Biggest Adjustments To Living In Namibia | African American Expat | Throwbacks
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2018
- Greetings from #Namibia! In this video, I shared my biggest adjustments to life in Namibia. Plus, you'll get to hear the amazing voices of students at the school I volunteered at in northern Namibia.
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👉🏾 Watch my morning routine while visiting my in-laws in their rural Namibian village: ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&vide...
👉🏾 Watch me explain why I moved to Namibia: ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&vide...
👉🏾 5 Ways To Move To African Country: bit.ly/2HCWqpF
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Join me as I share the experience of the African American living in Africa, along with my own in the African nation of Namibia.
Website: www.aainafrica.com
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Contact: afroamericaninafrica@gmail.com
🌍 Hi, right back at ya with another vid! Look at God 😂
The name of the organization I moved to Namibia with as a teacher is WorldTeach: www.worldteach.org . If you decide to volunteer/teach in any country with them don't forget to tell them Kaylan in Namibia sent you so that I can make a referral commission, please and thank you! lol
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Don't forget to check out my website for more reflections and tips from African Americans living around Africa! Here's a few links from my site below:
👉🏾 Find out the exact steps this African American took to move from America to Côte d'Ivoire, and his plans for doing business there! bit.ly/2mfqkI5
👉🏾 So, how can you too move to an African country? Here my advice on 5 ways you can do it: bit.ly/2HCWqpF
👉🏾 Need help deciding which African country to move to/visit first? Here's how to figure it out: bit.ly/2L3sIwp
👉🏾 Thinking about starting a business in Africa? DEFINITELY read this! bit.ly/2N54Ysr
👉🏾 Looking for more reflections/tips from other African Americans living ALL around Africa PLUS advice on how to relocate to an African country, be sure to visit my website, "African American In Africa": www.aainafrica.com
Thanks as always for following my journey :)
AfroAmericaninAfrica for how long will you be there
Will you be making other videos
Would like to know do you view the videos of Native Born and Woda Maye? If so, have you guys ever done a hangout?
That singing was beautiful. I think though that if I heard it when I was away from home for the first time it would make me cry. It kind of tugs at my heartstrings on some level. I'm glad you'r sharing this older footage.
Namibians can sing. Pass outside a church and you realize how good their voices are.
They sound beautiful!
You seem to be more at peace being yourself in Africa, than it would have been in the United States you're inspiring
My dear Sister, I happened upon your channel while researching African videos. I must say, I've spent the last 24 hrs watching your past videos. You are so inspiring and educating. I have been to the continent twice to visit, and I must say, I love all that Africa has to offer. As a born Jamaican, it is one of the the greatest privilege to travel to the Mother Land. There are times I want to do so much more, i often dreamed of permanently moving to an African village and connect with my ancestors. God bless you for the wonderful way you connected, and for sharing your experiences. I know you will reach many young people and I hope they too will make the journey.
The children's voices sound like angels 😇. I love the way your articulate your experiences. Awesome.
Hey guys and yes! They really do, thank you
As a Nigerian living here in japan,i must say that i am proud of you.
Echetabu Emeka How is Japan, bro?
Y u in Japan thou
@@OnyiiBazz Already move there.
Your students were probably talking about you in their language saying that you are cute...🤗. And you haven't changed in looks and it's 5 years ago since you shot the video. More blessings to you and your family.
I can see why you fell in love with the kids. You seemed so happy and fulfilled. In your more recent videos you appear to be a little frustrated or discontent with some of the every day things that occur there. I appreciate your transparency and honesty always. I got my driver's license at 26. I'm originally from Los Angeles and I didn't need it so I got it when I entered the military.
Confession: first thing I always check for in your videos are your earrings 😍 you have the best collections..I'm totally jealous.
Great content
LOL, thank you! I really LOVE a cute pair of earrings and it's awesome to see someone notice! There is a small bead/jewelry shop near my house and I was thinking about making an earring line since I have a thing for them... I think I'd really enjoy making them :) Thanks so much for watching!
