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Settling

The practical guides.

Naming your child for two worlds. Finding a community in a new city. Teaching the mother tongue. Citizenship, school systems, dual identity paperwork. The ordinary, undocumented work of diaspora life.

  • How to register an African name in Western school systems
  • Finding diaspora community in a new city
  • Teaching the mother tongue to children who resist it
  • Citizenship and dual identity for diaspora kids
Coming soon
Family

The conversations.

Talking to your child about why they are different. Handling the grandparent visits. Navigating language pressure. Code-switching, race, returning, not returning. The emotional work no one prepares you for.

  • Talking to your child about why they're different
  • Handling grandparent visits without conflict
  • Code-switching and the diaspora child
  • Race conversations across geographies
Coming soon
Heritage

The deeper readings.

Long-form essays on the kingdoms, the cookery, the philosophy, the language. Written by diaspora scholars and elders. Read aloud in audio for the days you cannot sit down.

  • Essays on pre-colonial African kingdoms
  • The philosophies our ancestors lived by
  • Languages of the diaspora, a primer
  • Audio readings for the kitchen and the commute
Coming soon
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