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Author denied UK visa to see his own story told on stage
The Guardian
|May 16, 2025
The author of an award-winning memoir about his life as a refugee has been refused a UK visa to attend its premiere on the London stage.
Ibrahima Balde, who lives in Spain, was told the British government was not satisfied he would return home after the performance of Little Brother, which has been brought to stage by one of Britain's most celebrated playwrights and premieres at Jermyn Street theatre next week.
Balde's memoir, Little Brother: an Odyssey to Europe, chronicles his search along the migrant routes of the Sahara for his younger sibling, Alhassane, who ran away from school in Guinea, west Africa, to make money for the family.
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