Emily Joof

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Emily Joof moved to Sweden 10 years ago and works as the Global Education Technical Advisor at Save the Children Sweden.

She is an author of children's books and writes stories with a focus on inclusion and diversity from an afro diasporan perspective.

Emily is published by the Swedish Publisher Raben & Sjögren and also self publishes some of her titles through her independent publishing house Mbife Books.

Emily is currently doing a part time PhD at Lancaster university in the UK , the focus of her research being on the impact that Children’s Literature can have on fostering inclusions in preschools.

Emily has a masters in education and international development from University of London institute of Education. And a Bachelors degree in ancie
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It Was Always Here

We were born under the images of the casque bleu as we heard of our cousins fleeing Rwanda, and the horrors they left behind.

We listened as Liberia turned bloody and we waiting anxiously for the safe arrival of more family on the perilous journey back.

We remember sleeping in one giant bed with them, when they finally made it home, knowing that everything was left behind.

We heard about the clashes

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