books
Copyright © 2023
Chapter 1
Alpha kaba and his history
From his native Guinea to his new life in France, via Libyan hell, journalist Alpha Kaba is what we can call a survivor. Forced to flee his country, he was captured in Libya and reduced to slavery for the sum of 200 euros by the militias for more than two years. Today he testifies in a documentary and a book. France 3 met him in Bordeaux where he lives.
At 33 years old, Alpha KABA is a fighter. Journalist, image reporter and author of work on his harsh past in Libya, it is today security officer at the Office French for Immigration and Integration (OFII) of Bordeaux and has full projects head, like the development of its association in favor of young people (minors isolated). At the end of July 2021, we have it encounter. Excerpt from this exchange.
Hello Alpha, how are you? I’m doing very well. But even if morale is high, I keep thinking about other people who don’t have not the life I have today. How was your arrival in France? And your integration? My arrival was not easy. I began by hang out in the street for a bit. I gravitated between the Victoire, the scratch hut, Emmaüs, the library de Meriadeck* … I struggled, I spent nights at the beautiful star. But with courage, with my little one journalism experience, I was able to face this new fight.
This other fight among the living, among free men. In Libya, we were not free. Here was another fight. Then I was dublin**… for 9 months. I received help from the Bordeaux Aquitaine Institute of Journalism (IJBA). I received support from journalists, professors, of deputies even. Finally, I was able to continue my request for asylum in France. I fought and fought to prove that I was threatened in my country. My life was truly in danger. It was all a long fight. It was a very difficult time. At the level asylum, things got tougher, so that the people give up, I think (…).
Did you have any fears? Not really. I was clear in my ideas. I’m coming from a French-speaking country, from a former colony French. I arrived in the country of human rights the man. But I was surprised because I didn’t know not French life. And among us, the foreigner is particularly well received.
How is your new life here? I feel good. But for me, my integration is not not finished. Adventure shapes men like one says. Over time, you change your desires and your profession. Today I realized that I am better than this that I was doing. This is why I would like to work in the social sector. There, I work in security, but it’s just a food job. My goal to present is to perfect my integration.
Your definition of happiness? For me, happiness is finding oneself close to one’s relatives. The joy of living. Living near people who love life. Without a second thought. Sharing, solidarity, joy, all this defines happiness. And above all, live with your peers, your family.
The question you would have liked me to ask laid ? What message could you give to the French vis- towards migrants and refugees? And I would have answered: Don’t listen too much to politicians! No one has chose to be black, no one chose to be white. THE refugees who come, they have not chosen, they are not not come freely. Open your doors, give a hot bath, cool water. This is solidarity, humanity. Sometimes I wonder, where did it go? humanity? Politicians have stolen our humanity. He we must reinvent humanity and cultivate the spirit of solidarity, in our hearts, in our homes and our relationships.
Published: Nov 7, 2023
Latest Revision: Nov 7, 2023
Ourboox Unique Identifier: OB-1512867
Copyright © 2023
Skip to content