British Expat in Rwanda

Welcome to the Expat Booktag, an original #booktag set by ‪@reaDANculous‬ in which we explore books that remind us of our birth countries and those that remind us of our adoptive countries. I emigrated from the UK to Rwanda many years ago and here are my thought comparing cultures and authors. It gets a bit heated towards the end. Sorry - not sorry 😄

📚 Original booktag video:    • TAG - an ORIGINAL tag for EXPATS  

🌍 Worlds Collide
Website: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
My interview:    • Introducing Rwanda - Marions Life Abroad i...  

🗿 The Northern Antiquarian: https://www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/
Facebook:   / 239742312760034  

🐢 Dara Passano in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-de...

🤔 This is a really excellent video about the state of British culture by Jimmy the Giant:    • WTF Happened to... British Culture?  

Tag Questions

1. In which countrie/s did you spend your formative years?
2. What book/s express something emblematic or meaningful about those countries?
3. In which countrie/s did your parents spend their formative year and, if they moved, why did they move?
4. What book/s express something emblematic or meaningful about those countries?
5. Why did you move away from the countrie/s in which you spent your formative years?
6. Can you share a time you felt what the French call uncountried or like a stranger in a strange land? Besides this feeling, how would you characterize the life of an expat?
7. What book/s capture those feelings or experiences?
8. Where do you currently reside and what brought you there?
9. What book/s express something emblematic or meaningful about those countries?
10. What are some of your favorite and most challenging aspects of your host culture?
(Optional extension: and for your home country - if any?)
11. Please answer questions 7 to 9 for any other countrie/s in which you spent time that was significant to you, and of course please tag any booktube expats you know.

I didn't think I knew any expat booktubers, but I think ‪@heathereads‬ and ‪@PageTurnersWithKatja‬ are? Tagging them in.

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🙏 Hi guys. Please don't contact me directly with questions. I don't have a lot of free time and don't want to offend by not responding. It's best to leave a comment on the video. I do read most of them and your question will hopefully help others. 🙏