New Autobiographical Novel Details the International Travels of a Young Woman of Color
Summary
Washington, DC, March 09, 2013 --( Salihah Simone has spent the better part of the last fifteen years living in South America, Africa and the Middle East with brief stints in Europe and Southeast Asia.) From shooting a documentary in Cape Verde with a deported drug dealer to sipping grappa in Rome with her Italian lover, Simone tells readers to leave the guidebook behind and experience life with the locals.However, she hopes her anecdotes will encourage more women of color to participate in international experiences that have historically been the purview of white women.Simone started traveling the world with her parents as an infant and by the time she was entering university at seventeen years old, she had already lived as an exchange student in West Africa.Calling upon her language skills and art training, Simone rallies finding flexible employment that will allow her to continue to travel.Slightly wiser, she returns to Europe, West Africa and South America to reestablish friendships and to indulge in a little “amor de praia” (vacation romance.) From shooting a documentary in Cape Verde with a deported drug dealer to sipping grappa in Rome with her Italian lover, Simone tells readers to leave the guidebook behind and experience life with the locals.