Identity struggles as a diaspora
I’m part of the Oromo diaspora, and lately I’ve been wondering if anyone else feels this way.
I almost feel like I don’t fully belong anywhere. I’m Oromo, and I can somewhat speak Afaan Oromo though not fluently , but I don’t feel completely connected to Oromo culture or community. At the same time, I don’t really identify with the version of Ethiopian identity that’s often associated with Habesha culture either so it doesn’t feel natural to call myself Ethiopian I somewhat cringe at the label.
I was raised in the West, so culturally I’m probably more Western than anything else. But no matter how Western you become, it can still feel like you’ll never be fully accepted as one of them. Sometimes it feels like being stuck between two worlds without fully belonging to either. Does anyone else in the Oromo diaspora feel this way?