Topic: Diaspora Obligations
Financial, family and social expectations placed on Zimbabweans living abroad.
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Is Black Tax Really the Problem—or Are Some Diaspora Dreams Too Expensive?
One view says repeated family requests consume the little diaspora workers could save. Another says black tax has become a convenient explanation for poor…
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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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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…