In Search of an Old Colonial Outpost in Zambia, Where My Parents Met
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14 min readSep 27, 2023
Part II: Searching for Home Across Continents
After Lagos, I fly to Johannesburg and from there into the abdomen of Africa, to Zambia, where I was conceived and almost born. As the prop plane descends over Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, I press my forehead to the windowpane. The sky is a cerulean vault so wide and deep I want to dive into it. Below…