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Me, I am pretty happy with how things are. I did move, but I still lost three years after all. And, it's still, I don't do anything great, yes, I write articles for newspapers here and there, but it's all voluntary, I don't do it with the same honour and strength that I did at home. Here, what I was there is considered to be miserable; I did three years of university there, and here I still start in first year. It's as if I didn't do anything because I studied in Africa. And there are some people who come here with bigger references than I do, and they have to start everything from scratch for daily life, fight to eat and redo everything instead of going forward in their career. I think that if someone comes here with big dreams, he can be disappointed, because it's not that the country is bad, but it takes time to find your role.
É: I think there are a lot of things we can learn from you guys as well...
M: Yeah, well it's not that... I guess that for people at home, there are still some that have some difficulties, but for them it's easier there than for an African coming here. Because here, it makes me sad to say this, but we are considered like miserable people who come here to find a better life, so even if you have references... When I think about those who sold their property and who left great positions to come here, and they have to do jobs that they couldn't even do at home since they still did a certain level of advanced studies. It's difficult because it's as if here we are caught in a catch 22 situation: it's hard to leave, because you have to fight and if you don't fight back then you die. I say to myself that if I don't fight, I risk becoming a beggar in the streets, and I have to make a living every day. I used to write a lot, but I came here where the system is different. If I do take time to write, I risk not having time to do the minimum I need to survive. I'm fighting like a robot to survive instead of furthering my capacities, and it's not obvious, really. But we make do with it. I like to say that its life and it's a daily combat. But, yeah, its life, and I consider reality as it is and yeah... Nothing is won in advance, we have to fight.
É: Oh yeah. But me I am not worried for you. (Laughter)
M: Yes! (Laughter) It's, yeah...
É: So... Thanks! We are probably going to stop here, and we'll probably continue talking later.
M: No problem. Thanks!
É: Thanks!
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Je suis étudiante en économie du développement au Canada, présentement volontaire en prise en charge socioéconomique des personnes vivant avec le VIH SIDA au Burkina Faso. Je m'intéresse particulièment aux mouvements sociaux et aux questions d'équité et d'oppression.
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