Story Type: Community Conversation
Stories developed from questions, debates and conversations taking place among Zimbabweans, including discussions originating on social media.
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“GoFundMe is not a Funeral Policy”: When the Diaspora Is Asked to Pay for a Death Nobody Planned For
A poorly supported funeral fundraiser became a warning to Zimbabweans in America. Is GoFundMe simply the diaspora’s new chema—or is the old system of…
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Send Him Back to Zimbabwe”: When Diaspora Parents No Longer Agree on What Discipline Means
When a Zimbabwean teenager’s behaviour frightened his mother, many advised sending him “back home.” But can Zimbabwe discipline children the diaspora feels unable to…
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You’re the One Abroad”: When One Sibling Pays for the Family Home but Everyone Wants an Equal Share
The family house belonged to all the siblings, but the bills somehow belonged to one. Now that it’s being sold, everyone wants an equal…
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Is It Really Harder to Find Love as a Professional Zimbabwean Woman Abroad?
For many Zimbabweans, moving abroad is supposed to expand your world. There are new cities, new careers, new people and opportunities that might once…