Country Switching | Growing Up with Parents from Sierra Leone feat. Jaygima
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Country Switching | Growing Up with Parents from Sierra Leone feat. Jaygima
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In this episode of Culture In Between, Jaygima shares her unique upbringing as the daughter of an ambassador from Sierra Leone. She describes living in three different countries over the course of her formative years, why she answers the question of where she is from differently based on who she is speaking with, and why she thinks Sierra Leone has the best beaches in Africa.
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- 00:00-Intro
- 00:53-Jaygima's parents' background
- 03:34-Growing up in diaspora
- 05:43-Moving back to Sierra Leone
- 06:27-UK and diplomatic life
- 07:08-Cultural identity challenges
- 16:56-Returning to America
- 19:14-Third culture kids
- 20:21-Spontaneous move to Netherlands
- 22:01-Cultural identity and code-switching
- 30:46-Blending cultures in parenting
- 34:25-Caring for aging parents
- 42:00-Favorite foods
- 50:17-Favorite expression
- 52:34-Happy place in Sierra Leone
- 58:25-Outro
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