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In The Gambia, migration and remittances have become society’s measure of success and failure. Through the lives of young people, we see the emotional and financial costs of staying behind, the expectations placed on those who leave, and what it means to return home after an unsuccessful attempt to migrate.

In the 1970s, a Nigerian radio cleric built a pipeline between northern Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, sending young men in search of a purified Islam. The returnees would go on to transform how millions practised their faith and unsettle the society around them.

In 1967, Afro-Palestinian Fatima Bernawi became the first woman to be arrested by the Israeli Occupation Forces after planting explosives in a theatre frequented by Israeli soldiers. Though sentenced to life, she was released ten years later, continuing to fight for Palestinian nationhood.

From missionary classrooms in Ibadan to music stages in Dublin, the story of Nigerians in Ireland stretches further back and runs deeper than many realize.