Trends and Tings: September 1, 2020

Travel and Turn Up Podcast

In this episode of Trends and Tings we recap all the current news this week in the world of Black travel. There's a big debate about traveling during the pandemic, some feel its not ethical for travelers to visit other countries even with quarantine measures in place. While others feel its not a problem. Should travelers be shamed in this period for exercising their right to travel? August was Women's Month, so we make our final spotlight of women who inspire us around the diaspora.
David: Naomi Osaka - world champion tennis player, first Asian woman to be #1 in the world
Jide: Fadumo Dayib - first woman to run for President of Somalia, social change activist, a public health expert and development practitioner.
Tiffanie: Winnie Mandela - anti-apartheid activist, South African politician, regarded as the "Mother of the Nation"
Big Chune: Buju Banton - Not an easy Road / Beres Hammond - I Feel Good