Living in South Africa was an experience that I know has shaped me into the person that I am today. I instantly felt a part of the community when I moved there... I wanted so badly to be apart of that culture.
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We begin to stop asking for permission to exist. We begin to divest from spaces that have crafted laws to protect them from our bodies. We do not need permission to grow and love everything from the hair on our heads to the shades on our skins for which we are continually arbitrarily punished and criminalised.
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Without question I identify most with Sierra Leonean culture. It wasn’t until I came to Morehouse College that I had my first real experience with black American culture. It’s hard to put into words why I failed to have experienced black American culture because to white America I am viewed as a black American male. However, when I try to relate to the same culture I am associated with, I fail because I was not raised with the same type of “black American experience.” I frequently hear people say that if you are black and in America you by default have a sense of what it means to be black American, but in my own personal journey and comparing my experience to my black American friends, I have not found that to be true.
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I grew up a TCK, a Third Culture Kid. A TCK is a child whose lives in and out of foreign countries around the world; we’re born in one culture but raised in different ones for a significant part of our lives. In my case, I was born in Kenya, but I grew up in the United States and in between I lived in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. I’ve also travelled to Paris, Barcelona, and Dubai. With a dad who works in an international organization, growing up meant traveling and living in different countries other than my country of birth. This has enriched my life experiences, posing both challenges and blessings, making me who I am.
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