Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

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  • Cultural Diversity

    Identity Trade-Offs Define Today’s Globalised Citizens

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    Consistently over the past few months, there have been a slew of Western media articles on what Al Jazeera calls an instance of ‘reverse migration’. Many people who used to go to the US and Europe for a better life, are trooping to Africa to take advantage of a growing […]

  • Uganda’s Lost Generation

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    Victoria Masika can hardly speak her mother tongue. If Victoria attempts to speak her parents’ native language she does so with an imperfect accent. “Many times I feel embarrassed when my peers speak our mother-tongue very well; which I can’t,” she says. Victoria, 20, is now in her first year […]

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    Refugee brides: the bounties of war

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    “There are many who don’t wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don’t wish to wake for the same fear.” (Richelle Goodrich) It’s two years now since the Syrian people first took to the streets to protest against the dictatorial iron fist of Bashar Al-Assad. […]