I moved to America fifteen years ago and my father just died back home in Nigeria, and I cannot afford to fly back for the forty-day mourning period and I feel like I am betraying everything I was taught about honoring the dead.
More people experience this than they realize.
Distance from home can create a crisis of cultural identity when death demands ritual participation.
“Where Are You with African grief traditions — communal mourning?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.