237 Likes, 7 Comments - Inua Ellams FRSL (@inuaellams) on Instagram: "Had TOO MUCH FUN in Colombia last week. Shout out to the entire @hayfestival team @britishcouncilco..."
I had never been to Colombia before, bur 4 days after returning from India, I boarded another plane and zoomed to another part of the world. Over the four days there, I got to experience a lot of upper-class white Colombian culture… which is to say that the Afro-Colombians were vastly under-represented across the lineup of events and speakers. However, I met, and have begun to have conversations about what I might be able to do to change that. I had the most fun and the warmest reception there, from those who came to my event, and from people I met on the streets of that affluent, beautiful city.