Whenwe

The term whenwe is a derogatory term used to describe former British settlers or expatriates, known to talk nostalgically about their former homes in colonial Africa, i.e.: "when we lived in..." (the origin of the term). The original 'whenwes' came from eastern Africa, mostly Kenya. Being largely of colonial origin, they went back to the United Kingdom or moved South to Rhodesia in the early 1960s.

The next wave of 'whenwes' was from 1980, around the time of Zimbabwe's independence, and thousands of white Zimbabweans moved to South Africa, especially to Natal.^[1][2][3]

References

1. ^ "Rhodie oldies". New Internationalist. 1985. http://www.newint.org/issue155/briefly.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-29. 
2. ^ Donald G. McNeil Jr (1998-11-29). "A Nibble of Caledonia in Africa, page 2 of". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EFDA1E30F93AA15752C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2008-11-14. 
3. ^ Peter Farrell-Vinay (2003). "When Wees". Hackwriters. http://www.hackwriters.com/PoorAfrica.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-29.