Bukola Oriola

Bukola Oriola
Born 1976
Nigeria
Residence Anoka County, Minnesota
Nationality American
Citizenship United States
Occupation Activist, hair-braider, journalist
Years active 1999-present
Organization Imprisoned Show
Notable work Imprisoned: The Travails of a Trafficked Victim
Children Samuel Jacobs

Bukola Oriola (born 1976) is a Nigerian American journalist.[1] She lives in Anoka County, Minnesota[2] and has a son named Samuel Jacobs.[3] She spent six years as a journalist covering education in Nigeria while still living in that country.[4] In 2005, she came to the United States from Nigeria on a two-month work permit in order to cover a New York City meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.[5] She married a US citizen who prevented her from establishing interpersonal relationships with anyone other than himself.[6] He subjugated her to a life of unfree labour, confiscating all of her earnings.[7] She was imprisoned in her home in this manner for two years.[8]

Publicity

She wrote and self-published a book Imprisoned: The Travails of a Trafficked Victim about her experiences with human trafficking.[9] In August 2013, she appeared on a discussion panel following a screening of the documentary film Not My Life at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs' Cowles Auditorium.[10]

References

  1. "Bukola". Imprisoned Show. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  2. Elyse Kaner (May 21, 2013). "Anoka County resident heads fundraiser for human trafficking victims". ECM Publishers. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  3. Sharon Schmickle (August 12, 2013). "How saving $40 a month can protect from poverty and predatory lenders". MinnPost. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  4. Jane Lightbourn (March 16, 2010). "Bukola Oriola tells her story April 10 at UMC". Hastings Star Gazette. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  5. Julie Buntjer (August 19, 2013). "Fighting to be free: Nigerian woman to speak on human trafficking in Worthington". Daily Globe. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  6. Nora Leinen (December 16, 2009). "Human trafficking in Minnesota". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  7. Allie Shah (March 31, 2011). "Trafficking victims share pain, healing through art". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  8. Elyse Kaner (May 15, 2013). "Anoka County resident heads fundraiser for human trafficking victims". Sun Focus. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  9. Kathy Magnuson (December 27, 2009). "Changemaker2009: Bukola Oriola". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  10. "Not My Life: Human Trafficking, Globally and Locally" (PDF). Minnesota International Center. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
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