Whenwe

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The term whenwe describes former British settlers or expatriates, usually white, known to talk constantly and nostalgically about their former homes in colonial Africa, ie: "when we lived in...". The original 'whenwes' came from eastern Africa, mostly Kenya. Being largely of colonial origin, they went back to the United Kingdom or moved down to Rhodesia in the early 1960s.

The next wave of 'whenwes' was from 1980 around the time of Zimbabwe's independence, and thousands of whites moved to South Africa, especially to Natal. At first well liked because they worked hard, 'whenwes' soon became disliked for always talking about the life they had left behind in Ian Smith's Rhodesia[1].

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  1. ^ Rhodie oldies. New Internationalist (1985). Retrieved on 2007-10-29.