Monah, Nushy Rose, and Sophie Hannah discuss whether they would ever "reverse migrate" and move to the country their parents and grandparents call home. Many families moved to the UK in search of a better life for their children but in a growing trend this generation is choosing to return to the motherland for the same reason. Are there better job prospects and more opportunities to build businesses in Africa and Asia than there are in the UK? Would you feel more accepted in the countries where you have heritage and the people look like you or be “othered” for being British? Do incentives like Ghana’s Year of Return put local people at a disadvantage? And what creature comforts would you miss if you moved? The ladies explore all angles in this episode of Ethnically Speaking and we want to hear your opinions in the comments below.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanmccormick/2019/01/12/want-to-move-to-africa-follow-these-3-tips-from-someone-who-did/?sh=939f2444a574

(Article – Want to move to Africa? Follow these 3 tips from someone who did – Meghan McCormick for Forbes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6TuuTTGs0

(Video – Why we left America to live in Africa – BBC Africa documentary – via BBC News Africa YouTube channel)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19992062

(Article – Why would you leave the West for India? – BBC News)

https://www.fastcompany.com/90321591/my-parents-moved-to-the-us-for-a-better-life-and-im-returning-to-asia-for-jobs

(Article – My parents moved to the U.S. for a better life, but I’m returning to Asia for job opportunities – Pavithra Mohan for Fast Company)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/43kgzn/the-hidden-stress-of-growing-up-a-child-of-immigrants-v26n3

(Article – The hidden stress of growing up a child of immigrants – Nicole Clark for VICE)

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/jun/29/children-of-immigrants-held-back-by-employer-discrimination-in-uk

(Article – Children of immigrants ‘held back by employer discrimination’ in UK – Rachel Hall for The Guardian)

https://www.yearofreturn.com/

(Website – Year of Return) 

https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2020/01/29/the-year-of-return-and-the-unintended-consequences-for-ghanaians/

(Article – The “Year of Return” and the unintended consequences for Ghanaians – Aaryan Morrison for Kennedy School Review)

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