Oluwatobi Akinwumi, Author at Radio Africana

African families and community members across generations sharing traditions through storytelling, food, music, dance and craftsmanship

African Culture: Understanding Traditions, Identity & Heritage

The phrase “African culture” sounds simple enough, but it describes something extraordinarily complex. Africa is home to thousands of languages and communities, each shaped by its own histories, environments, belief systems and social traditions. To speak of African culture as though it were one uniform way of life would be to overlook the very thing that makes the subject worth understanding. There is no single African wedding tradition, no universal […]

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African adults and families gathered in a contemporary urban community space, reflecting African life in the diaspora

African Living Abroad

African Life in the Diaspora: The Complete Guide

Living abroad changes more than an address. African life in the diaspora can mean building a career in a new country, raising children between cultures, maintaining family relationships across continents, learning unfamiliar social codes, searching for familiar food in unfamiliar cities and discovering that the meaning of home becomes more complicated with time. There is no single diaspora experience shared by every African abroad. A Nigerian professional in Manchester may […]

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