Thanks to China’s confused visa system, many African traders, in particular Nigerians, are turning from successful businesspeople to illegal immigrants overnight, writes Sam Piranty in an article first published in Think Africa Press Guangzhou, China: Over a cup of rather… Continue Reading
In a feature for Think Africa Press, grant-recipient Sam Piranty discovers a city of impermanence, populated by traders who call boats, aeroplanes and trains home. At about five o’clock every morning outside the Don Franc hotel in the Xiaobei Lu… Continue Reading
“We Malians are all over the World, not just in Bamako” Undeterred by the pouring rain, Guangzhou’s 648 registered Malians insist on making their votes count. Sam Piranty reports for Think Africa Press