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Why I Joined NABEA – Branden Turnbough

Why I Joined NABEA – Branden Turnbough

To understand why I joined the National Association for Black Engagement with Asia, I will start with what sparked my interest in Asia in general.  I grew up in Houston Texas in a southwestern part of town, called Bellaire. Houston

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Why I Joined NABEA – Leslie Nguyen-Okwu

Why I Joined NABEA – Leslie Nguyen-Okwu

Sirens pierce the air. Cars screech to a halt. Phones buzz with mass Red Alerts — seek shelter, immediately. This ballistic missile drill is a sobering reminder that the threat of conflict is never far from people’s minds. As a

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Why I Joined NABEA – Tabatha Anderson

Why I Joined NABEA – Tabatha Anderson

When I was 12 years old, I was presented with the opportunity to be one of the first students in my suburban school to begin studying Chinese as part of a brand new county-wide foreign language curriculum. What began as

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Why I Joined NABEA – William D. Frazier

Why I Joined NABEA – William D. Frazier

Hello! My name is William D. Frazier, and I am the author of “Black American Entrepreneur in China: Connecting Industry and Cultural Differences.” During the summers of 2000 and 2001–as an Urban Studies graduate student at Savannah State University–I left

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Why I Joined NABEA – Kimberlee Sanders

Why I Joined NABEA – Kimberlee Sanders

When I say that I’m a Black scholar who works on and in Japan, I think many people assume that I must work on Blackness in Japan. They’re often surprised when I say that I actually study anime, manga, and

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National Association for Black Engagement with Asia

NABEA’s mission is to connect Black Asia specialists in both the public and private sectors and increase the representation of Black Americans engaging with Asia.

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