Refugees

There’s a big difference between immigrants and refugees, and the one main factor that separates them is how they have come to leave their home country and find another.

Genocide has become a term that has too frequently surfaced in recent human history, including Rwanda. This month marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan genocide. On April 7th, 1994, war broke out in this small African country […]

Overwhelmed by the influx of migrants and refugees from conflict in the Middle East and now Ukraine, European governments have considered barring rescue boats from using their ports. For example, during June of 2017, more than 12,000 migrants crossed the […]

This article looks at disenfranchised grief, what it is, how it manifests in the culture and how to cope with it. In 2018, I unexpectedly learned information that shattered the foundation of my life. In the aftermath, I moved through […]

Representative Ilhan Omar is a woman of many firsts in the U.S. Congress. She became the representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in the ouse of Representatives in 2019. This achievement also made her the first Somali-American member of Congress […]

The African Perspective: Ras Mutabaruka prefers to tell African stories from the sidelines. However, at Culturs, we’re about uncovering voices hidden in plain sight. So, this extraordinary Rwandan filmmaker, community builder and activist did not miss our radar. Mutabaruka’s story […]

The previous article in this series, “A Look at Ilhan Omar’s Policies-Part 2 of 3,” looked at some of Ilhan Omar’s policies and controversies since her election into Congress. This final article looks at some changes within United States politics […]

The British rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer and activist Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam MBE, stage name M.I.A., was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom. As an artist, she doesn’t shy away from including her past as a Sri Lankan refugee and beliefs in […]