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Stories, guides and conversations for Africans abroad: culture, food, career, japa and everyday life between two worlds.
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15 Culture Shocks Africans Face When They Move Abroad
Bland food, nobody visits, pay-by-the-hour and children calling you by your first name. The culture shocks nobody warns you about, and how to cope.
Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min readJapa
Things Nobody Tells You About Starting Over Abroad
Banks, phones, paperwork and healthcare: a first-year checklist for starting over in any new country.
Oct 23, 2026 · 7 min readJapa
When Home Starts to Feel Foreign
Reverse culture shock is real. Signs to watch for, a checklist before you travel home, and how to feel at…
Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min read