Pracademic at Lancaster University studying the political economy of natural resources in West Africa | Sierra Leonean | husband & dad | Views are mine.https://bsky.app/profile/fmc1.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fmc1.bsky.social/post/3lw4m2ngkgc2rThis essay reflects on my experience traveling for research across West Africa. “As a West African seeking to move freely within my own region, I was subjected to extortion, while non-Africans enjoyed the very freedom that should inherently be ours”. @ecowas.bsky.social https://rpublc.com/august-september-2025/travelling-around-west-africa/11 Aug 2025 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:pjy4kuvqsooabtmfuumgsiws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw4m2ngkgc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fmc1.bsky.social/post/3lfmqdy7za22jExcited to share our new paper: we reveal that artisanal miners making the transition from the mines to other forms of livelihoods in Sierra Leone are often “stuck in transition”, as they are neither gainfully engaged in mining, nor in agriculture https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214790X24002004?dgcid=coauthor13 Jan 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:pjy4kuvqsooabtmfuumgsiws/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmqdy7za22j