The Streets Know My Name

The Streets Know My Name is a powerful documentary that traces the journey of a young Togolese man who survived child trafficking and found himself growing up in Nigeria. Torn from his homeland at a young age, he struggles to piece together a past that has largely vanished from memory. As he navigates life in a foreign land, he builds new memories, carves out an identity, and begins to reclaim a name and a self that were once lost. His story is not just one of survival, but of resilience and rediscovery.

The film explores the enduring psychological scars of trafficking, the unlikely refuge offered by Nigeria, and the unwavering human spirit that resists erasure. In a compelling twist, a team of researchers sets out to retrace his forgotten roots - journeying from bustling Lomé to the rural north of Togo - guided only by fragments of memory and hope.

Blending documentary and fiction, The Streets Know My Name is a nuanced retelling of a life interrupted. It moves between the borders of Togo and Nigeria, following a man with dual citizenship as he wrestles with the profound question, where is home - his country of origin, now unfamiliar, or the land that embraced him for nineteen years?

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