What’s in a Name: letter to my friend
What’s in a Name: letter to my friend
Dear Sheriff,
Good morning from somewhere between Beijing (China) and Dubai on board this Emirates flight EK 307, as I journey...
Without regulations guiding the process: Gambian authorities issue diplomatic passports to non-Gambians
By Binta Jarju
Gambian authorities have issued the national diplomatic passport widely known as the ‘red book’ to non-citizens without any justification, with 5,395 unaccounted passports - 1959...
A Nation in Crisis: Gambian Youth Lost at Sea, a Call for Urgent Action
By Yahya Sonko
Migration Activist
Gambia European Centre For Jobs Migration & Development Agency
Sixty-two young Gambians are reported missing at sea, feared dead. These words, though devastating, have become...
To the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
OPINION
By Yahya Sonko, Migration & Human Right Activist
To the International Organization for Migration (IOM),
As a dedicated supporter of your mission to end human trafficking, I commend the...
A Journey Across America, 31 States out of 50: Dream Coming Through!
Travel
By Sainey MK Marenah
As someone who immigrated from The Gambia, I've had the amazing opportunity to travel to 31 out of the 50 states in the U.S....
The Covert Battles of a Black Immigrant in Sweden: Social Capital, Sex Work, and...
By: Mustapha Paragon Sonko
I used to ardently believe in the adage that our eyes can never see our ears, but that was a pre-Sweden Mustapha. In Sweden,...
REFLECTIONS: Struggling With Patience? Be A Traveler.
TRAVEL
REFLECTIONS
Struggling With Patience? Be A Traveler.
By Cherno Baba Jallow
‘’So, what were you doing in England?" The Dutch immigration official asked me. This was back in 2007. I...
In My Grandmother’s Village: A Dispatch From Fouta, Guinea
TRAVEL
Dispatch From Fouta, Guinea
In My Grandmother’s Village
By Cherno Baba Jallow
December, 2016
I am in my maternal grandmother’s village of Djoungol, Dalein, north-central Guinea. I have been here for...
In The Company Of Relatives, And For The First Time
TRAVEL
By Cherno Baba Jallow
A day before I visited my maternal grandfather’s village of Hamdalaye in Dalein, north-central Guinea, I was swept up in a whirlwind of apprehensiveness....