Fofana is 23 years old and he has lost the last year of his life in Dutch prisons. As a boy he left Bamako and his family behind and went to his uncle in New York, Brooklyn. Later he lived in Montreal.
Almost a year ago he wanted to visit Italy, with a ticket via Amsterdam [...]

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Fafana is almost 1 year in prison,  after his asylum request has been denied. He is in detentioncomplex Alphen aan den Rijn.  He has seen too many Dutch prisons. And he was among the first to go on hungerstrike after the brutal repression of their protest of Block L at Schiphol Oost, on February 18th. [...]

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A bird doesn’t sing because it has a message. It sings because it has a song.
Papa Kane was always there
Cooking and sharing, being here
with us
in the Radio
in The Blue House
with Papa Sakho
and Jo
and Irene
and Alessio
and Tati
and Jaromil
and all guests of M2M Radio
or Radio Ruisriet in those days
And then,  suddenly,  Papa Kane disappeared.
He [...]

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