Where is home? Your place of birth? Or where you feel loved and at peace?
I prefer to think it’s the latter.
And for Helen Agbonison, founder of Africans & African Descendants in St. Albert, it's the same. She's never felt a strong attachment to any place, but since moving to St Albert, she's found her calling. Her home. Her community.
Helen joined me on The Newcomers Podcast to chat about moving to Canada 14 years ago, using Yahoo Answers to find friends in Canada as she and her family prepped for the big move. We also chat about:
What it felt like to move to Canada 14 years ago
Why St. Albert is HOME
Why African immigrants struggle to integrate
Why she launched the Africans & Africans Descendants in St. Albert community, and more.
It was so good to hear her talk about all the work the community is doing to preserve the African culture.
E51: Helen Agbonison feels more at home in Canada than in Nigeria