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Title

Interview with Marie-Cécile Groelsema

Description

This interview between Dora-Marie Groelsema and Marie-Cécile Groelsema explores Marie-Cécile’s experiences as an immigrant to the United States from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Seeking to advance her education, she moved to the US in 1987 to Pittsburgh to study English at University of Pittsburg. Then she moved to Indiana and studied comparative literature with a minor in film studies and African studies at Indiana University. Marie-Cécile’s interview explores her education experience in the US and in other countries, her family memories, and her refusal to identify as an immigrant.

***This interview is restricted to the University of Maryland College Park's campus. For more information, contact the Center for Global Migration Studies (globalmigration@umd.edu).***

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST465 (Spring 2024). This course was led by Professor Anne Rush of the Department of History, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies.

Creator

Dora-Marie Groelsema

Publisher

Center for Global Migration Studies

Date

March 11, 2024

Contributor

Marjorie Antonio

Rights

The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

Format

mp4, PDF

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Dora-Marie Groelsema

Interviewee

Marie-Cécile Groelsema

Location

New Carrollton, Prince George’s County, Maryland, U.S.A.