Where the Heart Is by

Where the Heart Is

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Photographs from a trip to West Africa, where my parents are from.

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b&w photo of billboard depicting vacation inSenegal, workers eat below
black & white photograph from boat, depicting boats framing, water and shore in background
Black and white photo of a street, with large palm trees and three men walking.
black and white photograph of person seated at edge of gas station
blurred grey photo, with some structures barely visible in the background
A man atop a pile of wheat in the lower third of the frame; the upper two thirds full of sky.
Landscape photo in black and white of a few boats off the coast.
A man leans against the railing of a boat deck, his head between his arms.
A view of the beach, with a few umbrellas set up and mild waves.

My parents are immigrants from West Africa
They are also Americans

They are true African Americans
Fitting into both equally
and neither fully

Last year my parents and I took a trip to West Africa
Was it when we were leaving or coming back
That they were going home

—Tehan Rajim

"Where the Heart Is" appears in The Gallatin Arts Festival, 2018.
 
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