Thank you Kingsley for articulating beautifully what I have been feeling for years.
I am a SeneGaulois, a mix of Senegal πΈπ³ and France π«π·.
This year marks my 23rd in France.
I used to define myself as Senegalese or French.
Now I prefer to say that I am local to Toulouse in France.
I have difficulties identifying myself as French.
I also identify myself as local to Dakar, Senegal.
One more thing...
I never say that I am an immigrant. It's just accepting the frame of the West casted upon us, the "Third world".
When ever western people go abroad, they call themselves expats.
So I am an expat in France also. π― π