreneurs. Tomara (AKA “Tam”) is an eCommerce entrepreneur who has over 10 years of digital marketing experience growth hacking CPG and beauty brands like Bevel, FORM, and Heat Free Hair. She’s traveled to over a dozen countries on the continent of Africa. It was when Tomara went to Howard University that she fell in love with all things Africa. After traveling to Ghana, the bold prints and colors spoke to her, and she came u...
2020-06-0227 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This Musical Theater Major Landed a Dream Job in International Diplomacy and Events Planning in Saudi ArabiaIn episode 17 I interview Alexis DeBerry. Alexis is a driven event planner and producer with extensive expertise in corporate, social events and diplomatic relations. Her passionate commitment for service excellence, and drive to foster environments of relaxed, yet refined ambiance, have been buttressed by her many years in the luxury hospitality industry with the Ritz Carlton. Building on this service of excellence, Alexis’s international diplomacy skills blossomed while working with such notable groups as the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, the World Bank, US China Business Council, National U.S. Arab Chamber of Commerce, the Atlantic Council; and em...
2020-05-2725 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Aerospace Engineer Gave Up Her 20 Year Career To Pursue Her Passion In South AfricaIn episode 16, I interview Kenna L Williams, who founded a travel company of the same name in 2017. For years, she conducted the infamous trademarked Dubai Blackout trips as a hobby but friends convinced her to turn her passion of showing people the world into something greater to inspire others to travel. Ms. Williams is known in travel circles as the creator of the trademarked phrase #BookDatIsht and one of the survivors of the Panama 13 accident of 2015. She has been featured in Essence magazine, Huffington Post and various travel blogs/outlets.  Ms. Williams is an aerospace engineer by degree but h...
2020-05-1938 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadGeo-Arbitrage, Dating Foreign and Depression: How This 4X Expat Has Navigated The Highs and Lows of Life OverseasIn episode 15 of Black Broads Abroad I interview Sheila Brown a powerhouse World Traveler, Business Consultant and Internet marketing coach, that helps aspiring and veteran entrepreneurs build more income streams to enjoy lives of Freedom.  Prior to dedicating herself full-time to coaching and teaching her students, Sheila Brown worked as a top executive for Fortune 500 companies like Pepsi Cola, Gateway Computers, The Walt Disney Company, and as a Consultant for movie studios & entertainment companies for 18 years. In 2009, she decided to leave corporate America and her Beverly Hills lifestyle behind and pursue her passion for International travel full t...
2020-05-131h 02Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhat Motivated This Founder to Leave California For Amsterdam to Trace Her Family RootsIn episode 14, I interview Jennifer Tosch, a Surinamese American, scholar, historian and founder of Black Heritage Tours. A Norhtern California native, Jennifer currently resides in Amsterdam, but spent her formative years in Oakland and San Francisco California before going on to earn a degree at UC Berkeley. Jennifer first came to Amsterdam for an intensive two-week postcolonial history course, given by the Black Europe Summer School (BESS) in the Netherlands and to explore the world in which her mother lived, as she had also lived and studied in the Netherlands for several years just after World War...
2020-05-0439 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadLemme Tell Y'all MF's What Happened Last Week + Sunday SermonNews and musings of the week prior plus an inspirational word for your week. Music selection via: https://www.instagram.com/lukewarm.music/ For more information about Black Broads Abroad follow: https://www.instagram.com/blackbroadsabroad/ / or visit the website: https://www.blackbroadsabroad.com/ To support the podcast, become a member @https://www.patreon.com/BLACKBROADSABROAD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackbroadsabroad/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackbroadsabroad/support
2020-04-2110 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This 4X Expat, Life Coach + Educator Now Calls Egypt Her HomeIn episode 13, I interview Kamara Coaxum. Kamara grew up knowing that she wanted to travel the world and teach. Her name, Kamara, means, One Who Teaches. So, you could say that molding young minds was her destiny. She was born and grew up in Shaker Heights, OH but is a nomad at Heart. Kamara received her B.A. from Clark Atlanta University and her M.A from Teachers College-Columbia University. Kamara is coming from London, where she taught 3 rd grade at The American School in London. She spent six years teaching at The Spence School in New...
