African Feminist Movements Are Holding the Line Against a Global Backlash
African feminist movements have spent decades doing something harder: building durable, community-rooted resistance in contexts where backlash was never subtle to begin with.
Internal Migration is Reshaping Identity and Language Among Nigerian Children
These experiences reflect a growing reality for many Nigerians born far away from their ancestral homes. Internal migration, which means the movement of people from one state or region to another, has reshaped identities, languages and cultural belonging for millions of families.
“They Showed Me I Was Not Alone”: The African Religious Communities Sustaining New Migrants
On a chilly winter evening in Berlin, 34-year-old Chinedu Okafor found himself alone in a cramped...
Migration Misinformation: What Newsrooms Are Getting All Wrong
The media landscape is once again filled with conversations about migration, policy changes, deportations, xenophobia and migration-related crises. Migrants are yet again plunged into conversations that could change their lives, with little to no agency from creators, influencers, or established news institutions, who often turn migration news into viral content aimed at clicks and rage-baiting.
Jamel Buhari: The Unrecognized Complexities of Queer Migration
Jamel Buhari is an Amsterdam-based Dutch-Ghanaian researcher and community organizer. He is currently finalizing his PhD...
The WhatsApp Group Helping Nigerians in Canada Find Therapy and Connect With Home
The WhatsApp group (Nigerian Canadian Life) was created by Adebanke Falade, a communications specialist, on March 10, 2024. It evolved from Twitter Spaces, which Falade began holding in 2022 after relocating to Canada. The group educates, shares job tips & opportunities with newcomers.
Funding Cuts: The Rising Decline in Africa's Global Talent
According to NAFSA, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy and supported 378,175 jobs during the 2023-2024 academic year. This revenue is generated from international students paying full tuition, which helps keep tuition lower for domestic students.
Call for Applications: Reporting Internal Displacements in Africa
The second cohort of Diaspora Africa's Migration Media Hub will center on Reporting Internal Displacements in Nigeria, in collaboration with IOM Nigeria and the Embassy of Sweden in Abuja. We invite writers and journalists to apply. The training is established to support a new breed of young journalists across Africa.
Denied: The Hidden Toll of Visa Rejections on African Travellers
But beyond this administrative hurdle lies the financial toll especially for Africans. As of March 2025, a standard EU Schengen visa fee was pegged at €110, (from last year's €90) but additional costs such as travel insurance, biometric fees, transportation to embassies, and courier charges can bump up expenses to nearly double the official fee in a single attempt.
Reflection: Towards a Trauma-Informed Journalism in Migration Reporting
Migration discourse is often clouded with the subjects of adults who make their own decisions on migration. Most times, unconsciously, children are left behind in migration conversations, especially in cases of forced migration.