Wings of a Bird

African migrants' stories: Nigerian slave now in the UK - BBC News
Baba was an orphan in Niger who had been kept as a slave all his life. He was often beaten by his master. He finally escaped from his village on a donkey and made his way to the Ivory Coast, and from there to the UK.
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The journey took about two weeks. I knew it was coming to an end when I looked out and saw white people. I got off by going down the gangway again.
I was happy, but still worried because I did not know where I was. I did not know what would happen. I could hear people speaking, but I could not understand their language - although some of it was familiar from what I had heard in Abidjan.
Then I found a train and took it to central London. I did not pay for the train, I just got on - as I had done with the boat.
I went to try and find a place with black people. A man told me to take the bus to Woolwich. In Woolwich, I met this guy Ede. He gave me somewhere to stay and found a job for me. ...
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