“My Parents Depend on Me for Rent”: Black Tax is Hammering the Luxury of International Education
For many African students abroad, black tax is not just a financial obligation—it is a quiet battle against exhaustion, guilt, and the ever-present fear of failure. The burden of being the family's economic backbone while juggling academic expectations.
The Mobility Photobook: Archiving Somali & Its Diasporic Legacies through Gender
Over time, Somali Sideways has developed into a multidimensional project that has also seen other publications, such as Somali Sideways: Photobook in Changing Perceptions of the Somalis and Somali Sideways: Women Stories, highlighting the vital roles women in Somali communities play.
Surviving Uganda's Anti-Gay Law While Outed, Exiled, & Mourning
Uganda's anti gay law has some of the strictest punishments for being gay and for gay organising (activism and creating community for gay people) in the world. With punishments as severe as life imprisonment for "engaging in acts of homosexuality" and 20 years jail time for "promoting homosexuality",
When VISA Inequality Hinders Cultural Mobility: “Art Knows No Bounds” Until It Reaches the Border
Who “deserves” to travel, to move, to emigrate? While the migration debate keeps on revolving around ‘illegalised’ travel to Europe, those who attempt to move 'legally' face ever-increasing visa constraints. The current visa system can be described as a form of “global apartheid”.
How Misinformation Fuelled Anti-Immigration Protests in the UK
According to Global reports, the anti-immigration protest in the UK fuelled by misinformation is the worst public disorder the country has had to deal with in over a decade.