Your Journey Around The World Starts Here
Journey to Nowhere is the story of Maria, a teenage African girl who was deceptively taken to Europe for prostitution.
She was forced to the street few days after she arrived in Italy through the Mediterranean Sea.
Out there in the cold streets of Italy, she met other teenage girls who were also tricked into the same line of work.
Together, they suffered under the rain and sun, sleeping with numerous strangers while they received as low as 10 Euros in return.
The unfortunate thing was the ability of their Madams to put fear into them.
They were told that one deity or the other would kill them if they as much as thought about running away.
As a result, they were subject to all kinds of hardship in Italy.
“Tell me everything you have been doing since you came to Europe” Austin said. I didn’t remember how many times he had asked for that information in the past but right there, i felt it was time to open up … Continued
“Tell me everything you have been doing since you came to Europe” Austin said. I didn’t remember how many times he had asked for that information in the past but right there, i felt it was time to open up … Continued
The following day, we set out for Ghana. We were four of us; three teenage girls and Aunty Pamela who was leading us. At the borders, she told the authorities that she was taking us to teach us how to … Continued
Arlit was a large town North of Agadez. That was the next place we found ourselves. The next man who came to pick us up was from Libya. He was light skinned like the Europeans and spoke French too. I … Continued
Nkem was an Igbo girl. I met her in Tripoli on my way to Italy in 1999. She was stranded in Libya and didn’t know how to go back home. Nina and I were out in the street one day … Continued
“You Ghana?” The male voice shouted from the half open door of my cell. He had knocked before unlocking it, it was the next morning. “No, Nigeria” I said. He kept his gaze at me and repeated, “Nigeria. Nigeria. Nigeria. … Continued
Life in a Libyan prison became unbearable just after a day. My life had changed to something else. The day we came in, we were shown around by a female Prison officer. And we had believed things were not too … Continued
“Dear Allah, if you are really a God, strike me down through the power of this book. I am tired of this life and what it has given me. I don’t want to continue leaving in this condition. Please give … Continued
Jasmine walked with me to the dining hall when we heard the bell. She spoke good English with a beautiful and clear accent. Before we met, i had never known or heard about any Country called Eritrea. Not that i … Continued
But she returned. Nina was brought back into the facility after four whole days. She looked pale but it was better than not seeing her at all. Two days after they took her, it dawned on me that nobody from … Continued