RICHAELA IYANTI
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ri-shə-la ī-yän-tē)
Richaela is a Black Caribbean-American writer and international development professional from Brooklyn, New York. Trained as an environmental scientist and social science researcher, she engages deeply with technical and non-technical topics from an objective and exploratory lens.
She specializes in reporting on climate change, technology, and social justice at the intersection of race, class and gender. Her passion includes building awareness for the stories of black women and people of African descent in skateboarding and action sports. When she is not supporting international humanitarian organizations, she enjoys traveling, cooking, listening to Soca and Msanzi House, and skateboarding.
Scintillating cLIPS
An African Feminist Perspective: Online gender-based violence
Imagine receiving life-threatening messages from an ex-partner on Facebook, or seeing your Twitter timeline filled with harrowing replies warning of sexual violence. Next, envision showing screenshots of those offensive messages to a local authority, only to hear: “But, did they physically hurt you?…
Uganda, Internet Death and Taxes
On 5 October 2020, another harbinger of slow death for Uganda’s internet and social media freedom came to fruition when the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)—the national regulator of all communication services—officially imposed the requirement for all online content publishers…
Skateism Mag | Ghana, Nkonsonkonson and the United Skate Revolution
Not to sound like a guidebook, but if you're thinking of visiting Ghana’s large metropolis of Accra for your next skatecation, expect to spend many hours navigating the city in a ‘TroTro’ —it’s the chosen mode of transportation for local spot-hunters— these roads are not skate friendly.
madame noire | The assault on blackness is transnational
The culture of brutality against Black bodies is transnational- it is not only restricted to our U.S. borders but also fully alive in other nations. This brutality is becoming even more evident thanks to social media. Over the weekend, South African social media was ablaze with #coffinAlive, following the circulation of a 20-second video showing….
Skateism mag | SanDY AlIBO’s surf Ghana is building a skate scene for ghanaian youth
The skating scene in Ghana reflects the rapid expansion and youthful energy of its capital city, Accra. One of its main progenitors is Sandy Alibo, along with the members of Surf Ghana, a collective of locally based skateboarders, surfers, and creatives. In 2016, Sandy founded Surf Ghana, inspired by her passion for skating and her experience supporting extreme sports management….
AFRICA SKATEBOARDING DIARY ISSUE 6 | SKATE TOURISM
Skaters have always subversively reconstructed urban spaces. Whether is it through using the diagonal surfaces of buildings as ramps or waxing random rails to perform sick grinds. Ayanda Mnyandu, 27, is doing just this by transforming the tourism industry in South Africa through his unique co-founded business, City Skate Tours….
AFROPUNK MAG | HABEN GIRMA, SURFER & 1ST DEAFBLIND HARVARD LAW GRADUATE
Haben Girma, 35, is the first deaf-blind Harvard Law Graduate and an avid surfer. Haben was introduced to the sport through the sub-genre of tandem surfing. The Encyclopedia of Surfing defines tandem surfing as “any two people riding the same board at once…