My country, Malawi is far from Japan. My continent, Africa is also very far from Japan. Many times people ask me, “How did you travel from Malawi to Japan?” Another question is, ” Do you get homesick?”. The answer to the question is “Yes, I get homesick!”. However, recently the world has become smaller because of technology. We can connect with people and places in ways that were unimaginable a couple of years. I realized that no matter how far you are from your home country, a little piece of home will always follow you…
Last week I was in my most favorite shop. Can you guess what it was? No, it wasn’t a restaurant (although I love food!)…and no it wasn’t Zara (I do love window shopping!! too). I was in Junkudo, the bookshop. Everywhere I go, every city I live in, I always look for the nearest bookshop first. Other people look for the gym or the supermarket but I look for the bookshop! Anyway I was in the bookshop and I was looking for a book. I didn’t have a specific book in my mind but I knew that I would know the book when I see it….
A little piece of Malawi found me in the bookshop. On the bookshelf was a book by a Malawian engineer. His name is William Kamkwamba. He wrote a book “The boy who harnessed the wind”. I was so excited to find this book. This is exactly the book that I needed to buy! 
Malawi is far from Japan but i could feel close to home when I read this book. The world has become smaller because of technology.Even in such a far place, I could find a piece of Malawi right here in Japan, in a bookshop.
Another story about finding connections from home was during a dinner party. We were having dinner at a friend’s house and she brought out a wine bottle. It was a South African wine made by a woman. As a black person from Africa, I am always glad to find products from Africa in Japan. Maybe it is like a Japanese person finding a sushi restaurant in Africa! You would be so excited right? That’s exactly how I feel.
Recently when I miss the taste of Malawian fish I know where to go. Maybe the staff in Takashimaya already know about the black girl (me!) who always buys dried fish once every month. When I discovered that Tomiz food corner inTakashimaya B1 has a variety of dried foods products that are similar to Malawian foods I was over the moon! When I cooked the dried fish in Japan, I felt like I was sitting in my mother’s kitchen back home in Malawi! The taste was just like home, it was nostalgic.
Dried anchovy from Japan remind me of homeThe world is becoming smaller for me, because even though I am thousands of kilometers away from home, some little pieces of home always find me… right here in Japan.
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