
Bed 26: A Memoir of an African Man’s Asylum in the United States
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Narrado por:
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Michael Goodrick
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Edafe Okporo
My life, as you will listen, has taken me from one place to another. Bed 26 is the story of how I fought my way out of constant persecution and reclaimed my freedom. It is my hope that by sharing my experience and my pain, you will begin to understand why people are forced to immigrate.
This is a revealing memoir and empowering manifesto, with contributions from other asylees, refugees, and Nigerian LGBTQ persons. Nong Richie was born in Nigeria and came of age in another United States. Nigeria, his home country, became an estrange world. He was continually persecuted by mob, and living in Nigeria soon became a personal nightmare of constant mob attacks and deaths of his friends to HIV. Nong escaped into the world of his mind from the expository details of the war he suffered as a child and high-profile attacks against himself and other gay Nigerians. Every detail of his personal life became public, and the realities of an inherently unlawful society emerged with every script of this book. The detention center packaged his trauma as a bombshell, hijacking his image and identity, and making profit from every night he spent in it.
Bed 26 is his raw, honest, and poignant account - a no-holds-barred, pull-no-punches account for the persecution of him and his community. He was a fearless activist and an unstoppable force for change, who was determined to expose the truth.
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Sharing his stories makes the book really interesting and easy to read, His fight for equality is not for himself only but all.
This is an eye opening book to help understand how courage works to create a better world for all. A MUST READ!!!
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COURAGEOUS AND MOVING
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Fascinating and beautifully told!
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Mary Oliver
Activism and Courageousness
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Thank you
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Excellent & Moving
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Quite a journey. Edafe clearly demonstrates that many asylum seekers would much prefer to stay in the country they were born in than have to flee in fear for their lives.
Through ‘letters’ and other testimonies, the reader learns about the experiences of others, not only Edafe.
An inspiring book of courage and perseverance written in an authentic voice and urging on the fight for equality and acceptance of people who are different.
Authentic and encouraging
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Michael is an eloquent narrator, I encourage everyone from any background to listen to Edafe story of grit and inspiration!
An exceptional true life story
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The narrative was sometimes confusing as Edafe jumped back and forth in Time and from Nigeria to the U.S.A. Perhaps he could have combined the related material and connected what was happening here in detention and elsewhere with specifics of his Life back in Nigeria.
Edafe is to be commended and admired and respected for having gone through all of that which happened to him and still land with his two feet on the ground and adjusting as well as he is doing to his new Life here.
Eye Opening
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Absolutely Exceptional!
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Understanding each other is important
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