"Returning Home with Honors? Transnational struggles of Gikuyu Migrants in the US and Kenya"will be held online on Sunday, September 5th.

2021.07.19

organizersInstitute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies (IAAMES), Sophia University
The Research Group on Migration and Development of JASID
date and time5 Sep. 2021, 10-12AM (JST)
4 Sep. 2021, 9-11 PM (EST)
titleReturning Home with Honors?
Transnational struggles of Gikuyu Migrants in the US and Kenya
presentation1. "Transnational Workers from Kenya: Everyday Life of the Gikuyu Immigrants in the United States", Yoko Ishii (Associate Professor, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo/ Deputy Director of Sacred Heart Institute for Sustainable Futures[SHISF])

2. "My American Journey: A Kenyan’s struggle to adapt and integrate into the United States", Michael Mugo (Academic/ Mental Health Nurse John’s Hopkins Bayview Campus/Community Activist)

3.Video Interviews with Returned Gikuyu migrants in Kenya
1)"Anguish as an Unskilled Worker", Anthony Theuri
2)"Starting Business at Home", Cathy Mwangi
languageEnglish, Japanese, Simultaneous interpretation available
registrationregistration fee: free

Registration URL: https://sophia-ac-jp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SY-mhD7nQLuUxzEsLAbFbA

enquiry IAAMES
i-asianc@sophia.ac.jp