Briona Lamback

Sep 26, 2024 | fodors.com | Briona Lamback

Black cowboy culture is more than just a moment; it is a reclamation of history as it happened. The Lone Ranger. Clint Eastwood as a cattle driver named Rowdy Yates. “King of the Cowboys” actor-singer Roy Rogers. For generations, no image symbolized the American West more often than gun-toting white men on horseback. Whiteness was the quintessential imagery of Western-esque media, but the reality of cowboy-dom was a lot more Black than the mainstream depicted.

Jul 16, 2024 | fodors.com | Briona Lamback

Baltimore is honoring the “Mother of Freedom” and her enduring legacy. Lillie Caroll Jackson was a young girl navigating Baltimore’s Bolton Hill neighborhood. Behind her, a sturdy laundry wagon trundled along on her days devoted to supporting her family’s laundry service business. With freshly laundered linens in tow, Jackson walked up the steps of 1320 Eutaw Place and knocked on the row home’s door.

Jan 22, 2024 | tripadvisor.com | Briona Lamback

Three Black diasporans weigh in on the country's cultural renaissance. By Briona LambackJan 22, 2024 • 4 minutes readYoung woman walking in the market in Accra, GhanaImage: PICHA Stock/Getty ImagesLike many African Americans with ancestral ties to West Africa, I answered the call of the ‘Year of Return’ in 2019, when Ghana’s tourism authority called millions from its diaspora back home.

Jan 19, 2024 | tripadvisor.com | Briona Lamback

Two surfers share their fave spots for catching some waves. By Briona LambackJan 19, 2024 • 4 minutes readSurfer on the beach in GhanaImage: David MajaMany attribute the beginning of African surf culture to Bruce Brown's 1966 film, The Endless Summer, which featured West African beach communities in Ghana, Senegal, and Nigeria.

Jan 18, 2024 | fodors.com | Briona Lamback

Sometimes, we take a trip to a place we've always dreamed of. Other times, for reasons beyond our control, life chooses the journey for us instead. That's how I ended up in a Utah desert. It’d been three months since I watched the casket close at my father’s funeral, and honestly, most days, I struggled to get out of bed. Although traveling has always been a balm through some of my most challenging times, this was achingly different.