Posts in Africa
The Pink Lion from Tanzania
The Pink Lion from Tanzania

I wanted to claim Tanzania as my home, but how could I? I was not accepted by others as a part of their country…

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Where Are You From?, AfricaBy Abby Farran (From America & South Africa. Living in Tanzania)Tck, TCK, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Tanzania, South Africa, home, identity, school, friends, family, country, accent, speak, languages, America, States, culture, cultures, ethnicities, living, blend, experience, life experiences, AfricaComment
Omar Ibn Said and American Slavey in Arabic
Omar Ibn Said and American Slavey in Arabic

It is devastating to think that West Africa lost a highly-regarded member of their community, famous for his literacy in Arabic, to North Carolina, where it was illegal for a slave to even be literate in English…

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Black Lives Matter, Africa, North America, Racism, ResilienceBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture adult, black lives matter, Arab, Africa, USA, AmericaComment
Americanah & Moving West
Americanah & Moving West

But that was just it. I had to fit in wherever I went. Nobody else had to mould their ways to engage with my understanding of identity and belonging…

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AfricaBy Danish Khan (From Melbourne, Perth, Karachi & Islamabad. Living in Karachi)Africa, TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, literature, characters, novel, Nigeria, West, western, America, American, diaspora, England, work, passport, identity, Pakistan, Pakistani, Australia, Australian, migrants, migrant, migrationComment
Stand Out
Stand Out

I have a Chinese-Malaysian mother and a Ugandan father, I’m two parts of two continents, but since most people can’t guess that. I’m a black woman to them...

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Let's Party, AfricaBy Nakate Kakembo (From Malaysia, China & Uganda. Living in Melbourne)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, third culture kid, Australian, Australia, social, party, Let's Party, black, colour, bond, Melbourne, Chinese-Malaysian, Uganda, Africa, African, Ugandan, continents, event, woman of colour, society Comment
The Color of My Skin
The Color of My Skin

I thought I was just like her and she just like me in so many ways. One day, she poked my freckles, giggling and asking me what they were…

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AfricaBy Elizabeth Meier (From the Democratic Republic of Congo/Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Singapore, the US "Midwest" & Colorado. Living in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, Bukavu, Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Swahili, English, French, evacuation, Kenya, Tanzania, USA, black, white, tattooComment