Commonwealth Immigrant: A Personal Experience
I was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and lived there until moving to London, England at the age of nine. My background is so meaningful to me because it explains why I am drawn to certain things. The point I will begin my explanation from is when my father was assassinated following his appointment as our ambassador to Cuba. He died in a car crash that also killed my two sisters, whilst injuring my sister and mother, who was two months pregnant with me at the time. After I turned five, she went to work in the UK as the situation of our country would make putting my sister through university extremely hard, especially for a single parent. This necessitated leaving me behind to be looked after by her brother’s family. Joining her later on the illustrious continent
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I struggled to understand who Nyasha would become, where loyalties should lie and what the future could bring. One thing I developed an acute awareness of was the inequality in the economy that I had come from, hyper inflation and poor governance making it worser still when compared to the wealth of my new home. To complicate everything further, as a commonwealth immigrant, I had to consider which part colonialism played in leading to the current state of affairs, by none other than this nation now welcoming me into its lands - Britain. Three aspects of my nature have resulted from these events childhood: resilience, unique drive and sensitivity to injustice.
My values are therefore centred around resiliently trying no matter what, particularly when it is most difficult. To
I struggled to understand who Nyasha would become, where loyalties should lie and what the future could bring. One thing I developed an acute awareness of was the inequality in the economy that I had come from, hyper inflation and poor governance making it worser still when compared to the wealth of my new home. To complicate everything further, as a commonwealth immigrant, I had to consider which part colonialism played in leading to the current state of affairs, by none other than this nation now welcoming me into its lands - Britain. Three aspects of my nature have resulted from these events childhood: resilience, unique drive and sensitivity to injustice.
My values are therefore centred around resiliently trying no matter what, particularly when it is most difficult. To