How To Write An Interview With Belonging To A Different Culture

When someone is grown up in a certain way, they tend to live by specific rules and norms. They justify their values based on what they were taught, and what they have learnt from their environments. They tend to use their way of living to make decisions in their life. However, when that individual moves away and goes to another city or country, they see that there is a different way of life out there. They can no longer abide by “their own way of living” which results in a mix of culture.

For our Cross Cultural Psychology project, we did an interview with a gentleman who knows what it is like to have to change his way of living and to adjust to different environments.

In our interview, we were introduced to a different culture. The taste and

He stated that at some point in his life he saw the need to help individuals. He sought the need to make a change in his world. He wanted to become a doctor.

Moving to Grenada to attend the St. George’s University was a hug step for him. There was so much re-adjusting he had to do, even when it came to cultural readjustments.

When coming here, he never expected to have experienced so many different challenges. Two of his biggest challenges were: Language barriers and Discrimination.

Most Nigerians are taught to speak British English. This is the case because they were colonized by Britain. Apart from their own unique tongues, they would also be taught the way of the British.

While growing up, he was sent to a school which taught him to speak both British English as well as American English. This made it easier for him to understand both continental’s phrases and

He said that despite they came from different communities/tribes, they were all taught a common tongue in which they can relate to each other. He went on to saying that Nigerians do not like speaking in their native tongue because they see it as unnecessary and sometimes feel ashamed, especially while they are in a Grenadian setting.

Nevertheless, our Odimodi native did not let that affect him. He just wondered a lot about interacting with Grenadians. Those who understood him, sometimes didn’t know how to react/ express themselves in words toward him and those who didn’t understand him, looked at him, confused and silent.

Another challenge that he had was being discriminated by Grenadian women. He stated that they tend to judge him and treat him differently because of his color and of his ethnic background. He said that they look at him and they make rude comments or just walk away. He stated that he believes that his accent,“Nigerian accent”, is what causes them to treat him like this. He went on further to saying that people in the Caribbean have this stigma to anyone who comes from