"Deep inside the hearts of each and every one of us, we are all always reaching for a place that we can call home"
"JJ is a writer, poet, educator, author, a former Refugee and a UNHCR supporter. He is passionate about ending the war and bringing peace to the DR Congo and helps to work continually towards this with his time and output"
- Paloma Faith, Singer, Songwriter, Actress
"JJ's words elicit wry smiles and prick tears, they sucker-punch and sooth. He speaks to the soul of who we all are - to our sense of belonging, family, home, safety - and in doing so morphs the foreign and the feared into the familiar and understood."
- Coco Campbell, Spokesperson for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
"Beautifully tender, No Place to Call Home is a subtly told story about love, place and those moments in every life that evoke the memory of loss and belonging. It's a love-letter to our better natures, a reminder of what keeps us together."
- Guy Gunaratne, author of The Man Booker Prize long-listed debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City.
"Authentic... a funny, vivid, big-hearted novel."
- Irenosen Okojie, writer and author of Butterfly Fish and Speak Gigantular, winner of the Betty Trask Prize
"No Place to Call Home doesn't only tell a story that reveals what most of us children and parents in the diaspora have been through, it also showed me that I was really not alone in going through it. I am grateful to read something that gives me comfort in knowing my identity and story counts as much as the next person."
- Eddie Kadi, Comedien, Actor, Presenter
"JJ is a writer, poet, educator, author, a former Refugee and a UNHCR supporter. He is passionate about ending the war and bringing peace to the DR Congo and helps to work continually towards this with his time and output"
- Paloma Faith, Singer, Songwriter, Actress
"JJ's words elicit wry smiles and prick tears, they sucker-punch and sooth. He speaks to the soul of who we all are - to our sense of belonging, family, home, safety - and in doing so morphs the foreign and the feared into the familiar and understood."
- Coco Campbell, Spokesperson for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
"Beautifully tender, No Place to Call Home is a subtly told story about love, place and those moments in every life that evoke the memory of loss and belonging. It's a love-letter to our better natures, a reminder of what keeps us together."
- Guy Gunaratne, author of The Man Booker Prize long-listed debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City.
"Authentic... a funny, vivid, big-hearted novel."
- Irenosen Okojie, writer and author of Butterfly Fish and Speak Gigantular, winner of the Betty Trask Prize
"No Place to Call Home doesn't only tell a story that reveals what most of us children and parents in the diaspora have been through, it also showed me that I was really not alone in going through it. I am grateful to read something that gives me comfort in knowing my identity and story counts as much as the next person."
- Eddie Kadi, Comedien, Actor, Presenter
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