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Diaspora life · 4 min read

Too Foreign Here, Too Western There

When the cousins back home call you 'oyibo' and the office calls you 'exotic'.

One side says your mother tongue is rusty. The other side asks where you're 'really' from. It can feel like you belong everywhere on paper and nowhere in real life.

Here's a reframe: you're not half of two things. You're the whole of a new thing. Diaspora is its own culture, with its own food, slang and group chats.

Find your people who get both sides. They're out there, also eating jollof from a Tupperware that used to hold ice cream.

Now unclench your jaw.

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