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Zimbabweans Negotiating Social Interactions Within British Society, 1990s–2000s

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The historical influence of English proficiency, way of life, religion and intermarriage on social interactions of contemporary Zimbabwean immigrants in Britain are examined in the chapter. Examination of these social integration indicators not only unravels the impact of historical socialisation on preserving community or individual identity markers in the diaspora, but also assesses the receptiveness of Britain to the influx of twenty-first century immigrants with different cultural backgrounds. Exposure to Western civilisation made most first-generation Zimbabwean immigrants fail to disentangle issues related to language or way of life in their social integration processes. Instead, the chapter establishes how imported identities had both negative or positive influences on intermarriage and interactions with non-Zimbabweans.

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Zembe, C.R. (2018). Zimbabweans Negotiating Social Interactions Within British Society, 1990s–2000s. In: Zimbabwean Communities in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89683-0_7

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