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Interview With A First Generation Male South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Male South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Male immigrant from South Africa discusses hardships imposed on his early life by apartheid. He relates how he could not attend white universities in South Africa, so he attend night school with is father. Then he discusses his living in Zimbabwe during their Civil War. Likewise he discusses the effect of 9/11 on his immigration experience. Also he discusses the South African Seventh Day Adventist church and how American churches are similar.
Interview With A First Generation Male South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Male South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Male immigrant from South Africa who immigrated to America for college. He relates his experience of growing up in South Africa during apartheid. Later he also discusses his feeling on the Vietnam War and other personal changes he experience in the seventies. He ends the interview discussing his opinions on modern American issues such as Political Correctness and his feeling on his national identity.
Interview With A First Generation Female South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Female South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Female immigrant from South Africa moved to America for Husband's job. She discusses her families experiences adapting to America. She discusses experiences she had during Apartheid and the current situation in South Africa. She also discusses the differences between living in South Africa and America. Also she discusses the effects of 9/11 on her family and their immigration experience.