MOTHER TONGUE: THE LOST INHERITANCE OF DIASPORA BY DEREK OWUSU
Ghanaian–British writer and podcaster Derek Owusu reflects on what it means not to speak the language of your ancestors and the quiet disorientation that can come with that loss. Writing about growing up disconnected from Twi after his mother immigrated to the UK, Owusu explores how language carries intimacy, worldview, and cultural memory far beyond simple communication, shaping not only how we speak but how we understand ourselves and connect to others across diaspora.
COVER IMAGE: Zineb Sedira, Mother Tongue, 2002.
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