Hi, If in Goan diaspora you include persons of Goan origin, then there is Desmond D'Sa in South Africa. He however does not know but would love to know, where his family house may be, or any relatives he may have. However, he is too busy with his activism on environmental issues to follow up on his roots.
Albertina On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 12:07 PM 'Gilbert Lawrence' via The Goa Book Club < goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Very recently, at my gym in USA, I met a charming South African. His > grandmother is Goan. His grandfather is French. He recounts meeting people > in South Africa who on intimate conversations recount their family tree has > a Fernandes or Desouza. > > The appearance of these individuals in now White or African. It is only in > their names and accents that I determine some degree of duality. It is > fascinating. > > While there is a yearning to identify their individual roots, there is no > yearning to socially connect with others with a similar history through an > association. The very educated friend of mine just does not know how his > grandparent landed in South Africa. > > Having written a chapter in our book about the Goan diaspora, there is one > community I do not have any information - Goans in South Africa. If any > reader of this post has news about this community, please connect. Thanks. > > Regards, > Gilbert Lawrence > Co-author: Insight into Colonial Goa > > -- > *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Goa Book Club" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to goa-book-club+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/800343238.1316194.1710025752637%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/800343238.1316194.1710025752637%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
