Insight into plight of refugees

When writer Eric Ngalle talks about the refugee crisis gripping Africa, the Middle East and ultimately Europe, he describes it as a “complete human tragedy and failure of the government system”.

The 37-year-old Cameroonian moved to Cardiff in 1999 on a Zimbabwean passport after fleeing persecution in his village and being illegally trafficked into Russia.

At a talk he is giving at Dundee Literary Festival today he will give an insight into what it means to be a refugee, caught between two worlds, destitute and unable to move forward in life.

And he will explain why he is always reluctant to get involved in politics, using poetry and creativity to get his message across instead.

Belonging: Eric Ngalle Charles and Marjorie Lotfi Gill is at the Bonar Hall, Dundee, at 4.30pm.

Eric Ngalle: giving talk at Dundee Literary Festival.