Ich darf Sie ganz, ganz, ganz, ganz herzlich willkommen heißen zum diesjährigen Afrika-Symposium. Es ist bereits das 16. Afrika-Symposium, das stattfindet in Oberösterreich und ich darf Sie heute gemeinsam mit Lekis durch den Abend begleiten. Ich selbst bin mit dem Afrika-Symposium aufgewachsen und freue mich sehr, dieses Jahr wieder vor Ihnen auf der Bühne stehen zu dürfen und Sie, wie bereits angekündigt, durchs Programm zu führen. Wir haben einige Programmpunkte vorbereitet und ich hoffe, wir werden gemeinsam einen spannenden, unterhaltsamen Abend verbringen und viele neue Eindrücke mit nach Hause nehmen. symposium, the African Wonderful Day. Ladies and gentlemen, you are all welcome. I want to acknowledge the presence of my colleague. She's all the way from Vienna. Please put your hands, show her some love again. This is our own princess. Behind the dashboard, we have no other person but DJ Kledji. Please show him some love. Show him some love. And we also want to recognize the Dove TV who will be streaming in live. Dove TV, show them some love. Show him some love. And we also want to recognize the Dove TV who will be streaming in live. Dove TV, show them some love. Thank you for coming. Thank you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, you're all welcome to this grand symposium, this grand day. We apologize for starting quite late. We programmed to start by 4 p.m. But we know it is not easy to handle all this issue with Corona and the rest. Thank you for coming. Thank you for being part of this occasion. God bless you. Put your hands together for yourselves. Put your hands together for yourselves. Genau. Danke, dass Sie alle erschienen sind und alle den 3G-Regeln auch entsprechen. Und genau, dann lass uns doch gemeinsam kurz anschauen, was uns heute so erwartet. Wir werden die Veranstaltung eröffnen, ganz traditionell, wie das in vielen afrikanischen Kulturen der Fall ist, mit der Trommel. Und Trommeln wird für uns Randy Aschi. Trommeln wird für uns Randy Aschi. Und danach beerwartet uns ein paar Worte vom Vorsitzenden der Black Community, genauso wie vom Geschäftsführer. Und wir haben heute auch eine Ehrengästin zu Besuch, aus der Politik, Frau Azubi Yukal. Und sie wird auch ein paar Worte an uns richten. Danach sehen wir uns ein kurzes Video an. Und dann gibt es auch noch ein Quiz, um uns gemeinsam in die Thematik einzustimmen. Denn das Afrika-Symposium steht dieses Jahr unter dem Motto Rising Africa. Und ja, wir haben auch eine Podiumsdiskussion vorbereitet, wo Sie natürlich herzlich eingeladen sind, aktiv teilzunehmen. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Fragen und Ihre eigenen Erfahrungen, die Sie vielleicht mitbringen können in die Podiumsdiskussion. Und danach haben wir noch sehr viele bunte und lustige und aufregende Beiträge von der Jugend der Black Community. Wir haben musikalische Beiträge, genauso wie eine Modenschau, die auch die Farben und die Vielfalt Afrikas zeigen werden. Genau, und ganz zum Schluss, das darf nicht zu kurz kommen, gibt es auch eine Party mit viel Musik von unserem DJ. Thank you. Put your hands together for her, show her some love. Madame de Monsieur, bienvenue et re là. Aujourd'hui, on a ici pour célébrer notre African Symposium. Je me redis bien merci et je dis courage et merci pour que vous êtes là aujourd'hui. Ladies and Gentlemen, once again, to go straight to the point, our team tonight and this year is Africa Rising. Africans are rising to the test of time. We are rising to meet the challenges, to meet the test of our society in Austria and in the diaspora where we find ourselves. Ladies and gentlemen, without much ado, we don't want to take much of your time. She has gone through already the program already. We know we will begin with a drum, a welcome drum, which is an African tradition. And that will be done by no other person but Randy. Is he around? Randy, get ready, get ready, get ready. Show him some love. We will begin with him. And after which, we are going to call the president of black community, the chairman himself, and some one or two personalities, we are going to call the president of black community the chairman himself and some one or two personalities they are going to give us some one or two speeches after which we are going to have our panel discussion some one or two questions to ask and thereafter we are going to have some series and series of events we want to be time conscious it's already 6 p.m if i'm not mistaken by, by my time. Thank you for also coming. I think now we want to make open the occasion. So now, in our African tradition, try to explain to them, we begin a party in this kind of way. The drum signifies the welcoming of the party. We bring true that we want to bless today's occasion. This is an African tradition. This is an African manualism. This is an African style. Wir bringen durch, dass wir heute diese Veranstaltung segnen wollen. Das ist eine afrikanische Tradition, ein afrikanisches Manualismus, ein afrikanischer Stil. Genau, die Trommel ist ja traditionellerweise das Musikinstrument, das den Abend eröffnet und auch die Veranstaltung segnet in dem Fall, dass wir alle gemeinsam einen schönen Abend verbringen können. Und ja, in diesem Sinne, Randy. Come on! Come on! Aiyo! Come on! Woo! Come on! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! Aiyo! রেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরের� Thank you. parties come on come on ੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱੱ� Higher. Begabt. African talent. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Put your hands together for him. That was Randy from Ghana community. Thank you so much for coming. Before much ado, we want to recognize the presence of every political party here present, representatives of Fairines, chiefs, honorables, and our distinguished ladies and gentlemen. We want to recognize you once again. I want to thank you for being part and parcel of this great, great, wonderful, wonderful ceremony that you will never forget. Please, we love you so much. Put your hands together for yourselves. Put your hands together for yourselves. We love you so much. Thank you for coming. Genau, wir bedanken uns nochmal ganz herzlich für Ihre Teilnahme und dafür, dass so viele Ehrengäste auch heute unter uns sind, sowohl aus der Politik wie von den Vereinen selbst und danke nochmal, dass Sie da sind und dass Sie mit uns gemeinsam heute Abend verbringen. Und in diesem Sinne würde ich gerne den Vorsitzenden der Black Community Herrn Charles Muegane Sorry. The President of the Black Community, please put your hands together for him. Mr. Charles. The leader, the man with the Worte an uns richten. Danke, Irene. Ich war gefragt, warum habe ich schon weiße Haare habe. Schon lange haben wir uns nicht getroffen. Tut mir leid, mit Corona-Zeit. Die Corona hat unsere Freunde, unsere Bekannten, unsere Familie, wir getrennt. Aber heutzutage freue ich mich, dass ich da bin. So. Geschäfte. Freund. Freund. Liebe Mitglieder der Black Community, liebe Damen und Herren. Das Symposium 2021 beleuchtet unter dem Titel Africa Rising. Afrika im Hinblick auf moderne Technologien. Energiebedarf und Geldtransfer. Immer mehr Innovationen kommen vom afrikanischen Kontinent. Oftmals als Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe oder aus der Notwendigkeit heraus. Dabei werfen wir einen Blick auf Fortschritte im Hinblick auf Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaschutz. So, setzen zum Beispiel Länder wie Kenia, Geothermie und Wasserkraft, um starken wachsenden Energiebedarf in der Region zu stehlen. Afrika ist bis heute eine große Baustelle. Es gibt noch viel, viel zu tun in die Richtung Energie. Es gibt auch die innovative Möglichkeit von Mobile Money. Es ist in Afrika weit mehr verbreitet als in Europa. in Afrika weitaus mehr verbreitet als in Europa. Was den Geldtransfer auch ohne Bankkonto möglich macht und somit für mehr Menschen zugänglich ist. In Afrika transfert heutzutage das Geld über Telefon transferiert. Sie brauchen kein Konto, sie brauchen nur eine Nummer. Und das Geld wird von Menschen zu Menschen transferiert. Inwiefern spielen Handelsbeziehungen, finanzielle Hilfe und Wissenstransfer seitens der Diaspora eine Rolle. Jeder kann sich fragen, wir haben Bekannte unten in Afrika, mit Armut, mit verschiedenen Krisen, die oft brauchen Money. Wie machst du deinen Transfer? wie organisierst du selber, dass das Geld in Afrika auskommt. Wie immer werden gekonnte kulturelle Elemente mit Bildung und Gesellschaft, politische Arbeit verbunden. und gesellschaftspolitische Arbeit verbunden. Und bei diesem Symposium werden neue und kritische Sichtweisen geboten und Informationen transportiert. Zum Schluss kommt ein Schwerpunkt des Symposiums durch Musik, Kunst und Kultur aufgegriffen. Viele Künstler und Künstlerinnen bekommen hier die Möglichkeit sich und ihr Talent vor ein großes Publikum zu präsentieren. Die Leute kommen noch. Ich kenne meine Brüder und Schwestern aus Afrika ist sicher in einer Stunde wie dieser Hall voll. Sicher. Für die afrikanische Community ist das Symposium die Veranstaltung, bei der sie ihr kulturelles Erbe ausleben können, ihre gesellschaftliche Stellung präsentieren und aus dem Schatten hervortreten können. Für die Angehörigen der Mehrheitsgesellschaft sowie Migranten und Migrantinnen aus anderen Ländern ist es eine Chance, mehr über Menschen mit afrikanischen Wurzeln zu erfahren, die Kontakt zu knüpfen und afrikanische, österreichische Diversität zu zelebrieren. Danke für das Kommen, danke für das Zusammenmachen, danke, dass Sie zu uns gekommen sind, gemeinsam zu feiern. Einen schönen Abend. gemeinsam zu feiern. Einen schönen Abend. Vielen, vielen Dank. Dankeschön. Ja genau, wie der Vorsitzende der Black Community bereits angesprochen hat, steht ja das Afrika-Symposium dieses Jahr unter dem Motto Africa Rising. Und wir beschäftigen uns heute Abend auch eben mit Technologie und Innovation, die besonders vom afrikanischen Kontinent auch kommt. Und die Black Community in Oberösterreich setzt sich auch unter anderem für den Aufbau, für den Austausch der Kulturen untereinander ein. Und dafür möchte ich auch gerne den Geschäftsführer der Black Community auf die Bühne bitten, der ein paar Worte dazu spricht, wofür die Black Community steht und wofür sie sich einsetzt. Auf die Bühne bitte Herr Uche Anselm. Put your hands together for him, the chairman of the Black Community. Thank you for coming. Ich weiß nicht, ob ich jetzt Deutsch spreche oder Englisch. community thank you for coming um is this not how i speak german or english it is completely mixed i try my best to speak english and german Ich beginne so jetzt. 2005 wurde Black Community gegründet. Ich weiß, dass viele Leute überhaupt nicht wissen, genau warum Black Community in Oberösterreich hersteht. Was war genau die Geschichte von den Afrikanerinnen und Afrikanern? Und wie ist die Geschichte von den Afrikanerinnen und wie ist die geschichte von dieselbe afrika traf ihnen heutzutage in die ganze österreich gibt nirgendwo wo sie blick community hat außer diese oberösterreich und das sage ich, Oberösterreich, wir haben etwas geschafft. Erstens würde ich das Land Oberösterreich und die Stadt Linz bedanken, weil ohne die Unterstützung vom Land und von der Stadt Linz hätten wir alles so schwer gefunden oder ein bisschen Schwierigkeiten in manchen Projekten, manchen Veranstaltungen durchzuführen. Und darum sind wir dankbar, dass wir diese Unterstützung von Lande, Österreich, vom Staat, Linz und teilweise manchmal auch vom Bundesministerium bekommen. manchmal vom Bundesministerium auch bekommen, sage ich auch Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von Land und Österreich oder von Städten, die hier sind, das Black Community sagt Danke. Vor dem Grundeblick Community 2005 war das Leben wirklich schwer für Menschen mit Dunkelhautfarbe in unserer Gesellschaft. Manche sind mehrmals als Drogendealer beteiligt. Manche von den Frauen sind als Prostituierte beteiligt. Auch wenn damals wir nur wenige Frauen gehabt haben. Diese Schmerzen hat fast jeder Mann, jede Frau, die Hautfarbe dunkel ist, gehabt. Aber wir haben nicht aufgegeben. Viele von den Afrikanerinnen sind von Österreich ausgewandert, konnten das nicht verkraften. Darum hier in Oberösterreich sieht man Heokapo als eine der Ältesten. Aber in Wirklichkeit ist er nicht. Es gibt viele von unseren Leuten, die nicht mehr hier sind aufgrund dieser Situation. Aber einige von uns haben dann gesagt, wir gehen nicht weg. Ich verwende das Wort oder den Satz, wir müssen die Martin Luther King for the nextfung von Rassismus, Diskriminierung einsetzen, um etwas zu ändern. Und sonst wird das Leben schwer. Ich weiß genau, wie viele Projekte, wie viele Veranstaltungen, Gespräche wir eingeführt haben, um diese Situation zu ändern. Ich weiß genau, wie schwierig es für Menschen mit Dunkelhautfarbe war, wenn sie Auto ohne Rost auf die Straße fahren. Ich weiß, was ich selber erlebt habe. Ständig Kontrolle. Manchmal habe ständig kontrollieren manchmal sind sie sauer und wenn die person sauer ist dann kommt die aussage sie sind aggressiv diese behauptung es gibt viele die passiert sind. Durch den Kampf von Black Community sieht man, ich muss ganz ehrlich sagen, wenn ich jetzt sehe, manche Afrikaner, die schon das Auto fahren, ohne Rost, ohne Kontrolle, dann sage ich Gott sehr Dank, wir haben etwas geschafft. Und wir haben etwas geschafft. Wenn wir allen damals weggegangen hätten, ich weiß nicht genau, wie die nächste Generation, diese Kinder wären geboren, hätte ich nicht gewusst, wie sie das Leben gefunden hätten. Meine Tochter ist droben. Damals habe ich gedacht, ich muss weg. Aber ich habe immer gedacht, wenn ich weggehe, wie wird das Leben von ihr? Ich habe gesagt, ich muss weiterbleiben. Innerhalb dieser 15 Jahre hat Black Community etwas in dieser Gesellschaft geändert. Black Community, etwas in dieser Gesellschaft geändert. Unsere Arbeit ist nicht nur für Menschen mit dunkler Hautfarbe, sondern auch diese Brücke bauen. Wo