AfroAmericaninAfrica yes, that would be awesome. My favorite earrings that I've seen from you are the ones you wore in 'ready to Leave the states' video. 😊😊
I remember those! I got them right here in Namibia on the street!
AfroAmericaninAfrica do you know if there are any online shop where you are?
AfroAmericaninAfrica you are joyful and beautiful welcome to Kenya .
As a Namibian the whole comment about car accidents is on point, I'm not sure if you have been on the road much these days but it's gotten worse people have way faster cars and drive even worse. It's so sad and many lives are lost every year, at this point our population has no chance of growing past 2mill.
I also find the road behavior terrifying, people drive terrible, causing unnecessary accidents.
What a gift! All this posting!! Thanks K
Love it keep the vidz coming. Great to see you and singing was beautiful.😄
Wow! You are definitely my hero!
I really enjoy your videos. Information shared thru your channel was helpful as I made my first trip to Kenya recently. I totally plan to travel to other countries in Africa. Thanks for all of the great info you have shared.
Thank you so much for sharing this. Beautiful voices! You're living Thelma Evans' dream life. Lol!
I am so proud of you, you have grown so much . Thank you for all your Africa experience
Happy to see you sis and your family with another great video.
Awesome awesome video Kylan. Thanks much. Quite inspiring ❤❤❤
It’s a blessing love what you doing beautiful woman🙏🏽
Thank you so much, very brave move(considering travel etc).Very insightful
Thank you for sharing this video.
You are very pleasant, relatable. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I learned of your channel via traveling sista. I will subscribe.
I’m new to your channel, today new. Watched 5 so far, and have goal to view many more. Super well done channel, informative… American living in Mexico 3.5 yrs.
Welcome and thanks so much for supporting!!! 💓
As always thank you for sharing
Thank you for addressing the snakes and spiders thing, not sure if I could get past that. The thought of snakes that are deadly venomous is something of big deal.
Great Inspiration!
Good job sis, all praises to most high God
Hi, am from South Africa and I love your channel👌
hey homey
Great video I can deal with the electricity but water 🙆🏿♂️. Last year when I was in Zimbabwe my sister and my parents had big jugs full of water. I was so glad it didn’t go off while Lance and I were visiting.
I feel you sis. It sounds like something like Jamaica, every you go in town you will meet someone you know or someone who knows a friend of you. Hun, i drove in west Africa easy because I am third world country. Everyone drives crazy and not the best roads. I am glad you put your fear a side to drive and take ownership of your life.
Thank you!
Two videos in one week🤗❤
Kaylaan, the most beautiful black woman from the USA ! 😄 😄 😄
You're so beautiful & May God bless You
very interesting video and lots of respect to you making that decision , want to find a real nice sista from Africa
Very nice vlog
By the way, I am a Namibian, many of us don't really bothered by electricity outage because we came from humble beginings, some grew up in the village where there is no power at all, those who grew up in town has one time if not many times visted the village or even a farm for holidays where there was never electricity. So you know how to live without. Actually we are used to it!!! LENCE WILL follow the suit.
Thank you for these videos 😍I'm an Egyptian and I am moving to windhoek soon and Iam soooo afraid to do this specially that I have two kidz and thay afraid of this moving too😕😕
I understand, moving to another country with kids is a lot! Feel free to email me to chat more! afroamericaninafrica@gmail.com
AfroAmericaninAfrica yes it is 🤐thank u 😍😍
Don't be afraid 2 weeks ago we moved to Namibia,so far so good.Our kids are adjusting very well.lots of greetings xxx
I like watching your videos coz they remind me home, especially the singing😂😂. I haven't live in country for 15 years l do occasional visit. they're nice watch.
@Joel Joel, yes the singing is special! I'm happy you enjoy these, thanks for supporting.
Thank you for the awesome content! Are solar panels not a thing there?
Love you
Hi! Thanks for sharing! I studied in Namibia several years back. Sounds like life there is just as lovely as it was back then. My experiences were similar to yours. I especially remember the aggressive spiders. 😂. All the best to you and your family.
😂 yes, the spiders are serious! Thanks for watching!
