Our ProjectJack Bowen and Laura Hunt

How we began the process

Finding our intervieweeUniversity of Southampton

Equality and Diversity Committee

The second-generation Immigrant

The second generation of a family to inhabit, but the first to be natively born, in a country

This sense of ambiguity is interesting to explore as it calls into questions notions of national identity, heritage and the very definition of immigrant itself

Our AimsHow does a second-generation immigrant identify with themselves and their label? Does a second-generation immigrant feel any tension between their heritage and a new found dual-nationality?

What are their feelings towards the multiculturalism debate in Britain?

We used Chibezas own personal experience to gain an insight into these universal socio-political questions. Immigration in Britain is part of our history as a nation but remains a highly contemporary issue in todays politics, and so our project aims to gain a small insight into the complexity of this issue.

The Republic of Zambia

British Colonization 19th Century: Zambia became the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, during Britains golden-age of empire1911-1964 Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia, part of the British Empire

Political Independence: 24th October 1964

Single Party State Rule : Totalitarian & Militaristic

State Motto: One Zambia, One Nation

Zambia is quite similar to England: girls are encouraged to go to school, to work and also have children and a husband. Although if your skirt is a little too short an old woman might tell you off. The British economy is better and in terms of education and resources I have a lot more access in Britain.

Britain & Immigration Britain has a history of being a white nation and so identifying with a history of racism and discrimination.Britain can be argued to be a highly multicultural nation, ethnically and racially diverse. Sense of the immigrant being treated as the other. The fear of the foreigner is an issue constantly debated in British news, the us versus them phenomenon.

my parents will always be immigrants whereas I was born here and I have that. But it still feels like a slap in the face when people talk about negatively about immigrants. I empathise strongly with the concerns of immigrants because I although I don't know first-hand how hard it is to migrate to another country (especially one so hostile) I know it was hard for my parents.

Britain & Multiculturalism Multiculturalism is the cultural diversity of communities within a given society and the policies that promote this diversity.

Britain is often described as a multi-cultural nation, given is strong history of empire and colonization that have resulted in an ethnically diverse population.

Do you think Britain is multicultural? Not Britain as a whole, but some British cities, like London. I go to some places in Britain where I don't think they've ever spoken to a black girl before.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNg51DSefeo

Biography: Chibeza MumbiAge: 20

English and Film at the University of Southampton

British/Zambian

Head of the Equality and Diversity Committee

I was embarrassed, my name was so African and my skin was so brown I couldnt escape it but I grew up very quickly and realised that I wasnt true at all and I embraced being Zambian

Equality and Diversity CommitteeForeign

Other

Portfolio

Zambia is my family, its the flavour of the food I eat at home, its the way I move my body Nshima

I feel like these artists represent Africa, blackness and Britain in very interesting and refreshing waysZadie Smiths White TeethChris OfiliNgozi Onwurahs White Men Are Cracking Up

ResearchReportsStatisticsNewspaper articlesPhotographs; a day in London with ChibezaShort-storyExcerpts from her dissertation Women of Colour in Film

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