Adama Bah
Adama Bah is an immigrant rights advocate, and the founder of the Afrikana community center in Harlem, which helps connect asylum seekers with vital services. She has been at the forefront of NYC’s current migrant crisis, welcoming and supporting the newest New Yorkers at Port Authority. Adama came to the United States in 1990, at the age of two. She grew up in the States and attended public schools. Then, at the age of sixteen, her whole world changed. Law enforcement 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 in the United States, but she was forced to drop out of school and support her family. Now Adama tells her own story in order to call attention to the plight of others like her.