Getting into journalism in the UK was a challenge, especially for not being born in this country. But Baillor Jalloh was determined and wanted to tell stories authentically. He co-founded African Voices Platform, a new media hub where Africans both at home and abroad can see hemselves reflected in the stories being told about life on the continent.
Multiculture
A Spanish media for the Spanish-speaking diaspora in the UK
Paco de la Coba, a Spanish journalist, arrived in the UK at the age of 23 and noticed that the Spanish diaspora did not have its own newspaper, as was the case with the Brazilian, Indian, Polish or Chinese diaspora. So he decided to launch El Ibérico, which celebrates its […]
From Colombia to the UK: a mental health journey
Nancy Liscano has more than 20 years of experience working with Latin American immigrants in the mental health field. Originally from Colombia, her journey was marked by socio-political violence and today, working with different NGOs, she provides comprehensive therapeutic support to families in the diaspora. Her commitment, training and solidarity have marked her experience in the United Kingdom.
Multiculturalism: a social process and a political weapon
Immigrants did not cause the economic crisis, they spend most of their time trying to survive, in some cases after being forced to flee their homelands as refugees. Their main concern is sending money home to feed their families and saving for their own return. Monica del Pilar Uribe […]
A transient shadow in London’s underside
She travelled from the Middle East when she was fifteen. She’s now twenty-eight, and has lived under the immigration radar in London ever since. Steve Latham She came, she told me, by truck, train, car, van and boat, all the way. She was a victim of, what we […]