Like many of us TCKs, he experienced racism in his new home. He channeled these feelings of isolation and ostracization into his basketball and the game gave him a chance to prove himself…
Read MoreThe People in the Trees is a gripping book from start to finish and a chilling reminder of the need for a strong reflective lens on colonization, militant capitalism and their lingering effects in contemporary society…
Read MoreThe experimentation taking place with poetry, instruments and musical styles show that music and poetry practices across cultures can be complementary in creating a syncretic and dynamic approach to the art form…
Read MoreWhat Banerjee advocates for is not a singular solution to poverty which is globally implemented, but a contextualized approach, where poverty is studied in every community, and programs used to mitigate poverty are tailored to those socioeconomic conditions…
Read MoreNadia was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, for their efforts towards fighting sexual assault during wartime..
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Randall Park has been paving the way for more Asian-American actors since the beginning of his career, allowing more TCKs (to this day!) to be recognized for their undeniable talent in a field where they have historically been unfairly underrepresented and stereotyped…
Read MoreKhadija Gbla’s story is a victory for all TCKs. Her work has shown how important it is to embrace diverse opinions and outlooks, and that our unique TCK viewpoints can not only change lives, but save them.
Read MoreIt 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…
Read MoreShe became a star of Kenyan television in ‘Shuga’, an MTV/UNICEF-backed series that looked at sexual relationships among youth in Nairobi, aiming to promote HIV awareness and safe sex via storytelling…
Read MoreWhen the red Australian dirt dusted his skin, he remembered his mother land, mirroring a common migrant & TCK experience many of us have undoubtedly felt too…
Read MoreStephanie’s drive comes from her quest to break the ballerina stereotype, and she wants to show people “that even though I wear a hijab, it doesn’t stop me from doing anything. I can be who I want to be and fulfil a career and nobody can tell me otherwise.”…
Read MoreHe explored modernism, its cultural implications and created a unique, recognizable style of design which had a lasting impact on architects across the world…
Read MoreLydia Ko’s ascent to the top of the golfing world shows how TCKs can pick up the best of both worlds and turn that into sporting greatness…
Read MoreOne of Fawad’s friend managed to help him gain a short-stay visa for Australia. He arrived to play for Yoogali in the state of New South Wales late in season 2009-10. Ahmed soon applied for refugee status and, while the claim was considered, moved to Melbourne later in 2010 to join suburban side Hoppers Crossing…
Read MoreEven though she spent her formative years in France, what arguable influenced Gorani most was her Syrian heritage, on the basis of which she learnt Arabic and has reported from every country in the Middle East…
Read MoreFreddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara in 1946 on the small spice island of Zanzibar—then the British Protectorate of East Africa, and modern-day Tanzania…
Read MoreAllende is a strong believer in diverse personal experiences providing the substance for unique stories. On the heels of this, Allende has written 23 books, which have been translated into 35 languages, having sold 70 million copies worldwide. Her works have been adapted into movies, plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and radio programs..
Read MoreThe Boateng brothers, born Germans, show a strong connection to their roots through tattoos. Jerome’s upper left arm displays an outline of Africa with the word GHANA boldly written inside, and his lower right arm has his Ghanaian name ‘Agyenim’ tattooed on it...
Read MoreBorn in Rome, Giada often found herself immersed in the family's kitchen and spent a great deal of time at her grandfather's restaurant. De Laurentiis went on to study at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, with burning aspirations of becoming a pastry chef, however on moving to America, she tapped into the large Italian diaspora, steeped deeply in its culinary tradition...
Read MoreShe has released a book ‘Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions’—where having received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist, this was her letter of response...
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