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Podcast: The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders
Episode: Afro-Colombian Storytelling, Hidden Histories, and Traveling to Sierra Leone with Eileen Ivette
Description: Learn about Afro-Colombian history, diaspora identity, and the impact of 3 special trips to different regions of Africa.
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ON THIS EPISODE
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...