I was raised in foster care away from my birth culture and my biological father just died, and his family wants me to participate in mourning traditions I never learned, but I feel like an impostor.
More people experience this than they realize.
Death can become an awkward doorway back into a heritage that was lost through circumstance.
“Where Are You with African grief traditions — communal mourning?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.