‘Racist mindsets’: Congolese in Ireland feel fear in wake of Yves Sakila’s death
After a death in Dublin with echoes of George Floyd, people of colour sense rising hostility When Kembetia Bissa fled the Democratic Republic of the
After a death in Dublin with echoes of George Floyd, people of colour sense rising hostility When Kembetia Bissa fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Ireland in 2003 he found not only sanctuary but beauty, friendship and a home.
The asylum seeker settled in Bandon, west Cork, and found work as a landscaper. He opened an African dance school with Congolese drumming and taught local people the rhythms of his homeland.
“It was very positive, very welcoming. I felt like I was in my own country,” Bissa, 55, said this week in Dublin. Continue reading...
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