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Kaylan Reid Shipanga

Kaylan Reid Shipanga is the founder and editor-in-chief of African American in Africa, a rapidly growing collective founded on the need to amplify the perspectives of travelers and expats of color across the African continent. A native New Yorker and Howard University journalism graduate, Kaylan has worked in broadcast, print, and online media in both the U.S. and Namibia for news platforms such as the NBC News Washington Bureau. She chronicles her experiences abroad in Namibia, where she is currently based, on her website and YouTube channel Afro American in Africa. She can be reached at afroamericaninafrica@gmail.com.

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Mater Mea is a website that tells the stories of women at the intersection of motherhood and career. Launched in 2012, the site offers a more realistic depiction of Black women in the many spaces they occupy: as mothers, daughters, employees and employers, lovers, and friends.

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Content And Community For Black Moms

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Kaylan Reid Shipanga

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Marrying Into My Husband’s Tribe And Learning to Honor My True Self

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