2020-04-2142 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Emmy Winning Producer + Breast Cancer Survivor Left New York City for ParisROBIN DAVIS is an award-winning documentary news producer and content executive based in Paris, France. Experienced in all forms of media, Robin has nearly 15 years of producing and scriptwriting experience, including a News & Documentary Emmy Award. Her passion for storytelling has led her to work on a variety of projects, including producing long form news reports, corporate and IGO videos, developing docuseries for streaming platforms, producing podcasts and consulting on various productions. Robin has accomplished what many only dream of doing: she traded in her 10-year career as a successful journalist at NBC for the pursuit of...
2020-04-1346 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadHow This 3X Expat Pioneered the Black Millennial Travel MovementIn episode 11 of 'Black Broads Abroad' I interview Evita Turqoise Robinson. Evita has always been a creator in visual media. Yet, it was a trip to Paris, six weeks after graduating from Iona College, that changed the scope of her personal and professional life. In September 2011, she created the NOMADNESS Travel Tribe, an online social community primarily for travelers of color. NOMADNESS was the first of its kind targeting black and brown millennials, in the newly coined 'black travel movement'. The group currently surpasses 23,000 international members, with over 100,000 passport stamps. From the success of the...
2020-03-311h 11Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Civil Engineer Left Her Hometown of Harlem to Pursue a Career as a Sommelier in PortugalIn episode of 10 of Black Broads Abroad, I interview Cha MacCoy. Cha is the Founder of Cha Squared LLC, a consulting company with a focus on tourism, gastronomy, and hospitality experiences, education and training.  In 2012, she achieved her MBA in Italy; an opportunity which led her to drink and eat in close to 20 countries. As an expat, she has fostered wine relations and created experiences in the following wine countries: Italy, Spain, France, USA (California and NY), Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Hungary and now Portugal. Her admiration for wine lead her to study as a w...
2020-03-221h 23Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy this MBA Graduate and 2X Expat Started Her Career Doing Social Impact Work in Latin AmericaIn episode 9 of Black Broads Abroad I interview Margaret Free, MBA and 2X Latin America expat. Margaret was born and raised in Greensboro, NC and from a very young age knew that she wanted to see and experience the world.  After a year stint in the Dominican Republic while in college, she set her sights on Latin America and always looked for ways to return for travel or for a long term stay.  She has lived in 8 different cities and spent a year and a half in Arequipa, Peru working with women entrepreneurs. Since that time Margaret ha...
2020-03-1559 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Internationally Best Selling Author Gave Up Her High Powered Corporate Career and Moved to Paris on a WhimIn episode 8 of Black Broads Abroad, I interview Wani Iris Manly, Esq.. Wani is a leading international speaker on courage, a two-time bestselling author, attorney, entrepreneur, and a woman that is fueled with a passion of unwavering courage. Hailed as having “balls and ovaries of courage” from her daredevil move to Paris — where Wani knew no one, or one word of French, but went purely on universal signs that lead her the iconic city of Lights, to starting her own business when she knew nothing about how to run a business except how to be a lawyer, to liv...
2020-03-091h 01The Vibe Rise
The Vibe Rise9. Phelena Jean of Black Broads Abroad on Building a Community of Black Women ExpatsIn episode 9, We meet Phelena Jean, host of the Black Broads Abroad podcast, and learn how her life has led her to unite and inspire Black Women expats and those who are thinking of becoming expats.  She is working to build a community of Black Women expats and is helping so many women to take the leap.  Phelena is a storyteller, entrepreneur, and you don't want to miss her story.  Black Broads Abroad can be found wherever you listen to your podcasts and she can be found on social media at the tags below: Black Bro...
2020-03-0400 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Attorney and HBCU Graduate Built a Travel Company Dedicated to Exposing African-Americans to AfricaIn Episode 7 of Black Broads Abroad, Phelena interviews Tiffany Anderson, founder of Away to Africa a destination management company dedicated to providing safe travel experiences and tours throughout selected countries in Africa. Tiffanie, is a licensed Attorney and Professor who spends the majority of her time on the continent of Africa and in Jamaica. Within the past few years, Tiffanie travelled and explored 15 African countries and her goal is to travel to all 55 African nations. The idea behind Away to Africa was born after Tiffanie was given the wonderful opportunity of studying abroad at the University Of Western Cape...
