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Al Jazeera
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Simon Speakman Cordall

‘You either quit or abide’: A Liberian rapper refugee surviving on music

[Omar Houssien/Al Jazeera]

Theophylline Mulbah is in no rush. “I have things to do here,” he says from a rain-soaked alleyway in central Tunis. “I am seriously pursuing my musical career. I am a rapper.”

Two years ago, Mulbah left his home in Liberia in West Africa and took his time travelling before arriving in Tunis in August. Mulbah moved through Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali and Algeria on foot, spending some time in each country as he raised funds for the next stage of his journey.

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