liegt dieses Problem? Warum kann ein Mensch wegen der Hautfarbe beurteilt werden? Beurteilt wird. Warum? Man muss etwas ändern. Haben wir Antidiskriminierungsprojekte, Veranstaltungen und so weiter weiter gemacht, damit wir etwas ändern können. Im Black Community sieht man genau Integration. Warum sage ich das? Es ist gemischt. Alle Leute, die da arbeiten, sind gemischt. Es ist nicht nur Afrikanerinnen und Afrikaner. Nicht nur Menschen mit dunklen Hautfarben. Sondern alle Menschen, die Rassismus oder Diskriminierung hassen. Wir kommen zusammen, Gesellschaft gehört uns allen und wir müssen etwas ändern und darum müssen wir Brücken bauen, statt Mauer in der Gesellschaft. Stadtmauer in der Gesellschaft. In dieser Arbeit haben wir von der Volkshilfe einen Raum bekommen. Vor 15 Jahren. Obwohl der Raum nicht so gut war für uns. Aber wir haben nicht geschaut auf den Raum, sondern auf die Arbeit, die vor uns steht. Wir sind froh, dass wir dieses Jahr, nach 15 Jahren, von diesem Raum zu einem anderen Raum, dass wir einen neuen Raum bekommen und auch dieselbe Volkshilfe. Darum sind wir dankbar, dass wir Raum von Volkshilfe 2005 bekommen haben und 2021 wieder Raum von Volkshilfe bekommen. Ich sage Gott sehr Dank, dass wir Volkshilfe haben und sage ich auch hier jetzt, egal ob Vertreter von Volkshilfe hier sind oder nicht, wir sagen danke für diese Unterstützung. Wir haben dieses Jahr ein Projekt Sport gegen Diskriminierung und Rassismus. Und das wollen wir mit jeder Volksgruppe gemeinsam diesen Sport veranstalten. Obwohl wir das für nächstes Jahr verschrieben. Warum? Weil wir haben gesehen, Rassismus ist nicht nur etwas von Menschen mit Dunkelhaft. Wir wollen gegen Rassismus und Diskriminierung bekämpfen, egal von welcher Stamm, egal von welcher Volksgruppe, egal von welcher Religion. Rassismus ist Rassismus und gegen Menschlichkeit. Diskriminierung ist Diskriminierung und gegen Menschlichkeit. Diskriminierung ist Diskriminierung und gegen Menschlichkeit. Und darum jeder Mensch, der gegen Diskriminierung ist, der genau die Schmerzen von Diskriminierung oder Rassismus spürt, soll mit uns gemeinsam diese Veranstaltung durchführen. Darum haben wir das nächstes Jahr verschoben. Und wir werden froh sein, wenn wir alle, alle die in diesem Raum sind, mit uns gemeinsam das Projekt weiterführen. Wir haben viele Projekte, die ich hier nicht sagen konnte, sondern wir haben einen neuen Raum. Wir setzen unsere Arbeit durch und wir brauchen eure Unterstützung. Black Community ist da für uns alle. Black Community ist für Verbindung mit allen, ist für Brücke zu bauen. Und Black Community ist gegen Diskriminierung. Und wir sagen danke, dass ihr alle mit uns in dieser Schiene seid. And we say thank you that you are all with us on this stage and thank you for being here today. Thank you. Put your hands together for the chairman. Put your hands together. Put your hands together. That was the chairman of the black community. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for that wonderful speech. That speech was concise. It was full, den Geschäftsführer. Danke. Als nächstes würde ich gerne auf die Bühne bitten, unseren Ehrengast heute aus der Politik, Gemeinderätin Arzu Büyükal und bitte um ein paar Worte auch von Ihnen. Please put your hands together for her, the representative of the government, Jens Lins. Meine sehr geehrten Damen und Herren, ich darf Sie im Namen des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Linz recht herzlich begrüßen. Ich freue mich, dass ich heute bei Ihnen sein darf. Ja, Linz ist vielfältig und wir sind stolz darauf, denn mehr als 53.000 Menschen, Ausländerinnen, leben in der Stadt. Sie kommen aus 151 verschiedenen Nationen und das macht Linz so besonders. Ich möchte mich bei Black Community recht herzlich bedanken. Ich kenne Uce und seine Arbeit und die Arbeit von Black Community schon seit mehreren Jahren und kann bestätigen, was er gesagt hat, welchen Beitrag er und Black Community für Integration in der Stadt Linz leistet. Sie haben auch einen wesentlichen Beitrag dazu geleistet bei der Erarbeitung des Maßnahmenpakets und Integrationsstrategie im Jahr 2020. Auch dafür im Namen der Integrationsreferentin einen herzlichen Dank. Ja, ich weiß, dass Afrikasymposium das Herzstück des Black Community Kalenders darstellt und heute erwartet uns ein spannendes Programm, eine spannende Diskussion. Darauf freue ich mich sehr. Ich sage danke für die Einladung und wünsche euch uns allen einen schönen Abend. Dankeschön. Vielen Dank, danke. Nun ja, dann haben wir wirklich einige wundervolle Worte schon gehört zum Beginn und als nächstes würde ich gerne auf die Bühne bitten, Frau Katrin Spöck von der MSO-Beratung, die heute uns ein paar Worte erzählen wird, was sie so machen bei der MSO-Beratung, die uns ein paar Worte erzählen wird, was sie so machen bei der MSO-Beratung und wie das vielleicht für einige von Ihnen interessant sein könnte. Hallo Katrin. Hallo. Hallo. Put your hands together for her. Put your hands together for her, please. She is from the Department of Migration. She is here to represent the government. She wants to give one or two speeches. Please give us your attention. Ich sage mal danke für die Einladung und dass ich hier die Möglichkeit habe, das erste Mal mit Ihnen in Kontakt zu kommen. Sie sind ja von der MSU-Beratung und was machen Sie da genau? Genau, also wir unterstützen Vereine. Erstens einmal bei der Vereinsgründung oder wenn Sie schon einen Verein haben, dann unterstützen wir Sie auch gerne, diesen zu professionalisieren. Also zum Beispiel, wenn Sie überlegen, ob Sie eine neue Sektion gründen möchten oder Ihre Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ausbauen möchten, dann unterstützen wir Sie gerne. Das ist das eine. Und das zweite ist, dass wir bei der Entwicklung von Projekten unterstützen. Viele Menschen haben ja viele gute Ideen, um das Zusammenleben aller gut zu gestalten und eine Idee heißt aber noch nicht, dass das erfolgreich umgesetzt wird. Einfach manchmal, wenn man zu wenig Zeit hat oder weil man da ein Talent hat und dort nicht und auch hier helfen wir gerne. Und wir machen das übrigens kostenlos im Auftrag des Landes Oberösterreich. Genau. Das klingt wirklich sehr cool. Und welche Art von Vereinen können sich da bei Ihnen melden? Oder mit welchen Vereinen stehen Sie da schon in Kontakt? Also wir arbeiten mit migrantischen Selbstorganisationen, das heißt aus jeder Community. Und so gesehen auch gerne die Einladung an Sie, unser kostenloses Angebot zu nutzen. Und wir arbeiten nicht nur mit Vereinen, sondern auch mit engagierten Einzelpersonen aus den Communities, die sich für ein gutes Zusammenleben der Menschen einsetzen möchten. Sehr cool. Das heißt, wenn Sie einen Verein haben und Unterstützung brauchen oder ein Projekt haben, das Sie gerne umsetzen möchten, dann wenden Sie sich gerne an Frau Katrin Speck von der MSO-Beratung. Sie hat heute auch Informationen für Sie mitgebracht und Sie können sie gerne bei Ihrem Tisch im hinteren Bereich des Saals besuchen und mit ihr in Kontakt treten. Gut, danke sehr. Dankeschön. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Put your hands together for her. In a little summary, if you have your Feline, if you have some one or two questions, still as an African, as a foreigner in this country, please, you can endeavor to contact her. She has a table over there, where she can give you reliable information regarding your integration in this land of Austria Sie kann sich umgehen, sie hat eine Tischlose da, wo sie Ihnen vertraute Informationen geben kann, was Sie in dieser Lande von Österreich tun, Ihre Perspektiven und Ihre Zukunftsobjekte. Nochmals vielen Dank. in die Thematik eintauchen. Wir haben ja dieses Jahr zum Thema Rising Africa und beschäftigen uns auch mit Technologien, wie wir im Video bereits gesehen haben. Und wir haben vier Fragen vorbereitet für Sie, um Sie auch gemeinsam, um das Ganze ein bisschen interaktiver zu gestalten und gemeinsam ein bisschen die Thematik kennenzulernen. Und dann würde ich sagen wir starten ins Quiz rein. Das Quiz funktioniert folgendermaßen, wir schneiden kurz das Thema an und stellen ihnen eine Frage und wenn sie die Antwort wissen und die richtige Antwort nennen, dann können sie sich beim Infostand ein Ticket abholen und bekommen damit ein gratis Getränk an der Bar. Woo! Okay, please give us your attention. We have a quiz now. Now is the moment of a quiz. The topic is about Africa rising. We have some few questions. We are going to put the questions to the crowd. If you give the right answer, then you are going to have something powerful by the deck. A special drink or something special that you can cool yourself with. So please, Wenn ihr die richtige Antwort gebt, dann habt ihr etwas Power, ein spezielles Essen oder etwas Spezielles, das ihr euch kühlen könnt. Es ist Zeit, eure Aufmerksamkeit zu geben. Es geht um ein Quiz, es geht um Wissen, denn Wissen ist Richtung. Hintergrund auch ablaufen. Genau, wie wir schon mitbekommen haben, ist Technologie und Innovation aus Afrika immer mehr, also kommt immer mehr auf und bekommt aber trotzdem eigentlich relativ wenig Aufmerksamkeit dafür. Und was viele vielleicht wissen oder auch nicht wissen, ist, dass eine der ältesten Errungenschaften, nämlich Steinzeitwerkzeuge, im östlichen Afrika erfunden und dann später auch gefunden wurde. Und seitdem kommen eine Vielzahl an wichtiger wissenschaftlicher und technologischer Pionierleistungen vom afrikanischen Kontinent. Und im dritten Jahrhundert vor Christus entstand die bedeutendste antike Bibliothek der Welt in Afrika. Und vielleicht, wenn Sie es wissen, dann nennen Sie uns doch, wie diese Bibliothek hieß und in welchem Land sie stand? century BC, the most ancient library in the world was created in Africa. What is the name and in which country was this created? So you give us the name of the library and the country, the name of the person, so to say, and the country. So you have one minute to give us the answer. Kennt jemand diese Bibliothek? Oder das Land? Ja. Ägypten. Das ist richtig. Die Bibliothek von Alexandria in Ägypten. Vielen Dank. Liebe. Heidi, Sie dürfen sich dann ein Ticket holen und bekommen ein gratis Getränk. Bitte zeigen Sie ihr noch einmal etwas Liebe. ein Ticket holen und bekommen ein gratis Getränk. Please show us some love again, show us some love. Auch in Bereichen wie Umweltschutz und Naturschutz sind manche afrikanische Länder Vorreiter. Und es gibt auch einige Vorreiterinnen, wie eine davon rief 1977 bereits das Green Belt Movement ins Leben. Wenn Sie wissen, wer das war und aus welchem Land sie stammt, dann heben Sie doch gerne Ihre Hand und holen Sie sich auch Ihr gratis Getränk. The question goes as follows. die den Greenbelt-Movement 1977 in Afrika begonnen hat. Was ist ihr Name? Sie ist eine Frau. Was ist ihr Name? Und aus welchem Land ist sie? Oh, ich glaube, da weiß es jemand. Wangari Matai. Ja, richtig, genau. Das war Wangari Matai aus Kenia. Wangari Matai. Please put your hands together for her. Show her love. They are very smart. They are entering into the app. They are entering into the app. Africans, keep rising, rising, keep rising. What is happening? We have more questions. Wie ist denn dein Name? Maria. Maria, danke, dass du mitgemacht hast. What is happening? We have more questions. Maria, thank you for joining us. You can get your free drink at the bar. Thank you, Maria. Thank you so much for answering that question. Please, give us your attention. This program is very important. I will make you understand by the organizers that some people are so busy and they are talking. etwas das in den letzten jahren immer häufiger auch passiert in afrika und das sehr wichtig geworden ist ist auch leapfrogging und jetzt auch auch die Frage an das Publikum. Weiß denn jemand, was dieser Begriff bedeuten könnte Beispiel. Oder expandiere es. Oder gib eine analitische Diskussion. Was kannst du sagen? Leapfrogging. Eine Minute. Eine Minute. Die Zeit geht. Eine Minute. Leapfrogging. Ah, da war es jetzt jemand. Sehr gut. Moment. Leapfrogging. Was könnte Leapfrogging bedeuten? Leapfrogging bedeutet, dass man Entwicklungsschritte überspringen kann. Zum Beispiel mit dem Mobilfunktelefon gleich einzusteigen, statt Standleitungen zu verwenden. Großartig. Put your hands together for him, please. That is the exact meaning of the term. Vielen Dank. Wie ist denn dein Name? Mein Name ist Laurent. Laurent, danke fürs Mitmachen. Du kannst dir auch ein gratis Getränk an der Bar abholen. Danke, Roland. Du kannst an der Bar kommen. Danke, dass du gekommen bist, mein großer Freund. Lege deine Hand zusammen für ihn wieder. Wir gehen zur nächsten Frage. Also nochmal zur Erklärung, wer das nicht mitbekommen hat, jetzt Leapfrogging. Das bedeutet, dass man eben Entwicklungsstufen überspringen kann. Wir gehen zur nächsten Frage. und nachhaltige Energien wie Windenergie oder Solarenergie genutzt werden und die afrikanischen Länder dann quasi die Schritte davor übersprungen haben, einfach wie zum Beispiel Kohle oder Gas oder Strom aus Atomkraftwerken. Genau, und jetzt ist die letzte Chance, um sich noch ein gratis Getränk zu gewinnen, mit der allerletzten Frage. Die letzte Frage. Bitte, die letzte Frage. Bitte, die letzte Frage. Jetzt ist es ein Afrikaner, der uns zeigen wird, dass wir intelligent sind. Bitte, bitte, bitte. Und diese Frage betrifft uns, die wir alle auch hier sind, denn die Diaspora leistet wertvolle Unterstützung im Aufbau Afrikas, sei es finanziell oder auch über Technologien und Energien, wie wir auch im Video gesehen haben. Und das kann aber auch ein Problem sein. Das wird nämlich genau dann zum Problem, wenn besonders intelligente oder akademische Afrikanerinnen und Wissenschaftler Afrika verlassen. Wenn das der Fall ist, dann spricht man von Brain Drain. Und jetzt die Frage an Sie. Wie viel Prozent afrikanischer Wissenschaftlerinnen, schätzt man, leben nicht mehr am afrikanischen Kontinent. Vielleicht von dieser Richtung. Was ist die Zahl? 30, 50, 80? Ja, aber 40 Prozent. Wow, das ist die