ABSTRACT This article features the personal experiences of a young African woman victim of trafficking and smuggling from Nigeria to Italy. The aim of the article is to provide a counter-narrative on the phenomenon of human trafficking, by engaging with the youth’s lived experiences. The story forms part of a wider database of youth counter-narratives, gathered by the authors in different parts of the world (Italy, South Africa, and Ethiopia). The narrative will be discussed on the basis of four identified elements, and the reflection addresses them within the wider context of trafficking, smuggling, and human migration. The conclusion drawn is that the language of youth counter-narratives can represent a useful tool to address the complexity of social issues, in particular when they refer to lived experiences of youngsters who have been subjected to different forms of oppression and violence. It also represents a sort of liberation from cultural homogenisation, forcing the readers to engage with a “new humanism.”

中文翻译：

---

关于从非洲贩运和走私到欧洲的青年反叙事

摘要 本文介绍了一名年轻的非洲女性受害者从尼日利亚到意大利的贩运和走私的个人经历。这篇文章的目的是通过与青年人的生活经历互动，提供关于人口贩运现象的反叙事。这个故事是更广泛的青年反叙事数据库的一部分，由作者在世界不同地区（意大利、南非和埃塞俄比亚）收集。叙述将根据四个确定的要素进行讨论，反思将在更广泛的贩运、走私和人口迁移的背景下处理这些要素。得出的结论是，青年反叙事的语言可以代表解决社会问题复杂性的有用工具，特别是当他们提到遭受不同形式压迫和暴力的年轻人的生活经历时。它还代表了一种从文化同质化中解放出来，迫使读者参与“新人文主义”。