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Felix Marco Conteh
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Pracademic at Lancaster University studying the political economy of natural resources in West Africa | Sierra Leonean | husband & dad | Views are mine.
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Felix Marco Conteh @fmc1.bsky.social · Aug 11
This 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
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The Hidden Cost of Travelling Around 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.
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fmc1.bsky.social
Felix Marco Conteh @fmc1.bsky.social · Aug 11
This 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
rpublc.com/august-septe...
The Hidden Cost of Travelling Around 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.
rpublc.com
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Felix Marco Conteh @fmc1.bsky.social · Jan 13
Excited 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 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Stuck in transition? Artisanal mining, livelihood diversification and rural change in Sierra Leone
In mineral-rich regions of Sierra Leone, the diversification of livelihood portfolios is widespread, and rural communities have long pursued complex a…
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