richtige Antwort. Das ist die richtige Antwort. Hört euch zusammen für ihn. Das ist das Magische Gehirn. Vielen Dank. Vielen Dank fürs Mitspielen. Sie haben sich damit ein gratis Getränk an der Bar verdient. came to europe or who are living in europe for over a thousand or 50 or 40 years they are no longer going to africa to use their scientific expertise or their scientific study to improve africa and by so doing we are carrying education and we are not developing our own continent but then we are living our continent year for example there is what we call the scholarship program the scholarship program most of times go for science students in africa and by so doing there is what we call the scholarship program. The scholarship program most of the time goes for science students in Africa and by so doing in English term we call it brain draining. The take of knowledge from one continent to another continent. So in this platform in African Rising we have to come together those who are educated, those who are scientists, who are living in the diaspora. It is imperative, it is necessary that we take some of this our science know-how back in Afrika bringen. Haltet eure Hände zusammen für euch selbst. Danke, dass ihr für das Quiz teilnehmt. Das war wundervoll. Genau, und im nächsten Programmpunkt wollen wir ein bisschen mehr darüber sprechen, über die Technologien und Innovationen, die aus Afrika kommen und wie wir in der Diaspora diese auch beeinflussen können. Und hierfür würde ich gerne auf die Bühne bitten, Frau Mary Okanze und auch Herrn Eik Okafo. Außerdem würde ich bitte auch auf die Bühne bitten, Frau Beverly Allen Singeda. Mrs. Beverly, our counselor, please put your hands together for her. She's a politician, very powerful and strong. They are going to be doing a powerful discussion. We'll be answering some questions. Ganz wichtig, damit auch Sie möglichst viel von dieser Diskussion mit nach Hause nehmen können, ist, dass Sie sich gerne auch mit einbringen und auch Ihre Erfahrungen erzählen und auch Ihre Fragen stellen. Jetzt ist die Möglichkeit dazu. Dann würde ich gerne diese Runde gleich mal nutzen, dass Sie sich vielleicht vorstellen, ganz kurz. Einen schönen guten Abend. Es freut mich, 16 Jahre ist es schon. Wahnsinn. Die Zeit vergeht. Ich freue mich irrsinnig. Mein Name ist Beverly Allens-Dingeder. Ich bin in Puchungnau zu Hause. Das ist gleich über die Brücke. Ich lebe schon seit 1978 in Österreich, in Linz bzw. Pashing und wie gesagt in Puchenau und ich habe Wirtschaftswissenschaften studiert an der JKU und Berufsschulpädagogik. Bitte. Habe ich die gleiche Frage? Stellen Sie sich ganz kurz vor. Okay. Zuerst mal sage ich einen vielen Dank, dass alle da sind, dass wir uns heute wieder zusammengefunden haben, noch einmal uns Gedanken zu machen. weil wir von der Opferrolle, dem Ausbeutungsgedanken aussteigen wollen und uns miteinander zu denken, was sind denn überhaupt was Positives, was man in Afrika finden kann. Ist es möglich, dass in Afrika etwas anderes Positives geschehen kann? Und das ist der Grund, warum das Thema Afrika Reising heute gewählt worden ist. Man hat auch gesehen, dass es sehr viele Fortschritte gibt. Da werden wir in diesen zehn Minuten miteinander ausreden. Mein Name ist Ikechukuo Kafo. Für viele, die mich kennen, heiße ich Ike. Beverly hat vorhin gesagt, ist es 16 Jahre hier? Ja, es ist es 16 Jahre hier? Ja, es ist eine 16 Jahre harte Arbeit, 16 Jahre Einsatz für das gemeinsame Leben mit Menschen aus dem Kontinent, Menschen mit Dunkelhautfarbe. Es ist 16 Jahre ein unermüdlicher Kampf um Gleich- und Augenhöhe Behandlung von Menschen, die nicht ursprünglich hier auf die Welt gekommen sind. Ja, es ist 16 Jahre Bivoli, dass wir nicht abgeben wollen, weil wir noch nicht am Ende gekommen sind. Wir wünschen uns, dass es vielleicht kürzer wird. Leider ist es so. So, Okafo ist mein Name. Ich habe Philosophie studiert, deswegen rede ich etwas ein bisschen zu viel. Und ich habe Wissenschaftsinformatika der Kepler-Uni studiert, dort, wo ich den Befehl auch kennengelernt habe. Das ist noch länger her. Das ist noch länger her. Noch länger. Okay, noch länger okay und ich bin der mitgründer von der community mein geschäftsführer hat es heute erzählt wie viel stressig es war bevor am anfang und das ist was wir heute noch, es ist dieselbe Afrika-Reise, zu zeigen, welche Fortschritte wir inzwischen gemacht haben. Wir dürfen uns den Kopf nicht verstecken. Ich habe lang geredet, ich habe diese Lip-Frog gemacht, einige Punkte überschritten und in eine neue Phase. Du hast das Mikro? So, das ist von mir, Ike Okafo. in the Nenoye Faze. So that's from me, Ike Okafo. Hello, my name is Mary and I will be speaking English today because I'm still working on my German. Just give me some time. Okay, so Mary will be speaking English today and I have been in Austria for four years now and I come from Ghana which is in West Africa and in Austria I am with my husband and we have three young kids and at the moment yes I am looking at you know making myself better when it comes to German language speaking, as well as furthering my studies. So I have a master's study in social policy and welfare from the Johannes Kepler University and also global society studies master's from the Tampere University. As I earlier said, I look forward to, you know, going further with my academic adventure. And when it comes to Africa, it's really a heartbeat for me. I'm Ghanaian, and I know that we can do, and the dream that we have for Africa as a continent, Danke. technologischen Fortschritt auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent und da würde ich gerne einfach mal eure Erfahrungen abfragen. Im Video haben wir einige technologische Neuerungen kennengelernt, die ich zum Beispiel selbst gar nicht kannte, aber gibt es technologische Fortschritte von denen ihr uns etwas erzählen könnt? könnt? Ah, okay. Ja, ich möchte mal ein Throwback machen. Vor genau 30, 35 Jahren habe ich mit meinem Onkel, der für die amerikanische Entwicklungshilfe zuständig ist, also für die Vereinigten Staaten, der hat mir erzählt, dass eigentlich die Industrieländer Afrika übersehen. Warum übersehen die Industrieländer und die Industriestaaten Afrika? Weil dort sehr viele junge Menschen leben und sehr viele Menschen innovativ sind. Und deswegen glaubt man, dass das heute schon passiert ist, dass wir dieses Thema anschneiden, weil wenn man zum Beispiel als Industriestadt, Industrieland in Afrika investiert, dann ist die Rentabilität sehr hoch und sehr schnell. Der Benchmark ist sehr schnell und man sieht es auch in Österreich ist es so zum Beispiel, dass man Angst davor hat, Österreich ist es so zum Beispiel, dass man Angst davor hat, aber diese mobilen Konten, die es gibt, also diese mobile Geld, die Geldtransfer, das funktioniert toll in Afrika. Die Leute sind mit ihren Handys unterwegs und da sind sie natürlich sehr, sehr stark vertreten und das funktioniert ja gut dort. Und das ist das, was man sagt, dass man keine Bankgebäude, physische Gebäude hat oder so, aber die Handys hat man. Und das ist auch das, da kann der Eik später sicher viel mehr dazu sagen. Energie, das heißt Photovoltaikanlagen in Afrika, das funktioniert. Das haben wir eh auch im Film gesehen, dass da ein junger, innovativer Mann die Handys auflädt, natürlich. Wo gibt es das sonst, wenn nicht in Afrika? Afrika hat Potenzial und es gehört genutzt. Und wir wissen auch, dass inzwischen, also das heißt, das Gespräch, das wir vor 35 Jahren geführt haben, mein Onkel und ich, ist es inzwischen so, dass ja die Industriestaaten schon Afrika entdeckt haben und es sehr viele Start-ups gibt in Afrika. Und auch kurz auf Corona zu kommen und zwar in Dakar hat ein Pharma ein Labor zum Beispiel jetzt mit einem britischen Unternehmen Tests entwickelt. Also das heißt, in Afrika ist der Corona-Test, also das heißt, Liebfragen geht sehr, sehr, sehr stark voran. Die Frage, ob es technologische Fortschritte in Afrika gibt. Es gibt zu viele Innovationen. Es gibt genügend Start-ups. Zum Beispiel ein junger Mann in Südafrika hat gerade entdeckt, Dispenser-Automaten, um das Stigma für die Leute, die gewisse Krankheiten haben, zu umgehen. Das heißt, wenn du eine Rezept hast, da brauchst du keine Apotheke, dann gehst du mit dieser Rezept zum Automat, dann kriegst du deine Medikamente, dann musst du nicht mehr fragen, ist er Ärzte, ist er lerzte-Patient, leidet er von gewissen Krankheiten, wo er mit dem Stigma verbunden ist. Das ist etwas, was hier nicht der Fall ist, nicht zu denken ist. Stell dir vor, hier abends du hast eine Rezept, du gehst zur Apotheke und ziehst deine Karte und nimmst deine Medikamente, ohne Leute zu fragen. Das ist ein Vorschritt. Oder es gibt die Ruanda, es gibt eine neue Smartphone-Technologie, die dort entstanden ist. Oder in Ghana hat jetzt die Apple dort jetzt gefunden, dass sie jetzt das Zentrum für die Weiterentwicklung gefunden hat. Es gibt sehr viele. Also nehmen wir nur das Silicon Valley. Ja, es gibt sehr viele. Deswegen haben wir gesagt, wir dürfen uns nicht mehr schlecht reden lassen. Es muss nicht nur unbedingt, dass Afrika unentwickelt ist. Es gibt sehr viele Fortschritte. Es gibt auch in Nigeria Africa is undeveloped. There are many steps. There are also specialists in Nigeria who have just invented how to make this road transfer even faster. And it works. Because you mentioned Ghana. du Ghana angesprochen hast. Mary, you come from Ghana, right? Yes. And could you tell us some technological innovations from Ghana? So, in Ghana, there's so much going on. I mean, we all know, everywhere there's a lot going on. Specifically, I want to talk about this app. You know, in Europe, I want to talk about this app. You know, in Europe, you have this BlaBlaCar. Yes. In Ghana now, we also have this app. It's called Yanko, which in English is let us go. You know, so this app, it just works like the Blah Blah Car system, where if someone is going in a particular area on the app, the person can know that who is going with me. And all of these are going on when it comes to this carpooling. And we look at having these in place to help with all the, you know, traffic jam situation. I don't need to move my car. You don't need to move your car. You don't need to move your car. I mean, the third person can move a car and both of us still, if we are going in that same direction, we still get there. So this is something that is really good and it's reducing all the traffic jam situations that we have. I mean, this is not the optimal solution to it, but then it's a way forward. And I think that this is very good. We also have this platform, more like what they have here, Amazon. Okay. I mean, looking at financial payment systems, we haven't really gotten access to do most of our purchases there. We also have our own platform. This is Jumia. It runs in lots of countries. What's the name again? Jumia. J-U-M-I-A. And you can buy appliances or online platform. You don't need to get there and it's delivered to your doorstep or wherever you ride that you should get to. And as has already been said, payment systems, this fintech is really, I mean, top notch in Ghana now. I don't even see this in Austria that we are doing a lot of this fintech is really, I mean, top notch in Ghana now. I don't even see this in Austria, that we are doing a lot of this fintech. And when I say fintech, I'm talking about financial, you know, merging financial, you know, payment systems and all of that with technology. And in this case, it's really high. My mom is not a high level, you know, graduate or anything like that. But at the moment I am able to transfer money to her. She just gets this on her phone and, you know, things are just going. She's able to know that, okay, this is what she has in her account. She doesn't have to go there. And things have been made easy there. We also have IT services and this is an app. You know, if you are a startup company and you do not have the chance to get IT personnel, there's this whole, you know, it's more like outsourcing, but as a startup, you might not be able to afford hiring an IT person. You just let them know. And this group of people are there to help you in your area of work with IT services and run up yeah and this is through the app the app is called Mac Abbey Mac Abbey app and there's so much more when it comes to agriculture things and all of that there are lots of apps and this is all technology a platform you know all their mobile apps and all of that. There are lots of apps and this is all technology. Apart from, you know, all the mobile apps and all of that, there's so much going on in Ghana when it comes to irrigation and all of these things are technologically being done. The way we used to water our very big agricultural stuff, now we don't do that through advancement. There are really smart ways that farmers as you said leapfrogging that we have really gone beyond the normal things that we do i mean there's been some hindrances it's not that we are in heaven already you know hindrances here and there but we are making a lot of progress that there are lots of things going on i have not really been able to say this i know we are working with time but let me just say that a lot is going on this is just ghana i cannot even tell what is happening in rwanda you know kenya and all of that i know they are even doing massive things than ghanians are doing so really there's a lot going on. I have a question, Marie, to all of you. We understand that in Africa there is a big challenge of electricity and when you talk of innovation, most of this innovation can't go through because of the poor electrical system. What do you think Africans are doing as of recent to meet up with the challenges of the customers vis-a-vis these new technologies? Okay, so let me just say this and my colleagues might want to add up. At the moment, I know that electrical power has various means of being generated, okay? And since we have dams and all of that, hydro energy is really being pushed. That is going on