Diaspora Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/diaspora/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:16:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Diaspora Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/diaspora/ 32 32 67616479 The West has a moral obligation to pay reparations https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pay-reparations/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pay-reparations/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:56 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71276 Calls for former colonial masters to pay reparations for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans and the colonial exploitation of African lands has gained momentum in recent years.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-west-has-a-moral-obligation-to-pay-reparations/feed/ 0 71276 It matters that Rishi Sunak has become the UK’s first prime minister of Indian descent https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/it-matters-that-rishi-sunak-has-become-the-uks-first-prime-minister-of-indian-descent/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/it-matters-that-rishi-sunak-has-become-the-uks-first-prime-minister-of-indian-descent/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:42:57 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72224 Sunak’s grandparents were born in India before travelling to East Africa, where his parents were born.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/it-matters-that-rishi-sunak-has-become-the-uks-first-prime-minister-of-indian-descent/feed/ 0 72224 Jennifer Cudjoe fights on and will not be silenced https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/jennifer-cudjoe-fights-on-and-will-not-be-silenced/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/jennifer-cudjoe-fights-on-and-will-not-be-silenced/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:11:36 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70985 The popular United States-based player is speaking out about the shameful state of women’s football in Ghana, where players have been marginalised in many ways for way too long.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/jennifer-cudjoe-fights-on-and-will-not-be-silenced/feed/ 0 70985 The Breaking of Our Tribe: A Review of Where the Heart Is by Andrew Chatora https://thisisafrica.me/african-identities/the-breaking-of-our-tribe-a-review-of-where-the-heart-is-by-andrew-chatora/ https://thisisafrica.me/african-identities/the-breaking-of-our-tribe-a-review-of-where-the-heart-is-by-andrew-chatora/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:40:05 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69658 Where the Heart Is, Andrew Chatora’s second offering, paints the picture of a broken tribe. However, the tribe Chatora explores is the tribe of Zimbabweans who left the country in the early 2000s to seek greener pastures in the United Kingdom.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/african-identities/the-breaking-of-our-tribe-a-review-of-where-the-heart-is-by-andrew-chatora/feed/ 0 69658 ‘‘Home is Where One Is’’: A Review of Andrew Chatora’s Where the Heart Is https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/home-is-where-one-is-a-review-of-andrew-chatoras-where-the-heart-is/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/home-is-where-one-is-a-review-of-andrew-chatoras-where-the-heart-is/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:06:42 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=69561 The identity and location of ‘home’ are fiendishly complex matters. Andrew Chatora’s new novel: Where the Heart Is tackles an important issue, the experiences of those in the diaspora and the unmitigated longing for the familiar comforts of ‘home’.

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