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

Learn about Afro-Colombian history, diaspora identity, and

the impact of 3 special trips to different regions of Africa.

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Eileen Ivette joins Matt and starts off talking

about her viral video on “How Braids Became a Secret Map for Escaping Slavery”.  She then talks about her Afro-Colombian

heritage, diaspora identity, and experience navigating Blackness in the Latinx

community in Houston.  Eileen then talks

about her decision to go to Howard University and the impact of attending an

HBCU.  She reflects on her decision to go

to China during her freshman year and describes the experience that she and 15

other Black students had there.  Eileen

then talks about her long term boyfriend from Sierra Leone and her experience

traveling back to Sierra Leone with him to meet his extended family and

document some oral history. Eileen then talks about traveling to South Africa

and Morocco and how different they are from West Africa. She also talks about

her career in journalism, working for AJ+, and producing hidden history

projects, including one on how “Latin America Tried to Erase Black People…and

Failed”.  FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS

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