I'm going to go to the beach. I'm going to go to the beach. Still on changing the narratives of Mother Africa. We are here in the beautiful Dakar. Siddha Gah. Oh my goodness. I'm loving this place already. Look at the view behind me. This is breathtaking. You know, you can only find this in Africa. I know. Specifically right here. This is my favorite place here. This is the Dakar. How did you discover this place? I've discovered it through my friends. They brought me here to play music. So we had a big bonfire. Like tin, African men, all singing and dancing. And just having a beautiful time is something I've never seen in America. So that's part of how I fell in love with this beach. Amazing. But I know here to talk about this beach. I had to talk about you. Who are you? Hey. Who are you? Hey, I'm Maya. I am Maya. Look, I'm also Maya. So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Amazing. Okay. Maya Gigi Davis. Okay. My name is Maya. Yes. You are in Siddha Gah. I am. Your name is Maya. You're in Siddha Gah right now. So Maya in Siddha Gah. Where are you from? I'm originally from I was born in Indiana. But I lived my past 13 years in New York City. So I'm coming directly from New York City. Harlem. Harlem. And all the way from New York City, right here in Gah. Yes. Beautiful. Wow. Road to Gah. Wow. That's like a multi-layer answer. But part of that goes with the fact that I needed something more in life. I needed something that was rewarding. I needed to be using my energy towards something that I felt like was purposeful. Well, my grandmother had passed away and it was really hard dealing with that. And six months later, my father passed away. So I thought, what am I doing with my life? So when I'm at the end of that path, I feel fulfilled, you know. And Africa has always been in my vision. I always had a connection to the continent. So when I reached out to RJ Mady and he offered me a job, I took it. Wow. I want to talk to RJ later. He offered you a job. And so that means this is what RJ is doing in here. Yes. The Made in Africa project is his company. He's a CEO of that project. It's an amazing project. It has so many different levels to it. I am director of fashion. Okay. So I work with all of our online store stuff. But then there's also an investment side of it. There's a real estate side and there's a relocation side. Wow. It's amazing company. You've been in Senegal for how long? I've been here for four months. For four months. What is that experience like? I mean, it's been overwhelming to see, you know, because this is a huge city, five million people. And I'm coming from New York City. There's eight million on the island where I live. But I come here and I'm still overwhelmed with the amount of people. The chaos, the movement of everything. So initially it kind of set me. It took me off my feet and path a little bit to see so many people. But it's a beautiful place. The oceans are, it's a peninsula surrounded by the ocean. So I love that about the far. You know what's going to move into the coffee? You know, I made the decision and I was happy with it. And then like maybe a week, two weeks before I came, my heart started pumping crazy. I'm even really going to do this. Wow. So I had a little bit of reservation a little bit here. But I definitely just fell in my heart. You know, it followed your heart. But during the great movement to Senegal. Yeah, not at all. Not at all. Not at all. Now people out there who are looking for a way to take a step just like you. They are scared of moving to the car. They are scared of like when they come to Africa, people are not going to like them. When they come to Africa, people are going to defraud them and stuff like that. Share your experience to people like them. What are you going to say? I mean, I understand their perspective, especially if they had left their country before. You know, you have to get out of the country to see that people are people everywhere. You know, there's no reason I understand fear and fear can be paralyzing. But you've got to sometimes push yourself to try more things to experience things. And when you get out of the country, you recognize that no, everything's not perfect everywhere. Just like it's not where you live. Exactly. But it is acceptable. People are warm. They're welcoming. You know, you'll find your way. I don't speak well of it. I don't speak French, but I'm making it. I have a bit of a handy cup, but I'm all off. You're African American. Yes. They're living in Dakar right now. Do you see yourself different from the local people? I mean, I definitely stand out. But the people are so nice. So, I mean, you know, they're sweet to me. They'll be like, you know, you and me were alike. But let me look at the corazon. You stand out. What makes you stand out? I think because, I mean, it could be many things, even how I tie my scarf. You say the way I tie my scarf is the American way. Okay. Or, you know, I'm light skinned and a sea of beautiful brown skinned people. I don't speak the native language. Oh, sure. Or I dress western eyes, you know. Like, today I'm mixing the two cultures. Two cultures. But I stand out sometimes. Like, I have my rib jeans on and are my baseball cab. I don't necessarily look like other girls here. Oh, that's an amazing experience in here. But before I let you go, there's a beautiful African American sister out there who is scared to move to Africa. He told me that what am I? She told me that what am I? I'm really scared of moving to Africa. But if you can find me a beautiful sister to advise me, I'm definitely going to take a step. What are you going to tell that beautiful sister out there? I'm going to say, live your best life. Don't ever be afraid to do anything that's in your heart. I mean, if it's in your heart to move, I'm not going to say just move to move. But you have to be in the vortex. You have to fill it. You have to know that this is where the universe is leading me. And if that is your space, then you should go for it. And you should live it wholeheartedly. Put 100% into it. My sister, that is your space. Then you have to move. Thank you so much. And I'm going to talk to RJ after talking to you. And I know there's a lot of RJ has to tell me. Yeah. See, brought you to synagogue. What's going on between you and RJ? I'm going to leave that for the viewers to tell me. I'm going to leave that for the viewers to tell me. I hope you guys enjoyed this amazing episode. Don't forget to share it to someone like and subscribe. To your boy Mr. Garner, baby, right here in the car, synagogue. Peace off.