EP 46: That Blaxpat Life

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We've heard people threaten to pack it up and move abroad, and today we to talk to two of them who followed through. Natalie Gill now lives in Ethiopia and Noleca Radway relocated to Amsterdam. Two stories about making the move, and getting the hell out in order to redefine home.

Includes interviews with: Noleca Radway, Natalie Gill, Crishan Wright & Michael Oshindoro Crishan

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0:15.3	I'm Erin Ryan and I'm a list of Master Monaco and each week we provide a fresh perspective
0:20.2	on the political and cultural landscape, challenging the traditional male gaze and bringing
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0:29.4	five coastal women.
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0:40.5	I came here, we had $2,000 in our bank account, we had a job, but we had community.
0:48.3	And I now live in Amsterdam.
0:51.9	Hey, hello.
0:54.9	Hey, Lila.
0:55.9	There are a million and one reasons to want to get away right now.
1:00.4	And you know, we're not talking about breaking away to travel after a lockdown.
1:05.1	My name is Nolika Redway, I'm a mother, I'm a creator, I'm a writer.
1:13.3	We're talking about packing up your life to go live in another country.
1:19.0	And that was one person who did that, Nolika, someone else who's flown far away is Natalie
1:25.0	Gill.
1:26.0	I didn't have direct family or couldn't pick my ancestry straight to Ghana, but it just
1:31.2	felt like I was in the right place at the right time.
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