This book explores the shaping of identity, as a factor of place and relocation, using two life-stories of a man who left Kenya for the first time in 1961 to join McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada; and his great-nephew who made the same journey, to study at the same institution, 46 years later. By comparing their experiences beside my own, I not only consider the generational effects of cultural (dis)placement but also the gendered effects. This generates a discussion about the things we carry, the ones we leave behind, the process of their selection, and how everything we encounter as we move through this world leaves a lasting impression on us. An impression that contributes to the people we become and the values we fashion. To symbolize this movement between physical spaces, I chose to do-si-do bind the book so that one part of the book is dedicated to Kenya and the other to Canada. As you read and move through the story, you figuratively embark on the same journey as the people in the book. Scroll down to take a look!

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