Halloween week 2020 was the ideal time to share the candy story that I recently wrote for Bon Appetit Magazine! It was a labor of love to write about five of my fav subjects: Africa, Paris, chocolate, women’s entrepreneurship and prying off the shackles of colonialism. Excerpt:When we think of chocolate, brands like Hershey’s, Cadbury, …
Meet Africa’s New Chocolatocracy. Check out Elaine’s story in Bon Appetit Read More »
On August 11, 2020, the Bay Area Travel Writers Association hosted an online presentation featuring Elaine Lee and Faith Adiele. Elaine spoke on the history of black travel and her speech was entitled “From the Slaveship to the Spaceship” followed by Faith who shared her efforts to decolonize travel writing, update the canon, expand the …
TravelNoire recently published a list of their top 15 travel books and “Go Girl” made the cut. Travel Noire is a digital platform that helps African American travelers, discover, plan and experience new destinations. They are dedicated to facilitating conversation and providing resources to black travelers around the globe. They are one of the leaders …
“Go Girl” selected as one of top 15 travel books by Travel Noire. Read More »
Oprah Magazine’s “26 Best Travel Books That Will Take You All Around the World With No Plane Ticket Required” showcased “Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Book of Travel and Adventure” as number “24”!!!! July 2020 https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/g32908707/best-travel-books/?fbclid=IwAR3hfzGwfXNhhN0XEEVv4EoEUu_3SWJZMkQak6L7A8pQhPlo36jHrtGKzfI
Cuisine Noir the leading food, wine and travel lifestyle magazine for the African Diaspora, recetnly published a story I wrote entitled: “From California to The Gambia: Couple Opens the Country’s First Vegan Eatery.” I had the pleasure of dining at their eatery when I was in Gambia in May 2019. “Eat to live, don’t live to eat” …
Couples’ eatery featured in article written by Lee for Cuisinoir. Read More »
Elaine Lee was invited to teach the first ever travel writing workshop at WICE, an English speaking educational center in Paris. Shortly after announcing the workshop in August enrollment reached capacity and there was a lengthy waiting list. On October 19th and 20th, Elaine’s “Travel Writing 101” class was enthusiastically received by the attendees. She …
New travel writing course Fall 2019 at WICE in Paris Read More »
Elaine’s 5th trip to Africa coincides with The ‘Year Of Return’ for people in the African Diaspora. In the year 1619, the first ship carrying captured Africans reached Point Comfort, Virginia. That marked the beginning of the horrendous Middle Passage TransAtlantic Slave Trade. 2019 is the 400th anniversary of that chapter of our history has been designated …
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Globetrotting Workshop given by Elaine Lee at Berkeley Women’s Conference On March 16th, 2019, I presented a workshop entitled “Globetrotting 101: Smart ways to navigate mother earth,” at the 33rd Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference at the University of California in Berkeley . The theme of the conference this year was “FREE SPACE, OUR …
It was an honor. privilege and delight to have been invited to give a lecture on travel journalism at the annual Vona conference (Voices of our Nation Arts Foundation), held this year in Berkeley, Ca. The title of my walk was Shapeshifting: The Journey from Traveler to Travel Journalist. Below are two thank you letters …
Elaine Presents Travel Journalism Workshop at Vona Writers’ Annual Conference Read More »
Travel journalist, Monica Williams, recently published an article entitled “I Thought Travel Writing Wasn’t Meant For Me”. She chronicles her journey from traveler to travel journalist. In her article she shares her appreciation for my travel writing and how it served as one of the catalysts that propelled her into a career as a writer. …
Monica Williams features the work of Elaine Lee in recent article. Read More »
On March 17th, 2018, with the able assistance of travel maven, Robin Bates, I presented a workshop entitled “Globetrotting 101: Smart ways to navigate mother earth,” at the 33rd Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference at the University of California in Berkeley. The theme of the conference this year was “FREE SPACE, OUR SPACE: Actualizing …
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It was a distinct honor to be invited by the California Black Expo Association to be one of their featured speakers at their “Women’s History Celebration Mixer” on March 22, 2018. The organizers asked me create a speech about my entrepreneurial lifestyle. My speech was entitled, “The No-Paycheck Life,” and of course it included how …
Elaine gives talk about entrepreneurship at California Black Expo Event. Read More »
