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How Africa’s Unending Migration Crisis Strips Human Dignity

Photo credit: IOM blog Across Africa, individuals migrate in search of employment and stability from one region to another, seeking readily available opportunities. African Liberty reports that as these movements occur, migrants travel without documentation or legal protection, which exposes them to dangers, including coercion, abuse, and trafficking. A recent article published by Diplomatic Courier highlights irregular migration…

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Stephanie Comilang explores migrant labour and global mobility

Photo credit: hr2 kultur In her work, Stephanie Comilang engages themes of labour, technology and postcolonial entanglement in the context of global mobility. Artdaily reports that she combined documentary footage, fictional elements and personal narratives. She describes her films as “science fiction documents”. In “Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso” (Come to Me, Paradise) (2017, 26 min),…

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Insensitivity! – Adewale Sobowale

That the government of Nigeria is insensitive to the people’s feelings is an obvious understatement. Daylight armed robbery and petty stealing are going on in Ogun and Lagos States as I’m typing this. Yet the authorities hardly have any response. By the way, the states are on lockdown because of COVID 19. Methinks locking people…

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Hot Air! – Adewale Sobowale

Mr Buhari’s speech could at the very best be described as being full of hot air! Personally, I see the sixty-paragraph address as a waste of precious time. It doesn’t have anything that’s substantially new. In the fourth paragraph, the president even says, ‘As your democratically elected leaders,…’ Must that fact be emphasized at these…

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Our Duties! – Adewale Sobowale

What are those things we ought to have done that we’re failing to do? What are those things we ought not to have done that have become kárí ilé, asọ oní súgà for us? Do we belong to political parties? How much do we pay as membership fees? These questions are fundamental because if we…

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