2020-02-231h 01Black Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Former Sales Executive Quit Her Job and Launched a Muti-million Dollar Luxury Travel CompanyIn episode 6 of Black Broads Abroad, Phelena interviews Claire Soares, Founder of 'Up In The Air Life.' Claire, is a former sales executive who brokered billion dollar deals in her former life. By the time that she became fed up with the racism that she constantly encountered in the work place, she had already grown her travel start up into a million dollar company. Claire spills the tea on travel hacking your life by creating a remote business that you're passionate about and  also offers tidbits about about how to become a Black digital nomad.  For mo...
2020-02-1646 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadFrom Hollywood Entertainment Attorney to Full Time Black Broad AbroadIn Episode 5, Phelena interviews Nikki Faye. Nikki Faye, started her career working in music with some of the top urban artists including Beyonce.  From there, she went onto law school and earned her JD and MBA. Soon after she began her career in entertainment law and for six years worked for some of the top entertainment companies in the world where she brokered licensing deals for major television networks. Feeling a calling for something greater, Nikki Faye moved to Colombia for a year before she started traveling full-time. Since then she's had stops in London, Johannesburg, Istanbul and now N...
2020-02-0944 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadTraveling to Ethiopia For Spiritual PilgrimageIn episode 4 of Black Broads Abroad, Phelena Jean interviews Genet Keffetew, owner of Keffetew Guest House in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Genet is an Ethiopian born serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, who repatriated back to her home country after living in Northern California for more than 30 years. Listen as Genet gives us a history lesson on Ethiopia (then and now), stresses the importance of eliminating brain drain on the continent of Africa and the importance of Africans bringing their talents and resources back home and why she is creating spaces and programming for African American youth to have long term immersive...
2020-02-0352 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadCentral America, Ayauascha and How to NOT Travel Like A TouristIn episode 3, I interview Ashlea Pope, Black Broad Abroad extraordinaire. Ashley currently resides in Mexico City and had stops before that throughout Central America,  including Guatemala and Nicaragua. She also lived in Southeast Asia as well as Germany. Ashley is the founder od She is the founder of @nomadiknation a consciously curated pop up shop designed for global citizens. In addition, Ashley is the cofounder of Saint and Center, a CBD product line that advocates for inclusion of marginalized people in the cannabis space. Listen in as we discuss our favorite “trip” with Ayauascha, a psych...
2020-01-2656 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Plant Based Nutrition Consultant Said Peace Out to Atlanta and Moved With Her Husband to Doha, QatarIn episode 2 of Black Broads Abroad, Phelena interviews Anastasia Hayes, a former IT Project Manager, Business Consultant and Instructor, who before becoming a corporate America dropout, worked for Fortune 500 companies such as; American Express, TransUnion, and Macy’s. Anastasia earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Florida A&M University and after gaining valuable experience in the IT field she went on to obtain her MBA. Despite her professional achievements, she knew early on THAT she would not be able to fulfill her dreams of living abroad and traveling the world by maintaining the status qu...
2020-01-2054 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadWhy This Psychologist Said Peace Out To The United States and Started a Tantric Therapy Practice in BrazilIn the 1st episode of Black Broads Abroad, Phelena Jean interviews Renee Adolphe, of Prandhara Prem, an International Tantric Holistic Practice that offers Relationship and Sexuality Coaching.  Renee is a 9 year expat who now calls Brazil her home. She's been interviewed by Soledad O'brien's CNN special and will be featured as a therapist on the Lifetime Network's, "Married at First Site" this season. Listen as Phelena and Renee gush about their exploits as Black Broads Abroad in Brazil. Tune into Phelena's hilarious take on the news and pop cultural musings of the week and come to Black J...
2020-01-1249 minBlack Broads Abroad
Black Broads AbroadTrailerEvery week Black Broads Abroad shines the spotlight on dynamic Black women living their best lives overseas. Phelena Jean provides hilarious commentary on news and pop cultural topics and closes the show out each week with a come to Black Jesus moment in her Sunday Sermon. For more information about Black Broads Abroad follow https://www.instagram.com/blackbroadsabroad/ or visit the website: https://www.blackbroadsabroad.com/ To support the podcast, become a member @https://www.patreon.com/BLACKBROADSABROAD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show...
2020-01-1200 min