My Ep. 6 guest, Bongi Mataure and I discussed her experiences of defining belonging as a black foreign person and what integrating into the Netherlands has been like for her. We share a common belief that you have to find a balance when it comes to integration, embrace parts of your new environment but also keep some of your original self. In this episode I reflect on my own experiences with integration as an immigrant who has lived in up to 4 countries now. The integration narrative is complex and layered with different levels of pressure internally and externally. It is also different depending on the intersection of identities such as race, nationality, religion, legal status e.t.c. of the immigrant in question. Listen to this episode for more of my thoughts on all this and for some of my tips and lessons as I navigate my 4th country now as an immigrant. Listen to the bonus episode here: https://bit.ly/S2BonusEpListen to Bongi’s episode here: https://bit.ly/BsquaredCBongiEpIf you loved this episode, buy me a coffee on here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BsquaredCAlso follow BsquaredC on:Instagram: https://bit.ly/BsquaredCInstaLinkedin: https://bit.ly/BsquaredCLinkedInFacebook: https://bit.ly/BsquaredCFacebook
