LibraryScenariosWhen returning to your ethnic homeland feels like visiting a foreign country
Scenario

When returning to your ethnic homeland feels like visiting a foreign country

I moved back to my parents' village in Nigeria after twenty years in America and the locals call me the foreigner even though this is supposed to be home.

Juana
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Diaspora returns can reveal how profoundly immigration changes one's relationship to ancestral homelands and belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.