there, and solar energy as well. I just want to say that Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, these three countries are countries that I have known from research that they are really pushing forward the solar energy systems instead of, you know, the electrical ones that we know. And these solar energy systems, you know, in Africa, by God's grace, we have lots of sun and it's the sun that powers most of these. We have lots of sun and it's the sun that powers most of these. And a lot of engineering is going on in advancing electrical appliances and innovations with the solar, you know, means. As we saw, it's really happening. Even in bigger pharma institutions and all of that, they are all channeling themselves to the solar energy. So really, this is something that we are using as a backstopping. It's not that we are doing away with all the, you know, the normal ones that we know, the traditional ones that we know, but these are, the solar energy is one that we are shifting to knowing the challenges that we have and we think and know from experience and from research that this is more convenient for our continent for our country we seem to have that resource coming to us more easily yeah okay um i will continue where she stopped because of the solar systems. It is taking care of many things. I will talk exactly from Nigeria. In Nigeria, we don't have a stable energy. We don't have stable light, but still people in the rural areas have turned back to using these solar systems. For example, you say we saw the guy pushing his solar panel for charging telephones. This has become a business also in Nigeria. People go there from villages to go and charge their phones and it helps them, it advances. There is also something that I would have wanted to say before that is very important to me is that in Kenya, for example, they have discovered a way of informing farmers which type of crop at a particular time needs to be watered and where it needs to be watered through the satellite they use. And it comes to the telephone and you call the farmer and tell him and he doesn't need to go again to run around. If the weather is getting bad, they're getting informed. I don't know how much that is here because I don't have access to the farmer's situation here. But these are things I feel, that things pushing people out of what we used to know. For example, also in Nigeria, where I can make an example of, there is a particular state, actually within the eastern part of Nigeria, a student has developed, is in prototype, developed a machine that uses only the air and continues, doesn't stop and produces energy. It doesn't use battery. But he needs the constant air that comes into the small box that he has built. And that pushes the turbine and it produces light. So these are things, the innovations that are coming up. People want to say now, we could use that instead of using the solar panels. Because to produce those panels, you have to get the resources somewhere else. This guy is going in a different direction altogether. So, these things are things that makes us happy and we feel we are in the right direction. Okay. Thank you. Well, I think Europe, so far, they have to invest in Africa because that's important also for us. It's okay. That's also important because the young people, with their ideas, we have to do some knowledge transfer. Europe or Africa, the young, our follow generation in Africa, they are innovative. And I think, but at least the money is still in Europe, the money is still in the US. And so we should try to find at least the WTO president is from Africa. So the World Trade Organization, she's an African lady. Nigerian, she's from Nigeria. So maybe she can support these things that they should help the youth in Africa because I think the industrial countries and also the African countries they have to speak in the same level they have to be in the same level because as I said before they're innovative so they are not beggars anymore. Sometimes the Europeans or the Americans think the Africans, they have to beg but at least we have knowledge and that's why they have to meet in the same level and discuss it and find some financial help for them. At least, but don't, they should not be, they should not depend on them, okay? Okay, thank you. Das ist ein interessanter Punkt, den du ansprichst, das Investment, weil das Geld, wie du meinst, liegt nach wie vor in Europa oder in den USA. Aber ich denke, ein wichtiger Punkt, um Investitionen in Startups in Afrika zu bringen, ist ja Information. Und das ist auch, was ich jetzt gerade auch bemerke, wenn ihr erzählt von den Startups und so weiter, dass wir super wenig wissen eigentlich, über was sich alles tut am afrikanischen Markt, worin man eigentlich investieren könnte. Und da auch so ein bisschen die nächste Frage, wie seht ihr auch eure Rolle, um da die Information voranzutreiben? I didn't say that I'm a teacher. Okay. I'm a teacher and I have a project in my head. I want to do knowledge transfer. I think knowledge transfer is one of the basic and one of the strongest things we should do. And we should see, I think the European Union also wants to support this knowledge transfer, as they said before some years ago. So I think we have to put the opinion leaders together I think and let us see in some years how we can do it, but I'm thinking about it. Ike? Okay. What is our contribution? Actually, I will try to speak German now. It's a sign of our continent. We don't just have one language. It's diverse. Okay. What is the contribution of the people in the diaspora? The diaspora brings sehr viele Beiträge. Wir leisten sehr viel. Zuerst, wir haben von Money Transfer gesprochen. Es ist von der Hartente Löhne her, die man weiter unten gibt, damit sie weiterkommen. Wir haben Ideen, die man auch mit den Leuten durch Telefonaten und durch den Austausch, den wir den Leuten geben. Wir in der Diaspora haben die Chance, Vernetzung mit dem Geld zu geben, die Geld bringen könnten. Oder die Leute zu sagen, jetzt ist es reif, in Afrika zu investieren. Wenn nicht wir, wer dann kann diese Geschichte erzählen? Weil wir wissen, wo das Geld zu investieren ist in Afrika. Und so ist es, dass wir in der Diaspora den Auftrag bekommen, unsere Rolle wahrzunehmen. Das heißt, dieser Brückenbauer, den unser Geschäftsführer heute erwähnt hat, ist nicht nur ein Brückenbauer zwischen Österreich und den Zugewanderten, es ist auch durch europäische Technologie und afrikanische Technologie zu transferieren. Und das ist so weit, was ich sagen kann, als die Rolle von den Leuten in der Diaspora. technology to transfer. And that is as far as I can say as the role of the people in the diaspora. Yeah, so if I had your question right, that what is the contribution of Africans in the diaspora to Africa's rising, is it right? Okay. So I just want to say that really there's a lot going on and as diasporans, I know that a lot is being done, a lot can be done and we need to do more. At the moment, thanks to technology, I mean looking at this in the past year, the issue of COVID-19 and everybody, the past year, the issue of COVID-19 and everybody, technology, you know, freaking and all of that. We have seen that as diasporans, we can actually do more without even presently being with our people back home. You know, this is the situation where you can sit in the comfort of your home and have a lecture with, you know, a group of Africans or students who are a bit, you know, underprivileged to have the chance to be in a class. And in the lecture, you are able to give what normally, if you were not present, you couldn't have given. I am not saying that if you are not there, you cannot do anything. Financially, yes, you are contributing. I'm looking at the academia, okay? If people get out in Europe and all of that, they take their postdoc, they take their PhDs and all of that. There are sandwich programs where they can still go there, make impact, which I know is being done. I know quite a number of Africans here in Austria, to be specific, who have chance of, you know, two weeks going back to their home countries. They take slots to teach in various subjects. And in this case, they are not depriving the students of not benefiting from what a lecturer is supposed to give. They come here and they learn and they give this feedback out there to them. There was a situation where they couldn't go home. They sat here and still transferred the knowledge. So knowledge transfer, yes thanks to technology, is not too difficult. It's not a matter of being present there to give this. Unfortunately, technology and internet is working really well back home. Yes, in the rural areas, it's not so powerful, but I know that in my village, my mom goes to my village and still talks to me via WhatsApp and we make video calls and all of that. Students are there and they still get the chance to be impacted. There has been moments where I sit at home, they connect me via Zoom and I'm able to talk to a group of students, encourage them, motivate them that, hey, we can do this. It's not too hard for you to do. So indirectly, you are telling them that, yes, they do not see any mentorship out there, but hey, you can do it. We need to encourage everyone back home that is, do not be limited by the things that you see around yourselves. You can do this. With the issue of leapfrogging, I just want to say that, you know, there's the situation where when you are in a tight fix, you will definitely find a way out. And this is what is happening in Africa now. You realize that, look, I need to do something I need to take a step if you sit down thinking that the way Austria the systems are working systems are not working back home and this is the reality so you need to sit up rise up and do something for yourself to be able to break all those barriers and boundaries that you have so it's very very important and also i just want to say this that we we think that in the diaspora you cannot do much but apart from sending monies home and all of that we there's the statement that we say in ghana travel and see i traveled and i have been able to know that okay there are cultures that is not only limited to what I knew from Ghana, but then we need to be more, what do I say? More objective in our opinions. We need to be more open. And it's not just limited to what I know from there. We get the experience. We go back home and we're able to talk to them about, look, it's not only about this. It's not only limited this it's not only limited to this yes you are in Ghana you are seeing that but hey racism is real I didn't know what racism was until I came to Austria personally I have not really experienced any racial stuff but I know people who have talked about it and Austrians are doing this and have not even realized that look they are being racial they are being you know not fair to the blacks out here so as I said I did not even know what racism was since I came to Austria I'm like okay this is real how do we deal with it people back home will not understand when you are being so hard on the issue of racism because they have not experienced it. We are one people and nobody will frown on, hey, I'm not going to sit by your side or anything like that. You cannot have this job because of your skin color. It doesn't exist there. So when you talk about these things, they don't understand. We came here now, we can talk about it and arrange them that, okay, this is what is happening here you should be more open you should be more friendly people are not supposed to be measured based on their color or anything like that take people for who they are take people for what is inside them and not only the outward you might be misled and this is something that i think that is very important as diasporans that we go out there and give out to our people back home. Even if the Austrians will not come to the level of learning this, to live at peace with one another because we are in a global society. And at least I know that my Ghanaians, I know that my Africans are more open. And you can testify that if you are an Austrian and you go back to any African country, they are so receptive. They are so lovely and they welcome you and will not tell you, back to any African country, they are so receptive, they are so lovely, and they welcome you and will not tell you, hey, what are you doing here? They rather say, you are welcome. Thank you so much. So we need to get there. Diasporans can do more, we are doing more, and we have so much, a long way to go. Thank you. Thank you. Please put your hands together for them. That was wonderful. When we look at this is Mr. Okafo. This is Chief Okafo. This is Black Community. That is Beverly. That is a politician. That is a teacher. This is a policy researcher. This is an educationalist. Please, we're putting now to the crowd, if you have a question to ask, please, it is a moment. I think there is a microphone over there. You can ask your question, please. Or a contribution to add to what they just said. Please, you give us your name, country where are you from and your contribution hello my name is randy ashi i've experienced a lot in this country and what i can say is i What I can say is, I started playing band in this country, you know, since 2004. And everywhere we went, the people said, come on, we don't need you. We don't need you. Go, go, go, go. Because you are black. Then I told my friend one day, look, we should not look what they are black. Then I told my friend one day, look, we should not look what they are doing. One day, we'll be the head, not the tail. And today, I'm very... I don't know what to say. I feel sorrow. Because I'm playing with a big group in Salzburg, in the whole Austria. ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa ndakwa തത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്ത്� This goes to you. Ask your question. Please. Unite the blacks very well. Please. This is my question. You have to unite the blacks very well okay okay uh please mr careful please those who have children please try to control your children we have a serious discussion going on please thank you okay uh is is a question an appeal i'll see this appeal i know the blacks well i should try to unite the blacks is that your question okay okay um ladies and gentlemen over there those talking and those listening I got a question I was told to unite the blacks yes this is an opportunity I'm talking loud because there are people who are not listening. And the message is for them. So somebody from the floor said we should unite you, the blacks. I throw it back to you. We leave our home and come here. Why we've come here is because we share a lot in common. I'm taking it, I'm appealing to you. If we call you for one thing or the other, we'll be very pleased you come with your critics, your contributions, and all you have. Because within our community, we have too many talents that need to be promoted we want next year next year i don't want to be sitting here again and i wouldn't want to disturb my loving sister beverly or the mary i want a new face from you r, thank you for your question. I hope I answered it. Yeah, very good. Very good. Very good. Please. I'm with you. Please, the next question or a contribution, please. Not more than one minute and our answers, please let us be very brief. We are working on time. Thank you. The next question. Yeah. Thank you very much. You welcome everybody here. My question is, is this for us? We need to be together, especially as Mr. Uche said, black community started since over years. 16 years right now. It is very hard when something happens together. You don't see no one. But when something good, we met them. Please, we need to be one. It doesn't mean where you're from. That is black community. Thank you. Thank you. Put your hands together for that wonderful contribution. We need to be one. Please, the next question. Give us your name and your country, please. It's important. Hi, everybody. My name is Sosos. People know me. I'm the son of Charles. Hi. What I want to talk about is about our second generation, children who are born here. Because according to family relatives and friends and the experience I'm going through, I've seen that people who are born here, nowadays they are going through a lot of troubles with their identity problems. And I think when we have like this Africa Symposium, we should also try to organize and include the youth, especially those who are born here because they they go through a lot of different problems that most of us Africans are having so I don't know if there is a way you can do or meetings or I don't know how to kind of sub organization where the youth children who are gone here where they can face you and tell you the problems they are going through Because sometimes if they born here on the other part the field Africans and on the other side they're not Austrian so being between the two cultures they get lost sometimes and My request was new mr. Which please there is a it's an agent was on you, Mr. Uche. Please, it's an urgent because if you see the teen, the boys, girls who are grown here, around when they get to the teen age, they get lost and then they take solutions where drugs become the solutions. We have a lot of children, a lot of them who are having mental problems because of not knowing where they belong to. So my request is try get them together and listen to them. Because sometimes when we talk about Africa, we concentrate on first generation, people who, let's say, who come to Africa and we keep on talking about problems that are happening in Africa and sometimes we forget about the youths who are born here. And I think we can give them also a focus on them sometimes. That's my question. Okay. That was a nice question. This is a very wonderful question. And I will address and try to answer it. When we started with the black community, we were a little bit younger. And fortunately for us, the lady mother, I think, is my daughter, is a second generation. We would have had one of the people from the second generation, the Jacob. Jacob would have done the presentation and I would have been sitting on the podium, but unfortunately Jacob is sick, so he couldn't come. That's also the second generation. On calling on the second generation again, I throw it back to the parents. I am throwing it with amount of energy back on the parents. Bring your children. Talk to them. Get us together. We have in the black community a program called Intercultural Mena Beratung. It comprises all those things you've talked about. We also have a junior, a youth group that will address at the same time the issue you are talking those sitting at the info stand those young ladies are part of this we intend we know we cannot continue without the younger ones coming behind we thought you're thinking about that so by the next programs we have been having you'll be seeing our youth. Today, we'll have the youths who will also perform dancing for us. We'll also have the youths who will do the model show. So we are trying to get them involved. So I'm telling the parents to ask your youths or your boys or your girls when they come home, whether they knew this or they knew that and where they're coming from. That's my contribution to it. Mary, we want to say something to you too. So I would want to say that it's very, very important, and as parents, we have the major role to play. I understand being in associations is also important, that you feel belong to, and I also believe in associations is also important that you feel belong to. And I also believe in integration. Whatever it is, you have come to Austria. Your children are living in Austria. And it is very necessary that we orient our children, we raise our children in a way to fit into the society. I'm not saying fit into the society where you leave your culture and all of that behind, but it's very, very important that as a parent, this is where you work. Your children are schooling with Austrians and all of that. It takes an extra effort as a migrant parent to help your child to integrate. And as Ike said, it starts from these young children we see around where are they supposed to be what are parents doing are you taking them to all the places they need to also feel belonged when it's time for all the social activities we think that no it's not necessary I do not have time but it starts from these young ages where the children will feel like, yes, I belong. And we need to help them to integrate. It is very, very important. If at this young stage, we do not help them to integrate, they get to that youthful stage and they feel like we have no place. Yes, I'm not saying that Austrians will see them as Austrians. I think that it's a good thing that we see the extension in our bodies. But if your child is growing up and can love him or herself for who he is, at that point of being that teenage, you believe in yourself. You have a good self-esteem. It doesn't matter what someone is saying to you that, hey, you do not belong. I do not see you. You see yourself. What are you telling yourself so for me i would advise that as parents here whoever you are a migrant parent you don't have to only be african as the the austrians say auslander you are already an outsider to them so believe in yourself let us raise our children to believe in themselves and it will get there and they will not need the nod of someone to feel belonged, to feel like, okay, I'm not there yet. Let us help our children to integrate, believe in themselves, and they will rise up to who we want them to be. They will not be excluded in the society if they feel that, hey, we know what we are about we know where we want to get to let us help our children to integrate they are in austria as you give them your african cultural values let them also know what pertains in austria what are the cultural values of austrians and they would not be lost i know that it is one step after the other it takes a lot of work as a migrant parent but we can do it okay thank you so much i think we are please put your hands together for her that was wonderful i see it from the crowd thank you so much uh we are here to talk not only about ourselves but our children because there is a term that says the children are the future of tomorrow so by that reason i want to give the microphone to our sister beverly to throw more light on that issue of the children and African children and our children in the diaspora rising. Thank you Mary for your words. Very good, thanks. I will speak in German. I can speak Ich kann nicht Deutsch sprechen. Ich kann Engl immer sage, die Leute können dich bespucken, die können dich beschimpfen oder sonstiges, aber das, was du im Kopf hast, das kann dir keiner nehmen. When you have knowledge, nobody can take it. Und ich glaube, das ist auch ein Schlüssel zur Integration, weil sie sich Wissen aneignen müssen. Also Wissen ist irrsinnig wichtig. Warum ist Wissen wichtig, das habe ich eh schon vorher gesagt. Und dadurch, dass sie sich weiter entwickeln können, dass sie sich Wissen aneignen und so weiter, da können sie selber eigentlich in ihrer Mitte stehen und sagen, ich weiß, was ich kann. Auch wenn die Leute so grauslich sind zu mir, ich weiß, was ich kann und ich habe meinen Weg. Und das ist, glaube ich, auch wichtig für die Eltern, dass sie ihre Kinder motivieren. Dass sie ihre Kinder motivieren, weiterzugehen. Ich weiß, es ist ein harter Weg. Dieser Weg ist total hart. Aber nichtsdestotrotz soll man die Kinder auch motivieren, sich weiterzuentwickeln. Weil wie gesagt, unsere Generation oder die Generation unserer Eltern in Afrika, sie haben für die Schule bezahlt. Wenn sie kein Geld gehabt haben, dann sind sie nicht in die Schule gegangen. Das haben sie sich nicht leisten können. Und in Österreich, sie leben da, die Eltern, sie arbeiten da, sie zahlen hier ihre Steuern und sie finanzieren auch das Schulsystem, das österreichische Schulsystem mit ihren Steuern. Und deswegen sollen sie ja ihre Kinder auch motivieren, dieses Wissen oder dieses Schulsystem, was schon kostenlos ist, sei es, meine Nachmittagsbetreuung ist jetzt wieder, muss man zahlen in Oberösterreich, aber wir kämpfen dagegen, dass sie wegkommt. Aber nichtsdestotrotz, Schule ist kostenlos. Sie brauchen für die Schule nichts zahlen und da sollte man das ansetzen und es wirklich nutzen. Alles, was man an Wissen kriegt, wirklich aufsaugen. Und ich habe wirklich sehr viel aufgesaugt. Und das ist mein Tipp an die Eltern. Schickt eure Kinder in die Lehre. Die Lehre ist auch super. Schickt sie in höhere Schulen. Sie sollen sich einfach dieses Wissen aneignen und annehmen. Das ist wichtig. Danke. Dankeschön. Let's put your hands together. Thank you so much. Ich glaube, wir haben noch eine Frage. I think we have one or two other questions or contributions. Please, very brief. Thank you so much. Your name and your country. Thank you. Good evening all. My name is Bina Chiyoke. I am presently the chairman Enugu Union of Ostaray. I want to first of all have to thank the organizers of this event, in particular Mr. Aike Okafo and Mr. Njoko. I thank you guys so much. It's a wonderful arrangement. I want to react and also I want to put just one thing in respect to the issue of identity problem we are having. Yes, personally, I'm married to a Nigerian. I'm a Nigerian. I have four children and they were all born here except one. We have two set of, or could I say three set of African kind of families. There are families you have a Nigerian man or woman married to an Austrian, or invariably they're going to give up an offspring that is mixed, and these kids, they have challenges. that is mixed and these kids they have challenges but i think our men or women per se have a major role to play in trying to give these children a basic knowledge and this knowledge will help them to go to levels at any point let me give you an instance. My child one day came back from school and asked me, Papa, what is hot fabric? I said, what do you mean? He said, hot fabric. Is it not black, brown, or white? I said, what do you mean? They said, my teacher said that their own color is the hot fabric, brown I was shocked so we are going to ease those of us like I care and some of our sisters that are in political field in this Austria, their education system plays a major role in degrading our children. This is a major problem our kids are facing. When you start from cradle to tell a child that a particular color is the skin color of human being, it is absurd. It cannot be happening in this generation. ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi �� রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে ররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররররর� We share our language. When you come for a gathering like this, we should have an avenue where someone can speak Igbo, speak Ausa, speak Yoruba, Lingara, your language. Because you can't learn it anywhere else in the world. Because you are not living in Nigeria, you are not living in Ghana, you are not living in Congo. Your kids, they go to school, they learn Dutch. It's basic. At times they have also English classes. It's basic. রেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরের� an die Panelisten, um uns eine breite Antwort oder eine Beitragskonferenz zu geben. Herr, wo sind Sie? Herr, wo sind Sie? Hören Sie die Antwort? Ja, hi. Ich würde sagen, dass die Lehrerin das Jahr falsch gearbeitet hat. Weil wenn ich Kinder aus verschiedenen Ländern in meiner Klasse habe, dann besorge ich zuerst alle Farben, die ich in der Klasse habe und dann teile ich es aus. Also das heißt, sie hat pädagogisch falsch gehandelt, ganz einfach. Und da muss man auch ansetzen natürlich in der Ausbildung der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer und sagen, Österreich ist bunter geworden, und die Klassen sind bunter geworden und deswegen soll man auch solche Sachen, das ist genauso wie in diesen Büchern, diese Einwörter, die früher vorgekommen sind, und das ist einfach ein pädagogisches No-Go und das darf nicht passieren. Also das heißt, die Lehrerin oder der Lehrer hat nicht gedacht. Und ich denke mir, das gehört auch mit in die Ausbildung hineingeflossen, dass sowas einfach abgestellt wird. Es tut mir leid für Ihre Tochter, aber dies gehört normalerweise pädagogisch abgestellt. Ich möchte noch etwas dazu hinfügen. Es ist eine Missverständnis, dass es nicht möglich ist, wenn wir zu diesem typischen Feierabend kommen, dass wir verschiedene Sprachen sprechen können. this type of celebration we can speak different languages is not possible. That is why we from the black community are trying to advise the different groups and assisting them to organize themselves. In the black community we have 17 ethnic groups whom we are supporting. Beginning from Kua, Akamasal, Mokuda, Ibo, Enugu and all the names. So this is our ethnic areas where you people have to come together. Where you speak your language. Where you take the responsibility and teach your child that your language. We don't speak French. We don't speak English and Spanish, Portuguese. These are all colonial languages in Africa. So what we do is, when we come together, we bring a common problem that we are experiencing out there and dialogue and look for solutions for such problems. And the black community is always there to support all the ethnic groups as you organize yourself. Vielen Dank. Vielen Dank. Dankeschön. Und mit dieser letzten Antwort und letzten Frage, eine letzte Frage kommt noch, wie ich sehe. Was ich sagen möchte, ist keine Frage, sondern eine kurze Erklärung zu der Frage von Emo und was er gesagt hat. What I wanted to say is not a question, but a short explanation of what he said. Because he asked the question in English, I will have the answer in English. We understand exactly the main point you're making about the languages. We know that most of the African children born here, most of them don't even speak their mother languages, which normally their parents are the ones to start teaching them. But most of the parents are not doing this assignment which is their own assignment but we have decided to start a program of teaching African languages for many children from next year we have this plan for over five years now but because we had a problem of where to do it, the place we were staying was very small. But the new office we have now, we have a small hall. And one of the things we want to start next year is African language courses for the children. And we hope that we can achieve it. Without the assistance of the parents, it will also be difficult. So that is the answer to your question. Thank you. Thank you so much, Chairman. I think we give every panelist one minute to give their last words to the family. Hello, I want to say one or two words, please. Please kindly stand up if you have a question. Your name and your country, sir, we do respect. Good evening. My name is Rafael Owuhai. I am the president of Nanka Nigerian Community here in Upper Ostra. I thank the management and staff of this black community. They are wonderful. They've been doing a great job. They have been organizing many programs. This one of them. You know my contribution is this. It is so much appalling that this is supposed to be black community affairs. But when I look around, two-thirds of the people here are not from that community. I don't know. I'm surprised I don't know, I'm surprised why it is so. Many of us don't respond. This black community, this program has been publicized. I got the message and I disseminated the message. Ugly. But I'm surprised that only very few black responded. This is appalling. I am using this medium and opportunity of course to let our black folks to know that when such call, this is a clarion call that is for all individuals, all black communities. Let them respond. It is very important. That is one. തതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതതો અরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরোরো� Now it seems that many of our children are being suppressed in schools. You see some of us, some of our children, they are being pushed to areas they are not supposed to be, vocational areas and so on. If this could be addressed, I think that will go a long way to helping us away from that race. রেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরের� I will continue where she stopped if you don't say who you are the people wouldn't know what they call you just as Raph said such occasions are meant for us to come and learn or put our own knowledge for others to learn. So let us keep hands together. Together we shall stand divided we will fall. And lastly do not see yourself as being continuously the oppressed. We are no longer of German. Lass uns die Gewand des Unterdrückten ausziehen und fangen wir an, an uns selber zu glauben. Es ist sehr viel möglich. Wir können mehr tun, als wir heute gesehen haben. Das mehr ist möglich. Das ist, was We can do more than we have seen today. More is possible. That's what I tell people. Don't talk so much bad about Africa. Let's start talking about the positive aspects of Africa. Only then can people also learn positively about us. Thank you. Thank you Mary. Thank you. I want to say that, in fact, it's very important that as Africans who are living in the diaspora, I just want to conclude and just say that raise your children, live your life here, to just face the reality of being an African in Austria. This is very important. If you psych your children up, train them in a way to face the challenges that they are yet or if they haven't met them yet, train them to face what is to come. In that case, when it comes, it doesn't hit them and put them to the ground. We have a role to play as parents, as a community. We have a role to play as parents as a community we have a role to play and i also want to give an advice i know there are strengths with us here that is very important that you also know what is going on in africa the myth that used to go on that there's no good from africa it is not true as i said it's a myth let us yearn to know what is happening let us yearn to know the good that goes on there that the good in Africans as well it is very important that we come in with objective minds open-mindedness and live at peace with all Africans as you live with everyone who I mean wherever the person is coming from how you want to live with them, I want you to also have that mindset to live with Africans as well. They are warm people, they are loving, and we are so sweet. So let us learn to live at peace with each other. Thank you. Thank you. Put your hands together for them. Our panelists, thank you so much. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. Thank you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, please once again put your hands together for yourself. Thank you for your understanding. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for being part of this occasion. Without much ado, without much ado, without much ado, please, I want us to have like 10 minutes of relaxed mind. We relax our mind and have some Vielen Dank für die Aufmerksamkeit, vielen Dank für das Teilnehmen und für Ihre Fragen und Ihre Partizipation. Wir hören ein paar Minuten Musik und dann werden wir die Modenschau bewundern können. Im Hintergrund finden nun schon ganz rege Vorbereitungen statt für die Modenschau, wie viele vielleicht schon mitbekommen haben. Und in der Podiumsdiskussion haben wir ein Thema eher angesprochen, das jetzt auch in der Modenschau wieder aufgegriffen wird. Es geht um unsere Wurzeln. Es geht darum, auch unsere Wurzeln zu kennen und diese auch leben zu können. Und ich habe eine kleine Geschichte mitgebracht von Amelie, die auch mitorganisiert hat bei der Modenschau. Diese Modenschau wird zustande kommen in Zusammenarbeit von Petronil und Amelie. Petronil hat einen Online-Shop. Vielleicht haben einige von Ihnen das schon mitbekommen. Im Hintergrund, im hinteren Bereich des Veranstaltungssaals gibt es einen großen Stand, wo wunderschöne Puppen zu kaufen sind und Kleidung und Taschen und Accessoires. Und diese Artikel, die kann man in Petronils Onlineshop auch kaufen. Dieser heißt Turbo Turbo und sie zeigen uns jetzt auch einige der Outfits, die in diesem Onlineshop erhältlich sind. Sie zeigen uns jetzt auch einige der Outfits, die in diesem Onlineshop erhältlich sind. Die kurze Geschichte, die ich mitgebracht habe, trage ich Ihnen jetzt einfach mal vor. Also es war so, es war Nellys fünfter Geburtstag und ihr Vater hatte eine Idee für ein Geschenk. Nelly war nicht alleine in der Familie, sondern sie hatte auch zwei Schwestern. Und der Vater beschloss dem Mädchen Puppen zu schenken. Nelly bekam eine schwarze Puppe mit Afrohaar. Ihre ältere Schwester Jolant und Chantal sollten nicht eifersüchtig sein, deswegen bekamen sie auch Puppen. Jolant bekam eine weiße Puppe mit blondem Haar. Und Chantal bekam eine japanische Porzellanpuppe mit schwarzem Haar. Nelly war zu dem Zeitpunkt sehr, sehr traurig, dass sie die schwarze Puppe bekommen hat. Sie war traurig, weil sie nicht verstanden hat und dachte, warum bekomme ich jetzt die hässliche Puppe? ich jetzt die hässliche Puppe. Und ihr Vater erzählte ihr dann, dass diese Puppe natürlich nicht hässlich ist, sondern wunderschön. Und genau darum geht es auch heute Abend ein bisschen, dass wir das Schönheitsideal auch ein bisschen formen und verändern. Und das, was Nelly dann später verstanden hat, war, dass ihre Puppe natürlich wunderschön war und dass die Hautfarbe ihrer Puppe auch wunderschön war, genauso wie das Haar der Puppe. Und einige dieser Puppen, die sind auch hinten ausgestellt und zum Kauf erhältlich und die kommen jetzt auch in der Modenschau wieder vor. Also das Beispiel mit den Farbstiften und der Hautfarbe, das findet sich natürlich auch im Spielzeug wieder. Und ich kann mich selber erinnern, dass ich eine Puppe hatte, die auch schwarzes Haar hatte und dunkle Haut. Und das war meine allerliebste Lieblingspuppe. Sie hatte den Namen Adanna. Und es ist ganz wichtig, dass wir unsere Wurzeln eben kennen, wie ich angesprochen habe. Und dass wir auch die Möglichkeit haben, diese Wurzeln sicht, wie ich angesprochen habe und dass wir auch die Möglichkeit haben, diese Wurzeln sichtbar zu machen und im Spielzeug oder in den Farben oder in der Kleidung auch an uns tragen können. Und damit würde ich ganz gerne die Modenschau nun einleiten und Sie einladen, wirklich die tollen Farben zu bewundern und die Modenschau zu genießen. Und ja ja genau. Ladies and Gentlemen, please, this is another very important moment. Give us your attention. We call it Fashion Parade, Fashion Display. This is a display of African Regalia, African Kleidung, African Dresses. You will see all kinds of African clothes from Nigeria to Cameroon to Kenya to Ghana, from the east to the west, to the north to the south. Please give your attention. Take out your cameras. This will be a souvenir that you will never forget. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready. This is the moment. This is the moment. This is the moment. Are they ready? Emily and Petrolin. Malaika. Nakupende Malaika. are they ready emily and petrolin fashion parade wow you can also care for them please this is african african রেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরের� This is Beauty from Africa. Please show her some love. Show her some love, please. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. The next person please. Wow, wow, wow, wow. This is beauty from Africa. Please show them some love. Please. This is wonderful. Very powerful. Look at the way they are beautiful. Come on, don't be shy. Come on. Wow, wow, wow, come on! I'm going to go to the beach. African Symphony 2021 Chorchor, chorchor, chorchor Ayayay ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ ੧ That is Petrolin, that is Petrolin, one of the organizers. Come on, come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on This is special beauty from Africa. Let's go. The next, the next is... Come on now. I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me I wish you'd be with me Maidalia ni julabo, uwe na mi, hakia mungu na kupenda Nomba ni kashoyulabo, usiwamini, ukisha wapawa na kuena Oba sigileges, ni kubebe mbongoni ILM, lika ni kudeges, ni kutunze kama moni Thank you. Wow, wow, wow. Watch this. Good boy. Watch this. Watch this. Watch this. Watch this. Watch this. Ka choki nyumba ika wa kibiyeti Asa we! Ufa tia kia kita nani Nika kia kia kwa nyekiti Asa we! Ile si ninge shetani nawe Kaja koko chiti Koba si jile Neko mepe mgongon This is from Northwest From Northwest Cameroon Come on! Pretty girl Move your waist This is from Northwest, from Northwest Cameroon. Come on, come on. Pretty girl, move your waist. Why are you all over my head? Handsome voice, handsome voice. This is Black Community Supported. This girl, this is Tom Thomas. This is Tom Thomas. This is Tom Cameron from Northwest. Cameron, Northwest Cameron. Thank you. Tell me, do you see what you did to me? No, I can't control my body. 2021. 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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. These are our children. They are looking so beautiful. Wonderfully dressed. This is Africa. തതതેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેরບેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതેതেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেরেਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸੀਸ� ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi ndi is Just like a chief. These are African dresses. Oh, DJ Fire. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I love you. রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে রে Thank you so much. Thank you's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? This is our Fashion parade tonight This is our fashion parade Thank you DJ Thank you DJ Thank you DJ Please I want you all This this was Make Possible. Thanks to black community for giving them this opportunity to show our children, to show our regalia, to show our culture. Amelia, please come forward. And Petulia, please come forward. Where is the other lady in question? Please come forward. Amelia, please come forward. Viene de Van Padon. She's shy, she's shy, she's shy. She's shy, she's shy She's shy, she's shy Okay, this was done by This lady in question, Andy Amelie They made it possible for us to gather Here to celebrate this day To make this wonderful occasion Spicy and nice Please, I want you to put your hands together for them Put your hands together for them. Put your hands together for them. So they are not going, they are going to stay here while the group from black community come now special. So the black community group is coming, please. Black community group, they are doing their own fashion parade, please. We need space, please, just a little space. Thank you. Black Community, Black Community in Leeds, in Upper Austria. Manuela is there, Andrew is there, Amini is there, Uche is there, Gavvo is there Thank you so much Thank you so much Thank you so much, thank you so much Please, one minute for photo, those who want to take photo One minute photo, one minute photo You want to take one minute Take your photo, one minute Thank you, thank you, thank you Thank you Mr. Chema Show them some love please Thank you, thank you, thank you Thank you so much Come on Come on Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. Come on now, come on, come on. Come on. Come on. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Suu hau dina mii, da uya mii, alikola na, bukuso wa mii, aukola na Hii lononose, suu hau dina mii Hii lononose, hii lononose, hii lononose Thank you, Black community. Thank you, Black community. Ich will nur noch sehen, zu manchen Schülern. Okay. Was für eine Show! Großartig! Wir haben natürlich noch mehr vorbereitet. Das Abendende noch nicht jetzt. Und als nächstes würde ich ganz herzlich mit einem warmen Applaus auf die Bühne bitten. Princes, sie wird für uns einige Stücke singen und am Klavier spielen. Und wir sind schon sehr, sehr gespannt. Bitte auf die Bühne, Princess. Only addicted to the things that will bring you trauma All around the world, children are suffering And we all seem to turn a blind eye So many broken families And families losing their whole hope But if you only love But if you only show love for your own race Then you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate, you only generate hate And when you hear you're bound to get erased people killing people dying children hurt can you hear them crying can you practice what you preach would you turn the other cheek father father father help us send some guidance from above Cause some people got me questioning Where is the love? The love The love What's wrong with the world, mama? People acting like they ain't got no mamas I think the whole world's addicted to the drama Only addicted to the things that would drain your jowl All around the world, children are suffering And we all seem to turn and fly Oh, broken families Oh People killing, people dying Children hurt, can you hear them crying? Can you practice what you preach? Would you turn the other cheek? Father, Father, Father, help us send some guidance from above. Cause some people got me questioning, where is their love? People killing, people dying. Can you hear them crying? Can you practice what you preach? Would you turn the other cheek? Father, Father, Father, help us. Send some guidance from above. Cause some people got me questioning. Where is the love? The love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Oh, people killing, people dying. Children hurt, can you hear them crying? Can you practice what you preach? Would you turn the other cheek? Father, Father, Father, help us. Send some guidance from above. Because some people got me questioning. Where is the love? Yes. There comes a time where we hit a certain goal When the world must come together as one There are people dying And it's time to lend a hand To life The greatest gift of all We can go on pretending day by day that someone somewhere will soon make a change. We are all a part of God's great big family. It's true, we to make a better day Just you and me We are the world We are the children We are the ones to make a brighter day So let's start giving There's a choice to make here. We're saving our lives. It's true, make a brighter day just you and me. And send in your heart so they know that someone cares. We know that someone cares as God has shown us the way. There are people dying within our lives. History will make a brighter day, just you and me. Come sing with us, amen. We are the world. We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's all give in And there's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives It's true, we make a brighter day Just you and me. We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones to make a brighter day so let's start giving. And there's a choice to making. We're saving our own lives. It's true, we'll make a brighter day, just you and me. It's true, we'll make a brighter day, just you and me. And it's true, we'll make a brighter day, just you and me. Make a better day, just you and me I'm gonna leave my footprints on the sand of time Know there was something that meant something that I left behind When I leave this world, I make no regrets Leave something to remember, so they won't forget I was here I lived, I loved, I was here I did, I've done everything that I wanted And it was more than I thought it would be I will leave my mark so everyone will know I wanted and it was more than I thought it would be. I will leave my mark so everyone will know I was here. I wanna say I lived each day until I die. And know that I meant something in some other's life. I meant something in some other's life. The hearts I have touched were the proof that I lived. And I made a difference so they won't forget I was here. I lived, I loved, I was here. And I did, I've done everything that I want. And it was more than I thought it would be. I will leave my mark so everyone will know I was here. I lived, I loved, I was here. I lived, I loved, I was here. And I did, I've done everything that I wanted and it was more than I thought it would be. I will leave my mind so everyone will know I was here And I lived, I loved, I was here And I did, I've done everything that I wanted And it was more than I thought it would be I will leave my mark So everyone would know I was here. I was here. I was here. I want to say how let you stay until I die And know that I meant something and someone is lying Oh, I was here And I lived, I loved, I was here And I did, I've after everything that i wanted and it was not that i thought it would be i will leave my mark so everyone will know i was here Ndiyo kutoka kwa kwa Ndiyo kutoka kwa kwa Kujua kutoka hiyo? Kujua kutoka hiyo? Let's do this together. Come on. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands for her, please. Our surprise package. This is our artist. He wants to give us a surprise package for two minutes. People killing, people dying. Children hurt, can you hear them crying? Can you practice your hands together please Father, Father, Father Help us Send some guidance from above Cause some people got me questioning Where is the love I've been partying I've been wandering My heart's so big, I can't sleep People killing, people dying Every day I pray to God to change this life I wanna be happy in my mind I wanna make money, make mama proud But it seems so hard for me, I need to be down Cause I know one day I'm gonna be in the sky I'm gonna fly high, I'm gonna make life good i'm gonna lose money when i make them good cause i know people killing the people dying all needs to know is just love one another people killing people dying yeah to them hurt can you hear them cry that's right can you practice what you preach yeah would you turn the other cheek father father is we are black people we're gonna love one another united we're together divided before cause we know this life is only one i'm gonna gonna live good, you see the young children, they live so helpless, they look so good, when I was like eight, I used to feel good, cause I know one day, I'm gonna be good, from Cameroon to Austria, I wanna be here, I love this land, I love the people, I love the food, you are my brothers, we live together. I never go down when I make life good. I want to make people feel when I'm on stage. When I step on the mic, I let them sing. Cause this lady now got the chorus for me. People killing, people dying. Turn and hurt, can you hear them crying? Can you practice what you preach? Or would you turn turn the other cheek? Father, Father, Father, help us Send some guidance from above People telling people, say your name Where is the love? Where is the love? Come on, sing with me. Where is, where is, where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Come and sing with me. Come on. Come on. I never knew I would find myself here. This was back in Africa. I used to go to school. I used to be the best in class. I never have good pen, never good books boots never good shoes to wear on my feet I move so back there many kilometers right here in Osterich I feel so happy I wanna make this life I wanna be happy life is so hard for us Africans we have bad leaders that's why we are here we love our country we love love our culture. What can we do? We need to be together. Together as one. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Put your hands together for them. That was wonderful. It's all about black community tonight. African Symposium 2021. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you, DJ. Thank you, Mr. DJ. That was a wonderful performance from our own guests, from our own Africans. They want to show us that they have extraordinary talent. The next artist tonight. Next up, performing a special dance. Als nächstes haben wir eine Tanzperformance von zwei Schwestern. B&B. Bitte auf die Bühne. Put your hands together for them. Hi. Hi. Hello. I'm shy. Before we start dancing, I want to tell you about our dance. Our dance is Adowa, which is originated from Ghana by the Akan people. I'm proud to say I'm a Ghanaian though, so yeah. I'm being shy again, I don't know what to say. But any dance that we are going to do is from Ghana. And the last dance is just going to be a freestyle from Nigeria, Togo, Beni. Africa is Africa. So, yeah. Thank you. This is Ghana Cultural Dance. Ghana Cultural Dance Group. Please show them some love. Show them some love. Show them some love. Show them some love, please. Thank you. Thank you. Ay, ay, ay, come on! Oh! Come on, show them some love, please. Show them some love. Show them some love, please. Show them some love. Thank you. Thank you. 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Please put your hands together for them. That was wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. We are almost coming to another segment. We have just last program, which is Collins & Co. They are going to give us live band performance for about 20 minutes. And after which, please don't leave. After which we are going to dance, dance, dance, dance from the baddest DJ who is here tonight. Nach dem wir jetzt den schlechtesten DJ, der heute hier ist, tanzen werden. Bittungen genießen, bevor wir zum abschließenden Tanzen und Singen und miteinander Feiern übergehen können. Und deshalb danke nochmal, danke herzlich, dass ihr alle da gekommen seid, dass ihr mit uns Spaß hattet und wirklich einen informativen, super spannenden, unterhaltsamen Abend hattet. Und der soll natürlich jetzt nicht enden, sondern wir laden euch dann herzlich ein, mit uns gemeinsam zu tanzen und zu feiern und einfach den Abend zu genießen. Danke, danke. Herr Collins und Co. und Millie, der Boden ist deiner. Zeig uns euer Talent, gib uns Livebandmusik, unterhalten uns heute Abend. Wir werden live Musik spielen. Untertitel uns heute Abend. hier zu sein, wieder vor Ort zu sein und mit 3G getestet, genesen und geimpft zusammenzukommen und einfach Spaß zu haben. Danke. So, Randy from Ghana, from Austria, from Nigeria. They are playing, this is Africa now. Hello. I'm from California. Ah, from California. I am from New York, please. That is my sister. Please put your hands together for her. So, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I need a guitar. It's... Okay, I need to do a correction. My name is Collins, and she is Melia from California and it's going to be a relaxed evening. We want to bring you to another atmosphere, an atmosphere of love and peace. So we would like you to also sing and do the show with us. Thank you very much. And, sorry, I have my brother here, Randy, on the percussion. Please put your hands together for him. So you just get ready, we are getting started. And our song says people get ready. We are getting started. And our song says, people get ready. So I hope you're ready tonight. And put on your dancing shoes and dance with your partner. Come on, let's go. Are you ready? Are we on? One, two, three, go. Sing it. People get traded for a train coming Don't need no baggage, just get on down All you need is faith to hear the days of sin coming. Don't need no ticket, you just take the long way. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, People get ready, there's a train that's calling It's picking up passengers from coast to coast Faith is the key, open the doors and burn them There's hope for all among the love of the most Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, get ready for that train Get ready, get ready now Get ready for that train Get ready, get ready now Get ready, get ready now Ready for that train Get ready, get ready There ain't no room For the hopeless sinner Who has all of mankind Just to save his own Have pity on those whose chances grow thin There ain't no hiding place from the kingdom throne Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So people get trained. I'm getting ready. Oh, ready for that train. I'm getting ready. I'm ready for that train. I'm getting ready. I'm getting ready. Oh, I'm ready for that train, I'm getting ready, I'm getting ready, I'm ready for that train. I'm getting ready, ready for the train. We all get ready for the train coming from Jordan, picking up passengers from coast to coast, from Africa to Europe, wherever you are, so people get ready. So people get ready for the train coming. Speaking of passengers from coast to coast And all you need this way You gotta hear the Jesus humming And you don't need no suitcase You just gotta burn Hey! Thank the Lord. Wow! Wow. guitar solo Oh, oh, some times in our lives We all have pain We all have sorrow Oh, oh, why If we are wise We know that there's Always tomorrow We are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow. When you're not strong, I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on. Keep on me long. I'm gonna need somebody to lean on. Lean on me. Come on, sing together. When you're not strong, I'll be your friend. I'll have you carry on. Keep on me long. I'll have you carry on It won't be long I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Please swallow your pride If I have things You need to borrow, no one can fill those of your needs that you won't need. Show me, Lord, me. When you're not strong I'll be your friend I'll let you carry on Here where I belong Till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on. You just call on me for time and you leave the man. We all need somebody to lean on. I just might have a problem that you wouldn't understand. We all need somebody to lean on You just call on me brother When you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem You will understand. We all need somebody to lean on. Lean on me. Lean on me. Yeah. When you're not strong. Oh, when you're not strong. I'll be your friend. Oh. I'll help you carry on. Oh. Oh. Oh. You won't be long. Oh, I'll have you carry on Oh, you won't be long Till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Lean on me When you're not strong I'll be your friend I'll be your friend I'll have you carry on Oh, oh, oh, oh Love won't be long Till I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on You know me Somebody to lean on Yeah, we all need somebody to lean on in life. And we learned so many lessons. We are still in the time of pandemic. But we are so happy and we thank God that it's getting better. But it taught us to, you know, hang on and hook on to each other. So I need you. You need me. We need us. Lean on me. Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm And I know It's been coming for some time You can clap your hands here. Come on. When it's over, so they say, it'll rain on a sunny day. I know, Running down like a wall Oh, yeah But I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain? I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain? Oh, coming down on a sunny day Oh, yesterday and the days before The sun is cold and the rain is hot I know it's been that way for all my Sunday To forever only go for all my Sunday. To forever only go through the circle fast and slow. But I know it can't stop my wonder. Oh, oh, yeah. I wonder have you never seen the rain? I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain? Coming down on a sunny day It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day oh it's gonna be a bright bright sunshiny day I can see clearly now the rain is gone I can feel it now, the rain is gone I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds, the heavy blind It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright, sunshiny day Oh, it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day Oh, I'm thinking, hey, I think I can make it now The pain is gone All of the bad feelings have disappeared Sing away pain Here is a rainbow I've been praying for It's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day Oh, it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. Oh, yeah. Oh, it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. Oh, it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. It's gonna be a bright, sunshiny day. Oh. Bright, sun shining day Oh well, I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain? Hey, I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Coming down on a sunny day. It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright, sunshiny day. Oh, it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. One more time, come on, sing. It's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. Oh, it's gonna be a bright, bright, sun shining day Yeah, just keep hoping it's going to be a bright sun shining day. At the end of the tunnel, we will always see the sun, you know? So, keep strong, keep hoping, we will all come out strong from the corona. Yeah. Are you ready? So, Are you ready? Are you ready? Say something? Hey. Are you ready for some Bob Marley? Yes. All right. I hope we can do him justice. Are you looking for it? Yeah. Got it. Oh pirate, yes, the robber Sold her to the merchant ships Minutes after they took her From the bottomless pit But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty we forward in this generation triumphantly won't you have to sing the songs of freedom? It's all I ever hate. Redemption songs. Redemption songs. song Emancipate yourself from mental slavery none but ourselves can free your minds I tell you this Have no fear for atomic energy Because none of them Can stop the time How long Shall they kill our prophets Why will you stand Asile and look Some say It's just a part of it We've got to Fulfill the book Won't you Help to sing these songs of freedom because all i ever had redemption songs redemption songs the song of freedom emancipate yourself from mental slavery Africa none but ourselves can free our minds I tell you have no fear for atomic energy cause none of them can stop the sign how long shall they kill our prophets while we stand silent love some say it's just a part of it We've got to fulfill the book Come on, we'll sing it together. Won't you have to say The songs of freedom Cause all I ever hate Redemption songs cause all I ever hate, redemption songs cause all I ever hate, redemption songs cause all I ever hate, redemption songs The songs of freedom Redemption songs, redemption songs Redemption song, redemption song. So yeah, redemption song. And this song goes out for lovers in the house. If you have your spouse around you, you can just hold on to them. Yeah, stand by me. Let's do it. Let's do it. When the night has come And the land is dark and the moon is the only light we'll see No, I won't be afraid, no, I won't be afraid Just as long as you stay, stay by me. So darling, darling, stay by me. Oh, oh, stay by me. Oh, stay now. Stay by me, stand by me. Come on, sing together. Darling, darling, stay by me. Oh, stand by me. Oh, stand by me, stand by me. now stand up high me If the sky that we look upon should crumble and fall the mountains should tumble to the sea I won't cry. No, I won't share the tears. My baby, just as long as you stand by me. So tell me, tell me, stand by me. so oh oh stay so darling oh And stand by me, oh stand by me Oh, stand by me, oh stand by me Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me Oh, stand by me, oh stand by me. Oh, stand. Stand by me. Stand by me. Stand by me. Oh. So darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, by me. Oh, yeah. Just stand. Yeah. Just stand. Stand by me. Stand by me. Oh, yeah. Just stand. Yeah. Just stand. Stand by me. Stand by me. So darling, darling, stand by me. Oh, stand by me. Oh, stand, stand by me Yeah, oh, oh Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, thank you, thank you, thank you Yeah, so we'll leave you with this one song, You Dance Home. Come on. Alright. Alright. I just want to praise you Just want to praise you As long as I change I can't dismay I just want to praise you I just want to praise you In the corners of my mind I just can't seem to find a reason to believe that I should pray. Praise you. See I have been down so long I feel all hope is gone. But as I lift my hands I understand that I should praise you through my circumstance. And shackles off my feet so I can dance. Just wanna praise you I just wanna praise you I broke the chains Now I can't raise my hands I just wanna praise you I just wanna praise you Everything that could go wrong All went wrong at one time So much pressure fell on me I thought I was gonna lose my mind But Lord I know you wanna see, if I would hold on through this trial, but I need you to lift this load, I can't take it no more, oh yeah, I'm gonna check the front of these now See the shackles on my feet So I can dance I just wanna praise you I just wanna praise you Yeah, yeah Hold the chains down like I can't see my head I just wanna praise you I just wanna praise you I can't get through the fire and the rain Down in every kind of way, my God has broken every chain. Let me go. And shackles on my feet so I can dance. I'm just gonna praise you. I'm gonna praise you I just wanna praise you Yeah, yeah Cross the chains Now I can lift my head I just wanna praise you I just wanna praise you And the chest is off my feet So I can dance Oh, yeah, yeah You cross the chains Now I can lift my Lift my hands Oh yeah I'm gonna dance Cause I'm I'm gonna dance I'm gonna praise you I'm gonna praise you Yeah You broke the chains Now I can lift my hands Now I'm wanna praise you, yeah Praise you I'm off the chains now, I can't lift my head I just wanna praise you I just wanna praise you, yeah Ooh, hey, hey Turn the shadows on my face, oh Hey, hey, yeah Ooh Oh Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Put your hands together for them. That was wonderful. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Ladies and gentlemen, please. We want to call a representative from the black community. Chief Okafor or Mr. Uche. Chairman Uche to give us a closing remark, please. Chairman, please. One last word before we do our dance, dance, dance. Tee, whatever time. Put your hands together for the chairman as he gives us a closing remark word to end today's occasion. Show some love to the chairman of today's black community. Hello. Hello. I will now speak in English. Because the people who only speak German are no longer here. Here are people who only speak English. Or so. So I thank everyone for today's activity. At the beginning, I told myself we are not going to do the Africa Symposium this year. At a point, I said, even if it's only one person that will be here today, We will still do it. And that is why. We. Called Dove T-File. To televise it live. So the program. Is going on live. On the television today. So we did it. That even if anybody. Who might like to come, but because of one thing or the other, we know that there are people who might not come because of maybe because of a corona. We know that there are people who have not woken up from the effect of corona or maybe somehow demotivated. We decided that even if they're at home, they can watch it. The video of this event and some photos will be sent to people before 12 o'clock this midnight. So that those who couldn't come will still have a little bit the event with them and see what others did. We thank all of you for coming. Like I said at the beginning, we thank the state government. We thank the local government who assisted us in this and we thank you people because without your own support if we come here and we don't see anybody we will not be happy. More especially I thank all of you that came here today. You have given us more motivation to do more. More motivation to believe that next year, what we see this year will be bigger next year than the one we are seeing this year. We thank all of our musicians. If you check, you will see that everybody that performed here is living in Upper Austria. We decided not to be going outside to be picking people to come and perform, but let us use what we have. We have what it takes. What it takes. I know that there are some of you. Who never knew that. Mr. Mark. And the group can perform like this. I know that there are some of you. Who never believed that Vanessa. MSM. And the group can perform like that. I know that there are some of you. Who never knew that the Cubs can perform. Or the Modest Show. And all these programs. They are all within Upper Austria here. We have what it takes to make our program great. We have what it takes to make us happy. We have what it takes to make ourselves and our children feel at home. Here is the place they are. And we have to show them what we have. And they learn from us. This is why we are doing this program. I thank all of you. I thank those who participated in the discussion. And as I'm saying. The way you came with happiness, you will go with happiness. The way you come with joy, you will go with joy. As we gather this year, we wish to see everybody next year. We don't want to lose anyone and nothing will make us to lose anyone. All the faces, everybody that breathed that was here, may God guide and protect all of you. Thank you so much. May God bless you. Whenever you are going, may you go in peace. May nothing happen to you. And may we see each other and enjoy Africa Symposium together next year. May our children learn from us. And may we give them our culture. Thank you and God bless you. Put your hands together for the chairman. Thank you so much, ladies and and gentlemen To end it all Tonight I was your host With my colleague My humble self MC Lekis Please put your hands together for the MCs tonight The moderators of this event Show them some love please Show them some love please Arlene Oso Okafo Thank you so much Thank you black community for this golden opportunity and once again thank you all for coming. Stay put. DJ is going to give us music, music, music non stop. Once again, thank you and may God bless you all. I love you so much. Thank you.