I would like to know and see apartments and how much they are, and houses. Thanks for your share. And can snakes get into your house?
The privacy thing is not bad thing. It shows you that the people are harmonious which is good they greet you which is good. Also they live together as a big community. If you live in ant Caribbean island it's the same most Caribbean islands population are about 2-3 million so seeing someone you know is also common. You'll adjust after a while. Love to see the vidz though.
Raid doesnt kill anything period but humans if swallowed.
I'm screaming🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you ain't lying.
I am the opposite of you ,I am a South African living in the USA for three years now.My husband is American which is why I am here now.I love your channel and find your experiences interesting. If you don't mind you may view my videos and see some of the things I get up to here.
When you first moved to the continent how did you find your first teaching opportunity?
I googled phrases like "ways to move to Africa" and found that volunteer teaching abroad was one route. So then I googled phrases like, "teach abroad Africa" and found WorldTeach (if you volunteer with Worldteach pls. tell them Kaylan in Namibia sent you I can make a commission! lol :)).
So, WorldTeach is a program that at the time offered year-long teaching placements in Namibia, Tanzania, and Rwanda and I chose Namibia. I talk about why I chose Namibia in this video: ua-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=mA3-XO-eHwo
The other option for me at the time was the Peace Corps, but I felt like their process was too long and I was ready to leave soon, so I went w/WorldTeach.
I recently wrote two articles for GoAbroad.com specifically about volunteering in Africa, but they haven't been published yet, but will be soon. I'll comment back with the links when they're up!
I also wrote a guide to volunteering in Africa for GoAbroad.com here: www.goabroad.com/articles/volunteer-abroad/ultimate-guide-to-volunteer-in-africa That's a great website for finding intern/gap year/volunteer/teach abroad opportunities.
Lastly, if you're a certified teacher, pls read + listen to this interview I did on my website with an African American who taught in Nigeria. She shares some great resources for finding jobs abroad if you're a certified teacher:
www.aainafrica.com/blog/2018/4/22/jamaican-american-marla-abuja-nigeria
AfroAmericaninAfrica soooooo informative! Thank you so much!
I visited Namibia in 1987 and again in 2018, it was still better than most of Africa but a lot of the standards had fallen and corruption was a lot worse than before independence. Things seemed to be going backwards much as they did in Zimbabwe. The country is really nice though and the people are friendly, climate is fantastic. Not too humid in Windhoek.
Hi Dear, thanks for your nice and interesting videos. Just a question, did you ever get a chance to attend events for example a wedding of non-Oshiwambo speakers, like for instance Nama or Otjiherero wedding? And if you did, how did you find the cultural differences comparing to your own Oshiwambo wedding? Thanks
Hi! No, I haven't, not yet. All of the Namibian weddings I've been to were Aawambo.
AfroAmericaninAfrica Can you do a Video of the next wedding you attend in Namibia?
They are trippin y'all!!! Sis ain't nothings wrong wit your accent I'm from Trinidad and I understand 100% of everything you said when you speak I think they were trolling you smh....
Did you get your drivers license yet?
This is fascinating....and yes, the children singing was truly beautiful. Do you know many German Namibians? Are they very....well....German?
It was good for you to be flexible, don't expect to find America everywhere you find yourself, life will be easier and kinder to you.
Can you speak oshiwambo now?
Wow a population of 2 million for an entire country. I can see how everyone might know each other. And you being from New York it must have been a weird moving to a country that had a smaller population than your hometown.
Long time... do attend some we traditional events like weddings, and make more videos, thnx again
I'm terrified of spiders. OMG! Scorpions and snakes. YIKES!
Namibia needs work black investors! WOKE!!!
how can a person teach English if they don't know how to speak the native language of that country? It will be difficult to translate. Right?
The kids are taught basic English with their Mother Tongue
Do you guys translate English when teaching? I mean English is taught in English why would you need to translate? Etche. I'm Namibian btw and we speak, write and read English. Its literally our official language
I guess driving around in that country is like GTA. ua-cam.com/video/KFv-mbPgaG4/v-deo.html
Why are you so beautiful?