“It’s not glamorous; it’s back-breaking, but that’s what I do now—graveyard shifts. It pays the bills,” said James (not his real name) during a weekend drinking session with friends on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia.
It was one of the few nights he was off work from his warehouse job.
James is among African immigrants in the United States who have taken jobs outside their professional fields to make a living.
Some are trained doctors, teachers, lawyers and other professionals who end up working as taxi drivers, cleaners, carers and warehouse workers.
A Tanzanian woman, whose identity was not disclosed, shared her experience on the Instagram page of diasporaTz, an online platform focused on Tanzanians living in North America.
