My research is a postcolonial, decolonial, and Afrofeminist examination of the conceptualisation and construction of gendered identities in the lives of second-generation immigrant British Zimbabwean women in the UK. The research employs a comparative, multi‑sited, intergenerational l ethnographic design to examine gendered identity in the lives of these women, comparing their experiences to those of similarly aged female relatives who were born and raised in Zimbabwe, whilst also seeking the perspectives of their mothers and grandmothers.
The research will also be underpinned by transnationalism, in that it juxtapositions the Zimbabwean diaspora community against the geographically situated Zimbabwean context in order to gain insights into the ways in which gender identity may be influenced by migration. The multi-sited nature of the methodological design will enable the exploration of transnational family ties, and intersections and fractures relating to ideas about womanhood in Zimbabwe and the UK.