Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’

Here’s Why It’s Confusing Being Me and It Might Be Confusing Being You Too

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

I exist in an extremely odd shade of gray. This post will be as the title suggests, a confused convoluted conversation about confusion. Uncensored and unedited, straight from my brain to your eyes.

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How to Have Maximum Positive Impact on an African Immigrant’s Life

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

I am back with the final edition on the series. First of all, a quick refresher on what we have discussed so far:

1) One Thing We MUST Begin Doing NOW As African Immigrants

2) What Every African Immigrant Ought to Know About Recording and Sharing Success

3) In What Areas Do We as African Immigrants Need to Record and Share Our Successes

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Opinions on Melbourne from a Wife, Mother and Entrepreneur

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

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One of the Greatest Things that Immigration and Travel Teach You

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

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Two Useful Resources For People Settling in Australia

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

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Final Part of Njeri’s Message to the Next Group of Afropolitans

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Airport terminal

Final section in the series where Njeri aka meek meek gives you the skinny on how she sees immigrant life. Make sure you read the articles from the last two days to read part 1 and 2. I come back from camp tomorrow. Yay! Finish your weekend right, Mwangi

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Njeri’s Heart to Heart Continues

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Airport security

This is part 2 of Njeri’s 2 cents to the next group of soon to be Afropolitans. Please make sure you check out yesterday’s post for part 1. Be blessed, Mwangi. (more…)

What Everybody Ought to Know About Immigration and Njeri’s Guest Post

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Ladies and gentlemen it’s the middle of June. A lot of wonderfully fresh, optimistic, naïve and open minds are currently making “the move” from Africa to the West. This series, is for all of y’all who are making this great trek. This is also for all the people who are already abroad and want to guide these new arrivals but don’t quite know how.

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Every Immigrant Has A Story Like This

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I wrote this piece a while back and submitted it to one of the big blogs in the African blogosphere in the hopes of being published as a guest author. But alas, I felt the sting of rejection 🙁 On the bright side, this piece gets published anyway 😀 ….and since there are a whole bunch of you new readers, I would like to welcome you with a tale of one of my experiences from my early days of Australian life. If you enjoy the peace, make sure you leave a comment with a little anecdote of your own.

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So Here’s the Thing About Relocating to Africa

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

It’s really hard, and when it’s all said and done doesn’t appear to be for everyone. But most of us know it’s an incredibly noble, brave and courageous thing to do. So let’s break down four reasons to go back home and three reasons to stay put in the diaspora.

Africa map

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