Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Roots
5. 1 Too Bad, Another Girl! 13
6. 2 Home Beams, Dreams, and Food 26
7. 3 Dancing with Gods 39
8. 4 Who Is Kwame Nkrumah? 51
9. PART II Crossing
10. 5 Strangers Become “Family” 69
11. 6 Vietnam War or Country? 87
12. 7 The Trauma of Return 95
13. Part III: In-Between-Ness of Belonging
14. 8 Attachments, Made/Unmade 111
15. 9 Art Connections 130
16. 10 Between Being and Becoming 147
17. Part IV: Expanding the Circle/Back to the Center
18. 11 Expanding Identities 169
19. 12 Death and Life in the Diasporic Family 190
20. 13 Perceptions and Problematics of Belonging 202
21. PART V At Home in the World
22. 14 Building Communities across Borders 227
23. 15 Remaking “Home” in the World 236
24. 16 Creating a Culture of “Us” 245
25. Epilogue: Becoming “Family” in a World of Pandemics 261
26. Acknowledgments 271
27. Notes 277