I don’t know if I can speak for all but I am confident that growing up in Africa most Africans have most likely never experienced racism not until stepping out of their country of birth and into the Western world. Once you start settling in your eyes are opened to a whole new world. You…

People choose to migrate for different reasons and have different reasons that motivatie them to remain in their country of residence. Whatever the reason the trade off between your old home and the new one can feel quite dear sometimes. You don’t realise how far away from home you are in your new home until…

Losing a child is every parent’s nightmare. This fear is more real for African parents, and maybe other migrants with a similar culture to Africans , bringing up kids abroad especially if the kids early life was in their country of birth. The reality of parenting in diaspora is quite different from what most Africans…

“Fimbo ya mbali haiui nyoka ” is a swahili saying which translates to, a stick far away cannot kill a snake (that is about to bite you). Africans in diaspora and other migrants in general, need to look after each other check in on one another. Other migrants in your country of residence are your…

Dear world, This is a quick hello (long post), just checking in on you to see how you are doing I am not sure if you know who I am but you and I go along long way back, I am one of the many generations before me you tangoed with and many after me…

All migrants are EQUAL but some are MORE equal than others. WHY? Because an African migrant, or any other migrant who falls in the OTHER category, no matter how long they have lived in their country of residence or host country they will always be asked where they came from unlike their non African counter…

Where is home? Do mean the address I left before our encounter ? Why are you here? Same reason as you to buy groceries or whatever am doing at the time of questioning? Is your family here? Do you mean my partner and kids or my entire clan? Where did you come from? Do you…

I don’t know about other migrants but being an African migrant is hard work. You have to bring your A game in diplomacy and PR skills as a cultural ambassador for your country, a job that you didn’t ask for and no one asked you if you wanted it. You have the job of a…

So what happens when you have an African problem in a not so African diaspora When the Ubuntu spirit in you needs to be appeased and the kinship in your DNA compels you to engage in authentic meaningful interactions yet all you seem to get are superficial pleasantries and smiles that seem to disappear as…

Being an African parent in diaspora comes with a unique challenge of staying true to your culture and still be able to fit in, in your host country . You then have the special task to instil this culture into your children and make them see the value in it and be proud of it….