Here are various resources that have given me and my students a better understanding of global migration. Some are specifically literary, and others provide more demographic and sociological background. If you run into anything else that you think would be helpful, please let me know on the feedback page!
- Dohra
1. general
- Global Migration Info, an amazing visual-based site that I've spent hours perusing
- People Mov.in, another incredible resource for getting a global overview
- country-by-country case studies, invaluable for getting a deeper background on a specific country (origin as well as destination)
2. literary
- Words Without Borders Campus resource page (includes links and suggestions for lots of migration-themed literature)
- audio of Warsan Shire reading her poem “Home”
- audio of Louise Bennett reading "Colonisation in Reverse" (starts at 4:35)
- video of Linton Kwesi Johnson reading "Inglan is a Bitch" at the Def Poetry Jam
- animation/audio of Ziggy Marley reading Claude McKay's "Tropics in New York"
- Lisa Harewood's Barrel Stories project, including 16-minute film "Auntie" as well as oral histories
- audio of Robert Hayden reading "Middle Passage" (click on the red "play" button)
- video of NourbeSe Philip reading from Zong!
- video of Earl Lovelace reading "Joebell and America"
- video for K'naan's song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)," from the Hamilton Mixtape
- the lyrics to "Immigrants"
- Dohra
1. general
- Global Migration Info, an amazing visual-based site that I've spent hours perusing
- People Mov.in, another incredible resource for getting a global overview
- country-by-country case studies, invaluable for getting a deeper background on a specific country (origin as well as destination)
2. literary
- Words Without Borders Campus resource page (includes links and suggestions for lots of migration-themed literature)
- audio of Warsan Shire reading her poem “Home”
- audio of Louise Bennett reading "Colonisation in Reverse" (starts at 4:35)
- video of Linton Kwesi Johnson reading "Inglan is a Bitch" at the Def Poetry Jam
- animation/audio of Ziggy Marley reading Claude McKay's "Tropics in New York"
- Lisa Harewood's Barrel Stories project, including 16-minute film "Auntie" as well as oral histories
- audio of Robert Hayden reading "Middle Passage" (click on the red "play" button)
- video of NourbeSe Philip reading from Zong!
- video of Earl Lovelace reading "Joebell and America"
- video for K'naan's song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)," from the Hamilton Mixtape
- the lyrics to "Immigrants"