Having lived in both Zambia and Britain, Tchiyiwe Chihana is aware of the difficulties faced by first- and second-generation immigrants. As managing director of Yorkshire-based African Voices Platform, she has strived to ensure that the diaspora remains well-informed and well-connected to the country they now live in.
The Prisma series “Journalists and Immigrants in the UK.
Multiculture
Neurodiversity and resilience: The story of an immigrant
Ana Ramos arrived in London from Colombia when she was eleven. She quickly felt at home but would discover she had ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia years after having to retake her A-levels twice. With her diagnoses, she graduated from university and has worked as a paralegal and across the civil […]
Colombian immigrant now a bastion for ethnic minorities
Karina Cruz left behind all she knew in Colombia when she arrived in London as an eleven-year-old in the nineties. She was shy, scared to speak English, and bullied at school. Now, she is a community leader and a respected voice in Lambeth Council. But it didn’t come easy and […]
Journalism vs. violence toward migrant and BME women
Migrant Women Press (MWP) is launching a powerful new initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the specific and often overlooked challenges faced by migrant and ethnically diverse women victims/survivors of gender-based violence. Juliana da Penha* As part of the upcoming International Campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based […]
Diaspora: through the Darién towards death
Immigrants are being swallowed up by the jungle and Panama is witness to this. So far in 2024, a total of 284,838 undocumented migrants have crossed through the jungle, mostly Venezuelans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, Chinese and Haitians. Hundreds of them have died in 2024. According to the Panamanian migration authorities, […]
















