Born and raised in Nigeria, Segun grew up experiencing firsthand how the climate crisis impacts daily life. In West Africa, extreme desertification and water depletion are shrinking vital resources. What often appears on the surface as ethnic or racial tensions are, at their root, climate-related conflicts: as land, water, and pasture disappear, intense competition triggers severe intercommunal conflicts. On his city walk, Segun brings these non-Eurocentric perspectives to light, showing how environmental destruction disproportionately hits West Africa and reshapes entire societies.
In Kreuzberg, where his own story in Berlin began, Segun takes you to places like Oranienplatz, Engelbecken, Feuerwehrbrunnen, and Görlitzer Park, that are connected to his life. Drawing from his background as a political humanitarian activist who worked at the European Southern Border in Sicily, he explains the deep connections between climate change and migration that are often hidden from our daily lives. Along the way, Segun shares what it feels like to be perceived as an immigrant in Berlin, opening up a dialogue on how we want to live together and what hopes we hold for the future.
Segun’s tour encourages you to rethink common perceptions and framings around migration. He sheds light on the institutional loopholes in the EU asylum procedure and reveals how migration creates complex challenges not only in Europe, but globally. Segun actively advocates for political change: he calls for modifying the Dublin Regulation and legally recognizing “climate refugees” under international refugee law. This walk is an invitation to challenge your understanding of displacement, examine its deep ties to climate change, and hear Segun’s story directly from him.