Hung Land

Bakari was born a slave in Gambia and found himself at age 18 on a boat in the middle of the Mediterranean. Like his, 14 other voices recount what they went through to get to Europe.

What does it mean to leave one's home and head for unknown destinations? What does it feel like to be swept away by an uncontrollable current? Every year, millions of people in Africa leave their homes in search of a better future. Often they settle in neighboring countries; all too often they reach Libyan shores and attempt the sea crossing. But at that point there is no return; there is only moving on.