On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

In the memoir North to Paradise, Ousman Umar tells the story of his migration from rural Ghana to urban Europe, a five-year journey that took him across 11 countries. These years are so eventful and rife with suffering that just one could be a book unto itself: Ousman is exploited in Accra; abandoned without water […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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