Who you are vs Who you think you are
Sometimes we think we know who we are. Frankly I don't 😂 but I've come to understand that that's okay. I was born into a family where my mom was from a different country than my dad. Pretty complicated when you're African really. Mainly because legally I identify with my mom's nationality because we live in the country my mom is from, however traditionally I identify with the nationality my dad is from. Complicated right? No? Well here's where it gets tricky. I follow through with both cultures which are naturally African but I apparently act and sound Western. Now obviously this should be a clear cut situation right? Like it should not even matter to me right? Wrong. When I was 17 I studied a book about identity and I gotta tell you I have never felt so unidentified in my life 😂. In class we studied The Namesake by Juhumpa Lahiri and I found myself identifying with the main character because I am a second generation immigrant but I act more like people o...