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Continue reading →: Everyone Takes Their Holiday in July. I Do the Exact Opposite, Here’s Why.The common holidays, or “felles” as we say here in Norway, are wrapping up. Kids are heading back to school, offices are filling back up, and everyone’s summer tans are starting to fade. And honestly, this is exactly the moment I start getting excited, because this is usually when I…
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Continue reading →: Angola Showed Up: My Trip to the African Food Festival in OsloI packed my bag and got on a train to Oslo for one reason. Angola was participating in the African Food Festival Norway for the very first time, and there was no way I was going to miss it. If you have not heard of the festival, it is exactly…
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Continue reading →: Did Haaland Cost Norway a Place in the Semi-Finals?I grew up in Bryne, the same small town as Erling Haaland. I’m 34, and he’s 25, so our paths probably never actually crossed. It’s not like I was out hanging with a kid nine years younger than me. But I lived right next to the field where he trained.…
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Continue reading →: Why Do Norwegians Take Their Shoes Off Inside?The first time someone asked me to take my shoes off at the door, I was a child, and I thought it was a strange request. Not offensive, not unwelcome, just odd. Where I came from, you kept your shoes on. Shoes were part of being dressed. Taking them off…
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Continue reading →: What It Means to Be Angolan: The Beauty and History We CarryI was born in Angola and I left before I had the chance to fully know it. That is one of the strange griefs of being a Third Culture person: you can be from somewhere in every official sense, on every document, in every conversation that starts with “where are…
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Continue reading →: How to Make Friends With Norwegians (and Why It’s So Hard)Norway is, by most honest accounts, a closed-off country. I do not say that with bitterness. I say it because if you are new here, or even if you have lived here for years and still feel like you are standing outside a window looking in, you deserve to hear…
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Continue reading →: The Money Trauma I Inherited From My African ParentsThere is a conversation many African families never have openly. I mean, we talk about education. We talk about hard work. We talk about sacrifice. However, we rarely talk about money. Not really. We rarely talk about the pressure of leaving home and feeling obligated to prove that the sacrifice…
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Continue reading →: I Belonged Everywhere And NowhereThe author reflects on the romanticized notion of being a global citizen, highlighting the hidden grief of never fully belonging anywhere despite adaptability. Growing up across various countries, the author explores the complexities of identity as a Third Culture Kid, ultimately discovering that true belonging comes from accepting and integrating…
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