-
Senegal’s first female pro surfer draws others in her wake
DAKAR – Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Khadjou Sambe never saw a Black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As Senegal’s first female professional surfer, Sambe is now inspiring the next generation to defy cultural norms and take…
-
Surfing for “Something Positive”: Black Girls Surf and the Rising Tide of Equal Representation
Rhonda Harper was still new to the surfing scene in 1987 when, leaving the beach one evening in California’s historic Santa Cruz, she returned to her Nissan 300ZX to find the words “Go home n—–” scrawled across the car in…
