Migration Stories

Migration Stories

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Migration Stories episodes

  • Breaking the Silence: Kiru’s Story

    Kiru doesn’t like to talk about what happened when she left. It’s personal, painful, and, above all, nobody’s business. But when she overhears other girls in her village falling into the same trap, she has no choice but to speak out.


    This podcast, narrated by a voice actor, is based on the real-life story of a trafficking survivor, shared with IOM.


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    6 min
  • Le poids de la responsabilité

    À seulement 16 ans, Oumar perd son père et devient l'homme de la maison. Prenant la lourde responsabilité de s'occuper de sa mère et de sa sœur, il saisit une opportunité professionnelle qui le mène du Mali à la Libye. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu. Après des années de souffrance et de désillusion, il retourne chez lui et se rend compte que sa présence est tout aussi essentielle. Il devient l'homme qu'il était destiné à être.


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    8 min
  • The Girl Mechanic

    Imma loves cars and works as a mechanic in a workshop in Lagos. She’s unbothered by what others think about a woman in this field because she knows exactly what she wants — and what she doesn’t. Promises were made to her, too good to be true. After a perilous journey, she’s found herself here, and she’s grateful to be alive to share her story.


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    6 min
  • The Witness

    Awa is a survivor of modern-day exploitation. Originally from Mopti, in northern Mali, she bravely testifies in a criminal court in Bamako against the man she once called her uncle — the very person who deceived her into a trafficking scheme. Awa chose justice.

    Listen to her powerful, real-life story, recorded by IOM Mali and interpreted by a voice actor.


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    11 min
  • Episode 1: Using improvisational theatre to discuss irregular migration with teenagers in The Gambia

    João Pedro Martins is a Ph.D. Candidate and lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His interest in migration reaches from social cohesion, the difficulties of integration in host communities until LGBTI+ migration and migration policy. Apart  from   conducting research, João is also a Junior Consultant with vast experience and know how in the development of (online) learning tools.  

    He’s supported the IOM Regional Office for West and Central Africa and the IOM Offices in Nigeria and The Gambia   with   the development of a wide range of tools and guidance. These include the online RCCE course in response to COVID-19, a guide for community dialogue and a Journalist Toolkit. 

    In this podcast, João speaks about a project he designed for IOM The Gambia. Following field research with youth in semi-urban areas, he designed The Backway Improvisational Theatre’.It’s an interactive game-like activity for teenagers implemented in schools and facilitated by returnees. For more info on the game and how to use it, visit the dedicated page on Yenna.


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    16 min
  • Episode 2: Why taking the Backway isn’t a matter of individualist thinking

    Dr Elia Vitturini is a post-doctoral researcher, trained in socio-anthropology

    at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy. 


    In this second episode of the Research Series podcast, Elia Vitturini speaks about the ethnographic fieldwork him and his team led in The Gambia. He explains the complex phenomenon called “The Backway” and how, when it comes to migration, the decision to  leave is rarely  perceived as an  individual driver. His research changes the focus from the individual to the family, the community, and beyond.

    Elia’s research experience includes several fieldworks in Somaliland since 2011,

    where he studied youth activism and political party members and their participation
    in political processes related to state-building. After his Ph.D., he also extended his
    research interests to the study of marginalized minorities and dynamics of social
    stratification in Somali territories. 


    As part of the MigChoice project, Elia Vitturini worked with Professor  
    Alice Bellagamba and Doctor Ebrima Ceesay to better understand migration patterns in the Gambia linked to development interventions, through an historical perspective and in-depth observation of local development practices.


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    16 min
  • Français: L´entrepreneuriat agricole et la formation professionnelle comme alternative valable à la migration en Guinée

    Dans ce premier épisode de la série de podcasts de recherche de l’OIM, la Docteure

    Ester Somparé et le Docteur Abdoulaye Somparé partagent les résultats de leurs
    recherches sur est dynamiques  migratoires  à  Kankan, en Guinée. Parlant des perspectives  prometteuses  de  l’entreprenariat agricole et de la formation professionnelle, ces chercheurs expérimentés jettent un éclairage nouveau sur la
    manière dont les jeunes réussissent chez eux aujourd'hui. 


    La Dr Ester Botta Somparé est anthropologue et maîtresse de conférences à l'Université Kofi Annan et à l'Université Julius Nyere de Kankan, toutes deux en Guinée. Originaire d'Italie, elle vit à Kankan, dans l’Est de la Guinée depuis plus de dix ans et a participé à plusieurs projets de recherche sur la migration des jeunes, à la fois avec des acteurs universitaires et du développement. Son statut à la fois de migrante et de chercheure locale en Guinée donne à ses expériences de recherche une perspective unique.


    Le Dr Abdoulaye Wotem Somparé est sociologue et vice-recteur à l'Université Julius
    Nyerere de Kankan, en Guinée. Abdoulaye est guinéen et est spécialisé en sociologie du travail. Il a fondé avec un groupe de collègues la Faculté des Sciences Sociales de l'Université de Kofi Annan, qu'il a dirigée pendant plusieurs années jusqu'en 2017. Il occupe désormais le poste de Vice-Recteur à l'Université Julius de Kankan. En plus de ses responsabilités académiques, il est également consultant régulier pour l'Organisation   mondiale de la Santé  (OMS), avec laquelle il a commencé à collaborer depuis l'épidémie d'Ebola en Afrique de l'Ouest.


    Ester Botta Somparé et Abdoulaye Wotem Somparé participent au projet
    MigChoice, une collaboration entre l'OIM, l’Université de Birmingham, et plusieurs universités de la région, financée par le gouvernement britannique.


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    33 min

About Migration Stories

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Migration Stories brings you powerful true stories of victims of trafficking, as recorded by IOM Mali. First created in 2020, this podcast series shares the resilience, courage, and lessons of individuals who faced exploitation and found a path forward.