Snowy Joy ( A Winter Tale of Refuge)

A WInter Tale of Refuge

  THE BLURB... Throwing, rolling and playing games in the snow has always been on Adanah's wish list of things to do before she turns ten. It just never snows where she lives! So when she gets whizzed away for her first snow-holiday, she is truly thrilled! But a storm soon strikes, and her aeroplane's wings "shivered with an unusual frenzy, as if it had caught a cold". Yet the dreadful weather hints on more danger ahead!

When Adanah accidentally stumbles on Khindamah - The Land of Broken Toys, her mind is bombarded with a billion questions about the world she loves, and she wishes she had stayed back at home. Has her holiday been marred by Khindamah forever? Find out what happens in this adventure of cultural experiences weaved into migration stories.

Snowy Joy

"Mummy are we Refugees?" asked my youngest, shortly after a sojourn abroad. My tween and teenage daughters became aware of the depth of emotional trauma children experience when it comes to Moving either from one country to another of separation of any kind. Based on their personal experiences they were curious as to how 'moving' impacts one's sense of space, identity, and culture.

More so, on hearing about children crossing dangerous channels, they questioned their own identity and how such profound changes were being processed, Often, I found myself constantly averting their attention from news channels to avoid further probing. Using writing as a tool for communication, I embarked on engaging in those difficult conversations by scripting Snowy Joy ( A Winter Tale of Refuge).