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Thanks to my husband's green thumb and Namibia's fertile soil, we've got sweet potatos, a spider plant, and dates growing nicely! We're also growing an avocado plant which started out amazingly but it seems like the change of seasons has affected its growth. 🌿 🌱🌾🍀 Also, someone is turning four next week! 😭 And then my husband's birthday is exactly one week after ❤ #Africaamazing #diasporakids #toddlersofNamibia #blackmenwithgardens #startemyoung #sonsofthesoil @blackmenwithgardens
Saluting the continent who welcomed in as a curious girl and nurtured my coming of age. Remembering those who walked this soil before me and, from that Black paradise up yonder, beckoned my return. #HappyAfricaDay #YearofReturn #400years #Jamestown #ReversingSail #KnowThyself #AfricanAncestors #Namibia #Africa #BlackTravel #Blackabroad #Blackexpats #Blackwriters #Blackwomenwriters #AfricanAmerican #BlackAmerican #UpYouMightyPeople
#TBT to 2008 when I was living my best life as a 24 year old in Barbados...one year into grieving the sudden loss of my mother. Here, I was soaking up the mist emerging off the waves of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of #Barbados... 🌊 These were the moments when my ancestors spoke ever so clearly to me... When life took hold of me fiercely and I knew without a doubt that for me, there was no turning back from life abroad in Black countries. Enjoy my writing? Follow my authors account @kaylan.shipanga too. 💫
One of my awesome followers asked for a loc update, so here it is! 😌😊 I guess I've been locd for almost two years now. My regimen is pretty simple. I retwist myself once a month with @taliahwaajidbrand (either the orange or blue container gel). Buuut, truthfully I need to wash at least twice a month for this Namibian heat.. But I get lazy! Lately, I've incorporated a leave in hot oil treatment with olive oil after washing to give me more sheen. And basically I use castor oil everyday on my scalp and locs. These photos weren't over the last two months when I started the castor oil and olive oil leave in routines but I'll post some loc updates that reflect those regimens soon! I switched to daily castor oil because it's heavy enough for the dry heat climate of Namibia. What have I learned so far on my loc journey? 1) Locs are not complicated (I used to stress about so much random stuff 😂 but they'll basically form and grow regardless of what you do). There's a lot of conflicting advice online about buildup, gels, growth etc... but just allow yourself to learn what works best for your head through trial and error. 🌱 2) Climate matters and depending on how you like to rock your locs you may have to make certain adjustments (like my hot oil and castor oil usage). Regimen results in the States may not end up the same way in Namibia. 🌱 3) Starting locs on long and uneven hair (what I did) gives a different look and fullness than shorter evenly lengthed hair. 🌱 4) Every locd head is very unique so don't even waste your time comparing your head to anyone else's! Now I just try to embrace the experience. 🌻 #locs #dreadlocs #blackhair #locjourney #Africanlocs #hairgrowth #Africa #Namibia #Blackexpats #BlackTravel #Blackabroad #Blackwomen #Blackhaircare
Look at this actual bug I saw the other morning!!! 😨😭 I initially walked past it thinking it was a stick or piece of thatch roof.. Then a little while later this guy showed me it was alive 😩 Another guy told me seeing one means someone nearby is either pregnant or will be pregnant soon? (don't start yall! 😂) Absolutely amazing yet made my skin crawl at the same time. *shudders* #Namibia #Africaninsects #wth #BlackTravel #Blackexpats #mothernature #Africannature #camouflage #evolution #Africa #Africanamazing
The wonders of Namibia! Look what my mother-in-law sent my husband and I. It's pure salt straight from a salt pan here in northern Namibia. We will use it for cooking as my husband's tribe often did in the past. When scooped up it's wet, then it's shaped with a container, and then it's removed and dried in the sun. Something tells me this salt is way more healthy than what we buy in the supermarket! #NaturalFoods #StraightOuttaTheEarth #Namibia #Omusatiregion #theNorth #Africa #WholeFoods #ThisIsAfrica #ForTheCulture #Blackexpat #ThisIsUs #Organic 🌱
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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