Adama Bah
Adama Bah (she/her) is an immigrant rights advocate and works with the African Bureau of Immigrant and Social Affairs. She came to the U.S. in 1990, at the age of two. She lived in the States and attended public schools. Then, at 16, her whole world changed. The FBI raided her apartment and handcuffed her, along with her father. She was detained and told she was “illegal.” Her father was deported. Adama was allowed to stay but forced to drop out of school and support her family. Now Adama tells her story.