I am often invited to consult on the contemporary political, social, and cultural climate in various countries West Africa. As of 2017, I have served as an expert witness for over four hundred petitions by West African migrants in the U.S. Canada, the U.K, the Netherlands, Israel, and many other countries, and my opinions have featured in appellate rulings in the U.S. and the U.K. I have served as a consultant on asylum and refugee issues to the US Department of State, the National Security Agency, the Japanese UNHCR, the World Bank, the Austrian Red Cross, the Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada, and the US Department of Homeland Security. This has also become an important site of research for me and part of my current ACLS-funded book project.