The Resource Asylum : a memoir & manifesto, Edafe Okporo
Asylum : a memoir & manifesto, Edafe Okporo
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- Summary
- "A poignant, moving memoir and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist Edafe Okporo. On the eve of Edafe Okporo's twenty-sixth birthday, he was awoken to a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria. The mob threatened his life after discovering the secret Edafe had been hiding for years--that he is a gay man. Left with no other choice, he purchased a one-way plane ticket to New York City and fled for his life. Though America had always been painted to him as a land of freedom and opportunity, it was anything but when he arrived just days before the tumultuous 2016 Presidential Election. Edafe would go on to spend the next six months at an immigration detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After navigating the confusing, often draconian, US immigration and legal system, he was finally granted asylum. But he would soon realize that America is exceptionally good at keeping people locked up but is seriously lacking in integrating freed refugees into society. Asylum is Edafe's eye-opening, thought-provoking memoir and manifesto, which documents his experiences growing up gay in Nigeria, fleeing to America, navigating the immigration system, and making a life for himself as a Black, gay immigrant. Alongside his personal story is a blaring call to action--not only for immigration reform but for a just immigration system for refugees everywhere. This book imagines a future where immigrants and asylees are treated with fairness, transparency, and compassion. It aims to help us understand that home is not just where you feel safe and welcome but also how you can make it feel safe and welcome for others"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- vii, 211 pages
- Contents
-
- Growing up (and coming out) in Nigeria
- Becoming a refugee and claiming asylum
- Being a new immigrant in America
- Being a Black gay man in America
- Faith in America and West Africa
- The courage to lead around the world
- Risking it all for freedom
- Isbn
- 9781982183745
- Label
- Asylum : a memoir & manifesto
- Title
- Asylum
- Title remainder
- a memoir & manifesto
- Statement of responsibility
- Edafe Okporo
- Title variation
- Memoir and manifesto
- Subject
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- Political refugees -- Nigeria -- Biography
- trueUnited States
- Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- United States
- Asylum, Right of -- United States
- Autobiographies
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States
- trueGay activists
- trueGay men
- Gay men -- Nigeria -- Biography
- Homophobia -- Nigeria -- Biography
- trueHuman rights activists
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueImmigration and emigration law
- trueImmigration policy
- trueLGBTQIA people
- trueNigeria
- Nigerians -- United States -- Biography
- Okporo, Edafe
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A poignant, moving memoir and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist Edafe Okporo. On the eve of Edafe Okporo's twenty-sixth birthday, he was awoken to a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria. The mob threatened his life after discovering the secret Edafe had been hiding for years--that he is a gay man. Left with no other choice, he purchased a one-way plane ticket to New York City and fled for his life. Though America had always been painted to him as a land of freedom and opportunity, it was anything but when he arrived just days before the tumultuous 2016 Presidential Election. Edafe would go on to spend the next six months at an immigration detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After navigating the confusing, often draconian, US immigration and legal system, he was finally granted asylum. But he would soon realize that America is exceptionally good at keeping people locked up but is seriously lacking in integrating freed refugees into society. Asylum is Edafe's eye-opening, thought-provoking memoir and manifesto, which documents his experiences growing up gay in Nigeria, fleeing to America, navigating the immigration system, and making a life for himself as a Black, gay immigrant. Alongside his personal story is a blaring call to action--not only for immigration reform but for a just immigration system for refugees everywhere. This book imagines a future where immigrants and asylees are treated with fairness, transparency, and compassion. It aims to help us understand that home is not just where you feel safe and welcome but also how you can make it feel safe and welcome for others"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
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- 11064442
- Cataloging source
- YDX
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- Okporo, Edafe
- Dewey number
- 305.9/06912
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DT515.83.O397
- LC item number
- A3 2022
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Okporo, Edafe
- Asylum, Right of
- Asylum, Right of
- Emigration and immigration law
- Political refugees
- Immigrants
- Nigerians
- Gay men
- Homophobia
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- a memoir & manifesto
- Label
- Asylum : a memoir & manifesto, Edafe Okporo
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- Contents
- Growing up (and coming out) in Nigeria -- Becoming a refugee and claiming asylum -- Being a new immigrant in America -- Being a Black gay man in America -- Faith in America and West Africa -- The courage to lead around the world -- Risking it all for freedom
- Control code
- on1281587739
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- vii, 211 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982183745
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1281587739
- Label
- Asylum : a memoir & manifesto, Edafe Okporo
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Growing up (and coming out) in Nigeria -- Becoming a refugee and claiming asylum -- Being a new immigrant in America -- Being a Black gay man in America -- Faith in America and West Africa -- The courage to lead around the world -- Risking it all for freedom
- Control code
- on1281587739
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- vii, 211 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982183745
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1281587739
Subject
- Political refugees -- Nigeria -- Biography
- trueUnited States
- Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- United States
- Asylum, Right of -- United States
- Autobiographies
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States
- trueGay activists
- trueGay men
- Gay men -- Nigeria -- Biography
- Homophobia -- Nigeria -- Biography
- trueHuman rights activists
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- trueImmigration and emigration
- trueImmigration and emigration law
- trueImmigration policy
- trueLGBTQIA people
- trueNigeria
- Nigerians -- United States -- Biography
- Okporo, Edafe
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