Giving a blank page to the unheard.
What do we mean when we talk about “postcolonialism” or “postcolonial cultures”? It’s a fair question, and one we get asked fairly frequently. It’s also a key aspect to what we’re trying to accomplish with this project, and one that requires a little bit of explanation. Postcolonialism refers to a branch of several disciplines (literature and ethics among them) which focuses on …
The day we did our fundraising photoshoot, we also asked our closest friends and family to be filmed answering three questions for an interview-style video we hoped would showcase our humanity and support system. We wanted our loved ones to be candidly honest in their explanations of what we’re doing, who we are, and their hopes and concerns for the project. …
One of the most common questions we’ve received since unveiling Untold International is about the significance of our logo. I’m pretty proud of it, and I’m not sorry to say that there is quite a bit of meaning behind it. Brady designed it himself, and the image you see is the first image he sketched out–but a lot of thought went into …
We are starting a library in Ghana. That’s what we thought when we launched this crazy crowd-funding campaign and began researching how best to prove our sanity to our families. Establishing anything in another country is audacious—far from the transient backpacking forays I’m used to—but apparently it wasn’t big enough. Kaitlyn and I sat down with an old family friend of …
We are incredibly blessed to have creative and talented friends who are generous and gracious enough to donate their time and gifts to help us raise money. Jennie and Matt are two such people. They’re kind, funny, extremely intelligent, and hard-working–not to mention very loving (of us and each other!). When I approached Jennie about donating pictures for our campaign, …
Every once in a rare while, when searching for one’s purpose for the next era, we can actually get a very clear glimpse of what we are supposed to do. Sometimes it makes perfect sense, ie. “Yes, I have been voicing my opinion on the internet for years now; it makes sense that I would go into politics this year” …
One of the difficult things about having a blog is that it offers a fractured and fragmented view of the life or lives it is meant to reflect. Like a stop-motion animation, it creates a sense of movement and growth from singular moments and preserved experiences, distilled into the timelessness of words on a screen. Because of this, what I’m …
There is a very interesting social dynamic that takes place when people find out that you intend on going to Africa. Apparently, Americans find it socially appropriate to either A) tell you their incredibly uneducated opinion on the entire continent or B) to offer unsolicited, unhelpful advice on your adventure there. In an instant, anyone who has seen a news …
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