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It is not easy for me to speak about migration. I’ve never actually gone out of my country.

I was born in Cote d’Ivoire, in Abidjan, where I grew up together with may parents and brothers till I was 12. The memories of my childhood are tied to palm-trees, to the flavour and taste of fish from the Ocean and to the skyscrapers of this huge capital town. Then we went back to Burkina Faso, to a small village called Tangaye; later on I studied in Fadà and then in the capital Ouagadougou. I was 12 when I met my husband and 7 months later I already was here in Faenza, where I started working and where I got my diploma. I actually had a baby while I still attended school. Everybody was very kind to me and helpful, my parents-in-law, my husband, my class-mates and even my teachers. When the time came I was allowed to use the Teachers’ Room to feed my baby!

Now I’m studying at Modena University and working in Forlì. I’ve travelled to France, Switzerland, Prague. I needed visas, documents to move from one place to another. Yet, I’ll say it again, I’ve never gone out of my county : I AM A WORLD CITIZEN.

Jeannette Mikuela was born in Abidjan, Burkina Faso, in 1978. She lives in Faenza, is married and has got two children.

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