An interview with Morenike Oyenusi, author of ‘Chasing Butterflies in the Sunlight.’ By Wakanyi Hoffman For the African child growing ..read more

A global nomad reflects on the year of the pandemic, spent living in one country, and what she hopes for the unknown future ..read more

How much injustice is too much for children to bear, and are they losing their innocence in the face of the racially charged incidents that are happening in the US? The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic has provided parents with more quantity time and a chance to see what our children have learned from the adults raising them. As a mother to mixed-race children, I have especially been concerned about how these issues affect my children's identity and how much of their innocence is lost as they learn about these distressing issues ..read more

The stories that we tell of ourselves can only be completed by others. To bring justice in our world, we will need more than hope for a better future. We will need to start growing a peace garden decorated by all our differences, and we will need to connect these stories as parts of our collective story as human beings ..read more

By Wakanyi Hoffman More than a decade ago, I packed up our wedding gifts, a new baby, and a career in a suitcase. The sum of my childhood and young adult life was shipped from my homeland in Kenya to my husband’s in Ohio. What I didn’t know then was that I would be signing ..read more

By Wakanyi Hoffman More than a decade ago, I packed up our wedding gifts, a new baby, and a career in a suitcase. The sum of my childhood and young adult life was shipped from my homeland in Kenya to my husband’s in Ohio. What I didn’t know then was that I would be signing ..read more

In this month's piece, I interview newly published author, Elisavet Arkolaki, whose debut children's book 'Where am I From?' gives a simple answer to a surprisingly complex question, that many children around the world fumble with. In the process, we discover many similarities to our lives and ideals- we discuss feminism, fighting patriarchy and finding 'roots' in a rootless, nomadic lifestyle ..read more

By Wakanyi Hoffman This little blog was recently picked up by Feedspot for entry into the Top 100 Parenting Blogs of 2020. When I received the email, I was slightly conflicted about the award title. I wanted to write back and say that this is not a parenting blog. That my writing is not an ..read more

Last December, we traveled to Austria from the Netherlands in search of white Christmas. Along the way, we reflected on our nomadic lifestyle and discovered who we really are when we call ourselves 'global nomads ..read more

By Wakanyi Hoffman ‘She was an adventurer at heart, but oh how she loved drinking this tea from this mug in this chair, oh how she loved to be home’ -Unknown It is always during Christmastime that we begin to take stock of our nomadic lifestyle, in recognition of a homesickness for a place we ..read more