Tag: <span>#RefugeeVoice</span>

The power of self-representation in challenging stereotypical representations of refugees

I told them that a refugee is simply someone who is trying to make a home. (JJ Bola, 2018, 2:26) [20] In his poem, JJ Bola pictures refugees as simple and human as in that quote, contrary to how refugees are often represented in on- and offline mainstream media. As …

Self-representation of refugees – How does it exist in today’s digital media world?

“I remember when we first stepped off the plane. Everything was foreign. Unfamiliar. Uninviting. Even the air in my lungs left me short of breath. We came here to find refuge. They called us refugees […]”. (JJ Bola, 2018) JJ Bola came as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the …