Níl táirgí sa chiseán agat
As told by Ibrahima Balde, written by Amets Arzallus Antia, translated to Irish by Séamus Mac Conmidhe.
Ibrahima grew up in Guinea in grinding poverty. He never intended to go to Europe, his dream was to become a truck driver working in Guinea, helping support his family, but then his little brother, Alhassane, disappeared and Ibrahima, being the eldest son, felt it his duty to look for him.
The book is in three parts. The first part is Ibrahima’s life in Guinea with a brief journey to Liberia to earn some money to support his family. The second part is about his journey across the Sahara to Libya, where he last heard from his brother and the third part is about what happened after this. The journey across the Sahara is remarkable, sometimes in buses, sometimes in pick ups and sometimes on foot. En route he would often work in a small town, on a building site, mixing cement to make money for the next stage of his journey.
