diaspora

Zimbabwe’s Diaspora Could Help Revive Ailing Economy

By Sally Nyakanyanga
At the dawn of the millennium, Sheila Mponda, 60, waved goodbye to her four children, who were leaving Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom in search of greener pastures. Mponda had just lost her husband and had been a housewife all her life.

Somali Diaspora Not Ready to Buy One-Way Tickets Home Yet

By Amy Fallon
On a Friday afternoon men wearing kamis — long white traditional robes — climb the steps to Somcity Travel, a small family business and travel agency in Kisenyi slum, in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. The agency boasts that they “fly all over the world” but to one destination in particular — Somalia.

Four Years after a Tamil Defeat, the Diaspora Regroups

By Samuel Oakford
Seated at a desk piled high with court documents and yellowed newspapers, Visvanathan Rudrakumaran remembers leaving Sri Lanka and coming to New York for the first time, three decades ago.