Category: blacktravellers

• Self-preservation

  

  I chickened out of climbing Dunns river and noted that I’m going to live for a long time, but to what avail?

  crushball

  May 19, 2023

  blacktravellers, creative non fiction, fomo, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection

  creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection

• ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

  

  I’m somewhere in Europe this week, let’s hope it goes far better than it did two years ago.

  crushball

  February 24, 2023

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, untoldstories

  blackbritain, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, critic, europe, nonfiction, Racism, reflection

• Turkish Eggs

  

  My first solo trip means there’s no one to ride out my holiday-hangover with

  crushball

  September 30, 2022

  blacktravellers, creative non fiction, diary, europe, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories

  blacktravellers, reflection, solotravel, solotrip, turkey

• A Week of Thoughts #5

  

  My grandma keeps changing, I am reading a physical book because it is an important one, and I can’t hate the queen

  crushball

  September 23, 2022

  blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, Dementia, diary, europe, family, Grandma, livingwithgrandparents, opinion, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections

  black, blackbritain, creativenonfiction, davidolusoga, Dementia, elizabethii, Grandma, nonfiction, Personal, queen, queensdeath, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections

• EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

  

  They just watched us get darker and darker, welcoming in the deeper glow, disgusted. But what could they do?

  crushball

  August 8, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories

  black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, nonfiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection