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26 Feb
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13th Memorial March in Berlin – Our Maafa, the only Human Catastrophe still to be acknowledged and reparations paid

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BERLIN: With the support of more than 30 networks of the African / Black Communities in Germany, the “13th commemoration March in memory of the African/Black victims of enslavement, slave trade, colonialism and racist violence” was organised and executed. And with the participation of about 200 people this year (23rd February 2019), our CEO of PEACE Bro. Dr. Mbolo M. Yufanyi was first given the honour together with other colleagues by the Committee for an African Monument in Berlin (KADIB), to lay down a wreath at the memorial tablet at the beginning at Wilhelmstraße 92 in Berlin-Mitte. At the end of the March, he recited an ancestral prayer and concluded with a firing and inspiration speech, calling for our unity, strategic networking and Community organisation.

Photo: Adjei Millicents

The Committee for an African Monument in Berlin (KADIB) through the African / Black Community (ABC) organised the 13th commemoration march in memory of the African/Black victims of enslavement, trade in slaves, colonialism and racist violence on 23.02.2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 15:00. The meeting point was Wilhelmstraße 92 in Berlin-Mitte, just like every year.

The commemorative march was created in order to emphasize the demand for the recognition of the crimes committed against African/Black people and to honor their resistance. For this reason, the United Nations has proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent under the motto “Recognition, Justice, Development” (2015-2024).

Photo: Umbruch Bildarchiv

With reference to the end of the Berlin Africa Conference (26.02.1885), the last Saturday of February is chosen every year as the date for the annual commemoration march. At this conference the colonial-imperialist powers divided the African continent and its people among themselves under exclusion and without the consultation of Africans.

What this meant for many of our Ancestors / Ancestresses and the rest of the world, was the begin of an unscrupulous oppression, exploitation, enslavement, forced labour, torture, rape, art theft and cultural destruction of our continent. In addition to direct geographically limited “genocides”, a crime against humanity has been committed on the continent and in the diaspora on an unprecedented scale. In the course of the colonization of Africa, more than 30 million people were victims of these crimes.

Photo: PEACE Germany

In 1904-08 the Germans committed the first genocide of the 20th century against the Ovaherero and Nama. 50-80% of their children, women and men were murdered and their entire country illegally occupied. The simultaneous war crimes of the imperial “Schutztruppe” in the East African Maji-Maji War cost the lives of at least 300,000 people as a result of the German scorched earth policy.

Under Lettow-Vorbeck, the commander of the imperial “Schutztruppe” in the First World War, hundreds of thousands of East Africans died again. After 1933, numerous Africans were forcibly sterilized by the National Socialists (the Nazi), executed as prisoners of war or murdered in German concentration camps. Tens of thousands of people of African origin fought on the “Allies’” side and in the resistance and sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Europe from the Nazi regime.

Photo: PEACE Germany

Nevertheless, there is still no central memorial in the Federal Republic of Germany to honour the African/Black victims of the Maafa (Kiswaheli for “great destruction”). Until date, their resistance against colonialism and racism is still not appreciated or recognised by the representatives of the federal and state governments.

On the contrary, the German Federal government concludes neo-colonial free trade agreements, creates dependencies on European development aid, exports weapons and externalises its borders, while Africans are driven to their deaths in the Mediterranean by the EU’s intentional refusal to provide maritime assistance to the drowning. If they do reach the EU, they must fear deportation, anti-Black institutionalism and everyday racism.

Photo: PEACE Germany

In addition, numerous streets throughout Germany still bear the names of colonial criminals and profiteers of enslavement. Even against the declared will of the African / Black Communities, the city of Berlin still clings to the racist name “Mohrenstrasse” today. This is an ongoing affront, as the name goes back to Brandenburg-Prussia’s trade in slaves and the deportation of underage Africans to Berlin. In 2019, the Federal Government is also planning to open the Humboldt Forum in Berlin Castle, where valuable cultural treasures that were stolen from Africa by colonial criminals will be presented.

Notwithstanding its international commitments of Durban 2001 and the current UN Decade for People of African Descent (2015-24), the Germany has never apologised to or asked for forgiveness from the descendants of the colonised for the crimes committed against our Ancestors / Ancestresses.

The Federal Government signed the Declaration of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held in Durban from 31 August to 7 September 2001. As a contribution to combating racism against Black people, we call in the spirit of this declaration for a comprehensive reappraisal of German colonial history and its continuity with the decisive participation of representatives of the African/Black communities.

Speech by Bro. Dr. Mbolo M. Yufanyi

We call on all activists of the ABC to start already the mobilisation of the 14th Memorial March, which is going to be on the 29th February 2020. This is a community event and should be seen as a yearly Community mobilisation for to demand the Reparations and a stop to all abuses on Black people in Germany and Europe in general.

Photo: Chris Schulz

Reporting by PEACE International

Reference: Press Release – Committee for an African Monument in Berlin (KADIB)

27 Nov
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From Tokenism to Black elitism: The peril of the African/Black Communities (ABCs) in Germany

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PEACE Int. Germany presents: The African/Black Identity Series (ABIS).

From Tokenism to Black elitism: The peril of the African/Black Communities (ABCs) in Germany

Symposium Date: 15th December 2018

Time:18:00 – 20:00 hrs

Place: SAVVY Contemporary

Address: Plantagenstraße 31, 13347 Berlin

This event is only for the ABCs.

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On the panel will be

Sister *Adjei Millicent and

Brother **Senfo Tonkam

Moderator: Sister ***Anigo Badiane

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There will also be Community socialization after the Symposium

Musician: Louis Jean from the group Irie Rainbow

Ochieng Bridget & Co. will present the African Dance Group TEMBO

African/Black Community (ABC) Networks and Movements in Germany are as old as colonialism, even dating back to the slave times. From trade to other varieties of derogatory and degrading contacts with and through our communities in the mother continent, its diaspora in Europe and Germany in particular, our people have suffered immensely.

Through the last 8 decades, there have been African/Black movements’ demands for their rights and against racist treatments, tantamount to recognition in Germany as citizens. The last 3 decades have seen some incremental gains in the direction of Tokenistic human rights, which we will call tokenism.

Nevertheless, in the last 15 to 20 years, some ABC networks in Germany began calling not only for equal representation, rights and opportunity but also for the liberation, restoration and emancipation of Africa from colonial entanglement and bondage. Their main objective is the total political, economic and socio-cultural independence from the colonial yoke and grip.

In these processes of Resistance of the African/Black VOICES in Germany, there have been different if not conflicting demands and rules of engagement from the Black Communities towards the state and predominantly “White Communities”. Some dominant individuals and/or groups with more resources have become the main VOICES, with the formation of certain “Elitist” groups within the ABC, which we term “Black Elitism”.

In our very first discussion on “The African/Black Identity Series (ABIS)”, we will be debating the “Tokenism” and “Elitism” within our Communities. We are going to use this event to analyse the different processes and the background ideologies behind them, scavenging through the different efforts to erect our VOICES in the German society. The purpose of this symposium is for peer exchanges and to diagnose the level of separation and the dangers of building parallel societies within our ABCs.

We hope for the participation of concerned and enlightened members of our Communities. Your presence and contributions will be highly appreciated

  • Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from under-represented groups in order to give the appearance of gender or racial equality within a workforce.
  • Elitism is the belief or attitude that individuals who form an elite — a select group of people with a certain ancestry, intrinsic quality, high intellect, wealth, special skills, or experience — are more likely to be constructive to society as a whole, and therefore deserve influence or authority greater than that of others.

For more info and direct registration:

Email: berlin@peace-int.org

Tel: +49(0)1708788124

For donation or becoming a supporting member of PEACE e.V:

Bank Info: Förderverein PEACE e.V. IBAN (SWIFT): DE75 1005 0000 0190 7125 38 BIC: BELADEBEXXX Institute: Sparkasse Berlin

Donations to PEACE e.V. are tax deductible Registered at the register of associations at the district court of Charlottenburg (to VR 36062 B) Tax No.: 27/675/51184

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Bios…

Sister *Adjei Millicent

English:

Millicent Adjei has a B. A. in Social Economie and Business Administration. In addition she is a certified Trainer and Coach in communication. Chairman of the NGO Arca-Afrikanisches Bildungszentrum e. V. (Arca-african Education Center). She is active in the Black Community as well as in the working group Ak-Postkolonial. One of the goals from the group is to decolonize Hamburg

German:

Millicent Adjei hat den Abschluss B. A. als Sozialökonomin, ist ausgebildete Steuerfachangestellte und zertifizierte Train the Trainer, Dozentin, Ausbilderin und Coach. Sie arbeitet als Personalreferentin und Bilanzbuchhalterin für ein Unternehmen. Sie gibt Workshops zu diversen Themen, unter anderem auch Rassismus.

Seit 2009 ist sie Mitgründerin und Vorsitzende des gemeinnützigen Vereins Arca-Afrikanisches Bildungszentrum e. V. Sie ist politisch in diversen Initiativen der Black Community vernetzt und im Arbeitskreis Postkolonial Hamburg aktiv. Eines der Ziele des Arbeitskreises ist es die Stadt Hamburg zu dekolonisieren).

 

Brother **Senfo Tonkam

Senfo Tonkam is a former Cameroonian student leader exiled and a refugee in Germany. An activist of the Black Community, he has participated, organized, led and supported numerous actions, organizations, movements and projects for the liberation and unification of Africa and Blacks around the world. He is the founder of a new theory of the liberation and reconstruction of Africa.

Courte Bio:

Senfo Tonkam est un ancien leader étudiant camerounais exilé et réfugié en Allemagne. Militant de la Communauté Noire, il a participé, organisé, dirigé et soutenu de nombreuses actions, organisations, mouvements et projets pour la libération et l’unification de l’Afrique et des Noir/es à travers le monde. Il est le fondateur d’une nouvelle théorie de la libération et de la reconstruction de l’Afrique.

 

Moderation:

Sister ***Anigo Badiane.

Daughter. Mother: Activist of the Black Community in Germany. Working on the Liberation, Unification and Reconstruction of Africa, with focus on Gender Relations.

Prospective doctoral candidate.

M.A. in Postcolonial Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (UKE). – B.A. at the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany).

Administration and Office Coordinator at Sankofa e.V. (a Black-centered Kindergarden) in Berlin.

Artists

Louis Jean: http://www.louis-jean.de/

Louis-Jean is a Senegalese reggae musician living in Berlin, and Irie Rainbow is the band he founded in Germany. Louis-Jean & Irie Rainbow brought together different musicians with different backgrounds, creating a new style and a new musical experience by melting Jamaican and African roots music with other international influences. After releasing his 2nd album “Senegal sunu rew” he toured a lot and played on every important festival throughout Germany, Austria, Holland.

More importantly, he is an accomplished musician and has been organising concerts in tribute of Nelson Mandela ‘Caravan for Mandela’ since 2013. He started this initiative out of admiration for Madiba and his legacy. He has built up a wide global network of artists, especially in the reggae music world.

Currently he is developing his next scoop: a project that will involve artists from all over the world, from Africa to Europe to the Caribbean. From 2015 he travelled twice to Jamaica and started to record with reggae super stars like: Sly & Robby, Earl Chinna Smith, Tyrone Downie and Clive Hunt and others.

Ochieng Bridget is dancer and educator in Berlin, from the Tembo Dance group

 

 

20 Nov
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WHAT IS THE BEST POLITICAL SYSTEM FOR AFRICA?

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It was the theme of an international conference organized by the Network of African Journalists in France last July, in Tribute to Winnie Mandela and the Children of Soweto to commemorate both the African Liberation Day (ALD) and the Day of the African Child (Soweto 1976). As keynote speaker, Mr. Senfo Tonkam, a Cameroonian former student leader currently exile and refugee and activist of the Black Community activist in Germany was the main guest.

Brother Senfo Tonkam is sure and certain that we will defeat our foreign oppressors, drive out our corrupt and incompetent leaders and free Africa one day. But the question is: what kind of state do we want to build in tomorrow’s Africa? How to prevent the new African state from failing in its mission to satisfy, defend and protect the interests, rights and lives of Africans as it is unfortunately the case today? Who are the ones with the legitimacy and skills to lead it? How to prevent foreign oppression and exploitation in Africa? How to avoid the power struggles, internal conflicts and civil wars that are destroying Africa today? How to reintegrate the Historical Diaspora as full citizens in the African state?

Attached is a PAPER (in Swahili, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) outlining his theory of tomorrow’s African state and the report of this conference (in English) MamaWINNIE-Conference2018_Summary-eng

The most important ethical and political implication of Mr. Tonkam’s new political system is that the new African Revolutionaries under his paradigm must know that they will never enjoy the privileges, advantages and any other benefits of power because they will never be the rulers of the liberated country. Indeed, after having freed Africa and set the Maatic foundations of the new state, they will have to relinquish the power to the African masses. Thus, Mr. Tonkam’s theory will enable the masses to distinguish between genuine revolutionaries who want a radical change rooted in authentic ancestral values from the power-hungry ones who, despite their revolutionary rhetoric are a serious threat to the people’s well-being due to their Eurocentric mindset.

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Email: africanjournalists.france@gmail.com ; Tel: (+33) 6 24241593

31 Oct
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JUSTICE FOR OUR ANCESTRAL MARTYRS! REPARATIONS NOW!

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TRUST MUST BE RESTORED AND A GENUINE COOPERATION MUST BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE HERERO AND NAMA LEADERSHIP

On Wednesday 29th August 2018, activists of the African / Black Community (ABC) in Berlin staged a protest/demonstration in front of the church in which the official ceremony of Restitution of the Remains of our Namibian Ancestresses and Ancestors was taking place.

 

 

As you can see, our Berlin Sisters and Brothers were angry and defiant.

Indeed, the African/ Black Community in Germany is angry at the German government for downplaying its historical responsibility in the genocide, for disrespecting the Herero and Nama Communities, for refusing to officially apologise and for trying and escaping their obligation and duty to pay the Reparations owed to us.

We are also denouncing and protesting the German government’s mean racist tactics and imperialist tricks aimed at dividing the Namibian People (the SWAPO Government and the Herero and Nama Leadership) as a way to weaken our Fight for Reparations.

Lastly, Berlin Black Activists express disappointment and defiance towards the Namibian Government for giving the impression to play the game of the German government, instead of standing unconditionally and boldly at the side of its own people fighting for Reparations.

UNITED, WE STAND! DIVIDED, WE FALL!

At our vigil (see photo below), the Black Community in Hamburg approved and endorsed the position taken by the Black Community in Berlin.

We also agreed that, in view of the worsening of the gap of distrust between the Namibian Government and the Herero and Nama Leadership, it is urgent that the Global African Family, especially all the African/ Black Activists who have been supporting the Namibian People in their Fight for Reparations as well as their Independence Struggle, to step in and intervene.

Indeed, we must do everything in our ability to restore Trust and Togetherness, and establish and strengthen a genuine cooperation between the Namibian Government and the Herero and Nama Leadership in order to prevent the German racist tactics of “divide and conquer” from prevailing.

To this effect, all the African/ Black Communities in Germany are urged to adopt a common position and consensual agenda on this issue.

Down with German racism and neocolonialism

Let us not be divided anymore by the foreign oppressors who have stolen our lands and riches, tortured, abducted, deported, raped and enslaved our Ancestresses and Ancestors and committed countless genocides on us

JUSTICE FOR OUR ANCESTRAL MARTYRS! REPARATIONS NOW!

Thanks to the Sisters and Brothers of the African/ Black Community in Berlin for allowing these pictures to be taken and published.

Ancestral Blessings to You All and Your Loved Ones

Report and photos by Brother Senfo Tonkam

Also read one of our previous articles

http://peace-int.org/en/2016/10/12/german-genocide/#

On the “Columbus day”, we talk about European atrocities: the German genocide in Africa – Herero and Nama from all around the world gather in Berlin.

 

03 Aug
0

14th of October 2017

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The 14th of October was a special day. I will always remember it like it was yesterday.

I was excited for I was invited to a lunch with the First Lady. I felt honoured and looked really forward. Today is the day. Was my henna looking gorgeous, my dress really smart? Only such little thoughts were bothering me when the other women and I would finally depart. Today is the day. Such beautiful day on the Indian Ocean! I didn’t know that evil forces had been set into motion. Today is the day. The afternoon came and everybody was relaxed, myself feeling a little detached. Talking to my daughter on the phone, giving each other the latest news – it always made me happy to the bone. Today is the day.

And so it happened. It was the loudest bomb I’ve ever heard. Even my daughter could hear it through the phone. When a bomb comes one is never prepared. Today is the day. The news coming in slowly like drops leaving us all in utter shocks. What kind of day! How many mothers, fathers and children dead? Twenty, thirty? Oh no, even fifty? Counting the dead is curse. Please tell me – is there anything worst? The numbers rise and rise and rise. Over four hundred Somali lives gone. Over four hundred Somali lives deleted – and yet! We will never be defeated. Gone is the young female doctor, gone is the pregnant woman and her innocent baby, gone are the four brothers. Gone are all those hopeful lives. Many of them had not yet arrived. What a painful day. Their names must live and never be forgotten. And we should repeat them ever so often. The killers are from within that’s forever so clear. Murdering their own people and blood without fear. But for as long as the country’s borders are open, anything can just come in floating.

My people are busy dividing the nation – is it not obvious that it will lead to more subjugation? Divide and rule is the enemy’s dirty game but if we play along who is to blame? The day will come. Count correctly and make no mistake! It wasn’t the over four hundred Somali lives that left us. Count all the unborn lives as well. Gone and lost forever. We are crying and mourning – for once together. The unborn children will cry every night, crying for their people to stand up and fight. That day shall come. 14th of October 2017 – Somalia will remember you. Over four hundred stolen Somali lives and more, it shocked the nation to the core. Cutting deep in our flesh and bones making every Somali moan.

It is time. We’ve put up with evil far too long. Who is out there who cannot sing a song? A song of sadness and endless loss all because of the same source. The day is near. A bomb so loud that it shook the nation should finally create some concentration. To concentrate on us and no-one else otherwise how can we progress? Our loved ones stay with us forever and ever. In our prayers they will be the centre. Defeated we are not and can never be. As a nation we must stand, united and well guided.

By Halima H. Hosh

03 Apr
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PraktikantInnen gesucht! Praktikum bei PEACE International in Deutschland.

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Bewerbung für ein Einzel- oder Gruppenpraktikum/Langzeitpraktikum

Das Berliner Büro von PEACE (Peer Exchange of African Communities for Empowerment) International sucht PraktikantInnen. In diesem Rahmen halten wir derzeit Ausschau nach Einzelpersonen oder Gruppen von Freiwilligen afrikanischer Abstammung innerhalb Deutschlands oder in der Diaspora. Ihr seid herzlich eingeladen, uns zu helfen unsere Visionen zu verwirklichen, während ihr lernt eure eigenen zu verwirklichen.

Ab April 2018 bieten wir euch die Möglichkeit, an den Aktivitäten von PEACE Int. teilzunehmen und gleichzeitig absolviert ihr ein Praktikum in unserem Berliner Büro.

P.E.A.C.E. Int. ist ein Netzwerk und eine Plattform für den gleichberechtigten Austausch über wissenschaftliche, akademische und gesellschaftliche Fragen, die AfrikanerInnen betreffen, mit dem Ziel, die afrikanischen Communitys zu stärken. Indem wir uns auf Themen konzentrieren, die den afrikanischen Kontinent betreffen, ist es das Hauptziel von PEACE, die Probleme Afrikas genau in den Blick zu nehmen, zu analysieren und zu lösen. Die Organisation befasst sich mit Forschung, empirischer Datenerhebung, sowie der Veröffentlichung und der Verbreitung von Informationen über verschiedene Medien und andere Kanäle.

Zu unseren Tätigkeitsfeldern gehören die Mobilisierung lokaler Communities an der Basis sowie die globale Vernetzung, Weiterbildung zu Afrika und afrikanischen Themen, Empowerment von Communities und Einzelpersonen in der Diaspora und auf dem Kontinent sowie die Einrichtung eines Zentrums für Afrikastudien, das von Wissenschaftlern afrikanischer Abstammung geleitet und besucht wird, mit dem Hauptziel, Afrikanerinnen und Afrikaner zu stärken.

Wir bieten euch Einblick in die verschiedenen Bereiche unserer Arbeit. Ihr werdet die Angebote und unser Programm für das nächste Jahr aktiv mitgestalten und erhaltet eine kontinuierliche, professionelle Betreuung. Das Praktikum wird nicht bezahlt, aber die Aussichten auf eine Anstellung bestehen und hängen stark von der Leistung ab.

Ein Kurzzeitpraktikum dauert mindestens 3 Monate und wir begrüßen ein mittel- (6 Monate) bis langfristiges (1 Jahr mit Aussicht auf eine Anstellung / lebenslange Verbindung zu unseren Netzwerken) Praktikum. Es gibt keine Bewerbungsfrist. Mit unseren Büros in Neukölln und Wedding, Berlin, sind Einsatzort und Arbeitszeit flexibel.

Seriöse Praktikanten sind willkommen.

Eure Aufgaben umfassen im Einzelnen:

  • Beobachtung in der Arbeit mit Communities, Institutionen und im Hochschulbereich
  • Beobachtung von Projektpräsentationen, Veranstaltungsmanagement etc.
  • Vorbereitung und Nachbereitung der verschiedenen Veranstaltungen von PEACE Int.
  • Selbständige Gewinnung von Mitgliedern in den verschiedenen Veranstaltungen
  • Unterstützung bei der Büroarbeit insbesondere im Bereich soziale Netzwerke
  • Teilnahme an Teambesprechungen
  • Aktive Teilnahme an der Kampagnenarbeit

Wir würden uns wünschen, dass ihr Folgendes mitbringt:

  • Interesse am Thema (Vorkenntnisse sind nicht zwingend erforderlich)
  • Engagement und Motivation
  • Freude an der Teamarbeit
  • Vertrautheit mit Microsoft Word, Excel und PowerPoint
  • Sprachkenntnisse sind von Vorteil

Ihr müsst für monatliche Treffen der African/Black Community zur Verfügung stehen (in der Regel an unseren Community-Hotspots in Berlin). Ihr müsst auch zur Verfügung stehen, um die Aufgaben eines Veranstalters wahrzunehmen.

Wenn ihr daran interessiert seid, als Praktikant bei uns einzusteigen, kontaktiert uns bitte für weitere Informationen. Unser Team freut sich über ein unverbindliches Gespräch mit euch über das Praktikum bzw. Langzeitpraktikum, bevor wir eure Bewerbung erhalten.

 

Bewerbungen bitte an: info(at)peace-int.org.

Ihr könnt auch dieses Online-Formular benutzen, um uns zu kontaktieren.

Ein Online-Formular wird der/m Antragsteller/in nach seiner/ihrer Interessensbekundung per E-Mail zugesandt.

 

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29 Mar
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Call for Interns: Internship at the PEACE International in Germany.

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We are looking for Africans (People of African Descent) to volunteer and help build our network in Germany and the Diaspora. Please, write us an email if you are interested. PEACE – HARAMBEE -UHURU

Individual or group volunteer internship/placement application.

The Berlin-office of PEACE (Peer Exchange of African Communities for Empowerment) International network is looking for interns. Within this framework, we are currently looking for Individuals or group volunteers of African Descent within Germany or in the Diaspora. You are welcome to help us achieve our visions while learning to achieve yours.

Starting April 2018, we offer you the opportunity to take part in the activities of PEACE Int. and completing an internship at our Berlin office.

P.E.A.C.E Int. is a network and platform for peer exchange of scientific, academic and societal issues concerning Africans aimed at empowering the African communities. While focusing on issues concerning the African continent, the main objectives of PEACE are to dissect, analyse and find solutions to problems concerning Africa. It deals with research, empirical data collection, publications and dissemination of information through different media outlets and other channels.

Our fields of activity includes grass root mobilization of local communities as well as global networking, further education concerning Africa and African issues, empowerment of communities and individuals in the diaspora and on the continent as well as at primary steps to establish a center for African Studies run and visited by scholars of African Descent with the main goal of empowering Africans

We offer you insight into the different areas of our work. You will be actively helping to shape offers and our program for the next year and receive continuous, professional guidance. The internship will not be paid but prospects of employment are there and depend heavily on performance.

Short-term internship is a minimum of 3 months and we welcome a mid (6 months) to long-term (1 year with prospects of employment/lifelong connection with our Networks) internships. There is no deadline for applications. Place and times of work are flexible with our main offices in Neukölln and Wedding, Berlin.

Serious interns are welcome

Your responsibilities in detail will include:

  • Observation in working with communities, institutions and in higher education
  • Observation of project presentations, event management etc.
  • Preparation and follow-up of the different events of PEACE Int.
  • Independent acquisition of members in the various events
  • Support in office work esp. social media
  • Participation in team meetings
  • Active part in campaigning

We would like you to have:

  • Interest in the topic (prior knowledge is not absolutely necessary)
  • Commitment and motivation
  • Enjoying team work
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Knowledge of languages will be advantageous

You will need to be available for monthly African/Black Community meetings (usually held at our Community hotspots in Berlin). You must also be available to carry out the responsibilities of an Organizer.

If you are interested in joining us as an intern, please contact us for further information. Our Team would be happy to have an informal talk with you about the internship/placement, prior to receiving your application.

Please send applications to: info(at)peace-int.org.

You can also use this online form to contact us.
An online form will be sent to applicant(s) after their expression of interest by email.

Email: info(at)peace-int.org.

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05 Jan
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Pressemitteilung von PEACE (Peer Exchange of African Communities for Empowerment) Netzwerk und The VOICE Refugee Forum Netzwerk in Deutschland

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“The VOICE Presse: Der Kampf für Oury Jalloh lebt weiter – 07.01.2018 in Dessau”

Pressemitteilung von PEACE (Peer Exchange of African Communities for Empowerment) Netzwerk und The VOICE Refugee Forum Netzwerk in Deutschland zu dem dramatischen Stopp der Ermittlungen und dem 13. Jahrestag im Gedenken an dem Mord an unserem Bruder Oury Jalloh.

Berlin, 05. 01.2018

„Von Beginn haben wir in unseren Aufrufen und Kampagnen seit 2005 behauptet, dass Oury Jalloh ermordet wurde, doch wenige glaubten uns. Nun spricht der Mainstream von Mord, während wir immer noch unter den Narben leiden, die uns vom Staat und der Gesellschaft im Lauf von 13 Jahren zugefügt wurden.“

(Mbolo Yufanyi von The VOICE Refugee Forum und PEACE International)

Am 7. Januar 2018 sind es 13 Jahre, seit Oury Jalloh, ein Bruder aus Sierra Leone durch die Hände der Polizei in der Stadt Dessau in Deutschland brutal ermordet wurde. Dreizehn Jahre lang haben das The VOICE Refugee Forum Netzwerk und die Afrikanische/Schwarze Community an der Seite der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh und insbesondere an der Seite der Familie unseres Bruders gestanden und ihren Aufruf für „Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit und Reparationen“ unterstützt. Fast 13 Jahre sind vergangen und der deutsche Staat und die Polizei haben mit Lügen, Ungerechtigkeit und andauernder Brutalität geantwortet.

Die leitende Staatsanwältin Heike Geyer aus Halle hat in ihrer Pressemitteilung vom 12. Oktober 2017 angekündigt, dass sie nach eingehender Untersuchung der verfügbaren Beweise […] die Ermittlungen zum Tod Oury Jallohs eingestellt habe, da es offensichtlich keine ausreichenden Beweise gebe und neue Erkenntnisse zu seinem Tod nicht zu erwarten seien, da eine Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten denkbar sei, weshalb folglich ein Selbstmord nicht ausgeschlossen werden könne.

Wir sollten uns daran erinnern, dass schon am Tage des Mordes an Oury Jalloh am 7. Januar 2005 eine Hypothese entwickelt und dokumentiert worden war, bevor die Ermittlungen zu dem Verbrechen überhaupt erst begonnen hatten: „Ich begebe mich jetzt in den Keller, in dem sich ein schwarzafrikanischer Bürger in einer Arrestzelle angezündet hat.“ Dies waren die Worte des ersten Ermittlers Stendal, der später Videobeweismaterial von der Dauer von über einer Stunde zerstörte, das man aus der Zelle, in der unser Bruder ermordet wurde, geholt hatte.

Nach den verschiedenen Brandgutachten und Berichten, die von der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh unabhängig organisiert und gesponsert worden waren und auch nach neuesten Berichten nationaler Medien war es ausgeschlossen, dass unser Bruder Selbstmord begangen hätte.

Die Mehrheit der Experten auf den Gebieten des Brandschutzes, der Medizin und der Chemie kam zu dem Schluss, dass der Zustand der Zelle und der Leiche nach dem Feuer nicht erklärt werden kann, ohne dass – nach Monitor – geringe Mengen von Brandbeschleunigern wie Leichtbenzin benutzt worden wären. Mehr noch: Die Theorie der Selbstverbrennung ist so gut wie auszuschließen: “Oury Jalloh sei bei Brandbeginn wahrscheinlich komplett handlungsunfähig oder sogar bereits tot gewesen.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 16.11.2017)

Betrachtet man den Verlauf der deutschen Geschichte, insbesondere in Bezug auf Afrika, aber auch Europa, sind wir nicht überrascht von dem abscheulichen Verbrechen, das durch die deutsche Polizei begangen und von dem deutschen Justizsystem gedeckt wurde. Ein afrikanisches Sprichwort sagt: „Wenn du der Spur deines Vaters folgst, wirst du gehen wie er.“

Diese kontinuierliche koloniale Realität, die reflektiert wird durch die organisierte Tötung von Migrant*innen im Mittelmeer, durch die Abschiebepraktiken, die Ermittlungen gegen die Angehörigen der NSU-Opfer, den Aufstieg der AfD und anderer rechter Gruppierungen in Deutschland und Europa, die Kriminalisierung von Flüchtlingen und insbesondere von Afrikaner*innen, macht es umso dringlicher für Afrikanische/Schwarze Leute, zusammenzukommen und diese Übel des 21. Jahrhunderts herauszufordern und zu bekämpfen.

Sich an Oury Jalloh, Layé Kondé, Mariama Sarr, Christy Schwundeck, Dominique Koumadio und all die anderen – die Liste ist noch länger – zu erinnern und für sie zu kämpfen ist eine Sache der Selbstverteidigung.

Je vereinter wir sind in dieser Herausforderung und in der Verteidigung unserer selbst und unserer Werte gegen diese Monster des 21.Jahrhundert, desto mehr entlarven wir die Risse in einer Weltordnung und in den Systemen, die uns und die Menschheit im Allgemeinen im Stich gelassen haben und die uns und die Menschheit zerstören werden, wenn wir sie nicht stoppen.

OURY JALLOH IST KEIN EINZELFALL – KEINER WIRD VERGESSEN WERDEN!

RESPEKTIERT UNSERE EXISTENZ – UND RECHNET MIT UNSEREM WIDERSTAND!

Black Nation Germany: Auf zur Oury Jalloh Demo am 07.01.2018 in Dessau
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4450

Pressemitteilung des Zentralrates der afrikanischen Gemeinde in Deutschland
Solidarität mit der „Initiative zum Gedenken an Oury Jalloh“ gegen rassistische Bewegungen“
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4446

Unsere Community ist unser Medium!

Kontakt für weitere Fragen:

Dr. Mbolo Yufanyi
+49 (0) 1708788124.

Quellen:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/tod-von-oury-jalloh-ard-bericht-oury-jalloh-wurde-wahrscheinlich-getoetet-1.3751880

The Case of Oury Jalloh: Judicial scandal without end

The Case of Oury Jalloh: Judicial scandal without endA few weeks ago, MONITOR reported a dramatic change in the case of asylum seeker Oury Jalloh, who burned to death in a Dessau prison cell almost 13 years ago. Since then, investigators had claimed that Jalloh most probably lit the fire himself. Now, the long-time investigator from the public prosecutor's office in Dessau assumes that there is a suspicion of a homicide or even an initial suspicion of murder. However, since June, Halle's public prosecutor has been responsible for the case. For the time being, however, it has suspended the investigation, on the grounds that there are "conflicting" and "mutually excluding" explanations of the experts in the files. Further MONITOR research raises considerable doubts about this justification.

Posted by Monitor on Freitag, 22. Dezember 2017

https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/sozialearbeit/News/gutachten-entwicklung-gewalt-deutschland.pdf

 

05 Jan
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Press Release of PEACE (Peer Exchange of African Communities for Empowerment) Network and The VOICE Refugee Forum Network in Germany

by in Publications, Articles, Campaign, info, News, video, web

“The VOICE Press: Oury Jalloh Struggle Lives On ! – 07.01.2018 in Dessau”

Press Release of PEACE (Peer Exchange of African Communities for Empowerment) Network and The VOICE Refugee Forum Network in Germany to the dramatic stopping of the investigations and 13th memorial anniversary of the murder of our brother OURY JALLOH.

Berlin, 05.01.2018

“We stated from the beginning of our calls and campaigns since 2005 that Oury Jalloh was murdered but very few believed us. Now the mainstream talks of murder while we suffer from scars inflicted on us by the state and the society, in the span of 13 years” (Mbolo Yufanyi from The VOICE Refugee Forum and PEACE International)

 

On the 7th of January 2018, it will be 13 years since Oury Jalloh, a brother from Sierra Leone was brutally murdered at the hands of the German police in the city of Dessau, Germany. For 13 years, The VOICE Network and the African/Black Community has stood besides the Initiative in remembrance of Oury Jalloh and supported its call for “TRUTH, JUSTICE and REPARATIONS”, especially to our brother’s family. Almost 13 years have gone and the German state and Police have responded with “LIES, INJUSTICE and continuous BRUTALITY”.

The Chief Attorney Heike Geyer from Halle announced in her press release of 12th October 2017, that she had after careful examination of the available evidence […] “closed the investigation of the death of Oury Jalloh” because allegedly there is not sufficient evidence and new knowledge to his death was not to be expected, since “a multitude of possibilities are conceivable” and consequently a suicide cannot be ruled out.

We should remember that on the day of the murder of OURY JALLOH on January 7, 2005, a hypothesis was already established and documented before the beginning of the crime investigation: “Now I’m going to the basement, where a black African denizen in a detention cell has lit himself.” These were the words of the first investigators from Stendal who later destroyed more that 1 hr of video evidence that they collected from the cell where our brother was murdered.

From the different fire investigations and reports independently organised and sponsored by the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh and also following recent reports from National media, it could not have been possible for our brother to commit suicide

The majority of the experts in the fields of fire protection, medicine and chemistry came to the conclusion that the condition of the cell and the body after the fire can not be explained without the use of small amounts of accelerators such as light gasoline, according to Monitor. In addition, the theory of self-burning is as good as to rule out: “Oury Jalloh was at the beginning of fire probably completely incapacitated or even already dead”, quoting Süddeutsche newspaper from 16.11.2017

Following the chronology of the German history especially with respect to Africa in particular but also Europe, we are not surprised of the heinous crime carried out by the German police and covered up by their justice system. There is an African Proverb that says, “When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.”

This continuous colonial reality, reflected through organized killing of (to be) Migrants in the Mediterranean, the deportation practices, the investigations against relatives of the victims of NSU or the rise of the AfD and other right-wing entities in Germany and Europe, the criminalization of refugees especially Africans, make it more important than ever for African/Black people to come together to challenge and fight these evils of the 21th Century.

Remembering and fighting for justice for Oury Jalloh, Layé Kondé, Mariama Sarr, Christy Schwundeck, Dominique Kuomadio (the list goes on) and all the others is a matter of self-defense.

The more united we are in challenging and defending ourselves and values against these monsters of the 21th Century, the more we expose the cracks of a world order and systems that have failed us and Humanity in general and will destroy us and Humanity if we do not stop them.

OURY JALLOH IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL CASE — NO ONE WILL BE FORGOTTEN!

RESPECT OUR EXISTENCE – OR – EXPECT OUR RESISTANCE!

Our community is the media!

Contact for Reference and inquiry:

Dr. Mbolo Yufanyi

+49 (0) 1708788124.

Reference:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/tod-von-oury-jalloh-ard-bericht-oury-jalloh-wurde-wahrscheinlich-getoetet-1.3751880

https://www.facebook.com/monitor.wdr/videos/1609164162455851/?fref=mentions

https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/shared/sozialearbeit/News/gutachten-entwicklung-gewalt-deutschland.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13 Oct
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We help people find jobs, which indirectly means that we help Companies find the right talented people. PEACE CAMEROON interview with the CEO of Njorku: Mr. MAMBE CHURCHILL NANJE

by in Publications, Articles, Campaign, image, info, News, Publications, web

Interview by Beyang Verdell.

PEACE CAMEROON: Greetings Mr. Mambe and thanks for granting PEACE CAMEROON (PC) this interview. Please do tell us. Who is Mambe Churchill Nanje?

MAMBE CHURCHILL: Well I am called Mambe Churchill, a native of Ndian Division. I prefer people call me Churchill Nanje (CN). I am in my early 30s. My dad had six children and I am the fifth, my mom had two children and I am the first. I did my primary education in Douala and attended secondary school at P.H.S (Presbyterian High School), Kumba. From Kumba, I came to Buea where I began Computer software programming on my own and now I running my own Tech-Business.

PC: What is Njorku and what are the Visions of Njorku?

CN: We help people find jobs, which indirectly means that we help Companies find the right talented people.

When you find a job, the company has found you. It’s more of an action and reaction process. Njorku innovates solutions and Technologies that help the people of Cameroon in particular and Africa as a whole. So every day we work on new ways to help people find jobs. Njorku.com, which is our first product is a job Search Engine. For example if you are looking for a job as an accountant, all you need do is to go tell Njorku. Njorku then goes to the net and finds accounting jobs for you, tells you when it was published and then you apply. You can also upload your CV and specify the kind of jobs you are looking for. Njorku then search for you and when we do find the jobs that match your profile, we do get to you. We also build solutions that help companies run their recruitment, help them publish their jobs and help the jobs appear on Njorku website. We track the applicant and manage their data base system so they don’t get to have a lot of paper work, all digitally. We help companies manage their CV Banks

 

PC: How is Njorku connected to the Silicon Mountain in Buea?

CN: Njorku is actually one of the players of the Silicon Mountain. Silicon is just a name given to this environment because of the technology and Entrepreneurs here. So therefore, we call our technology ecosystem scene here Silicon Mountain. And our technology scene here is made up of many young entrepreneurs who are starting their own small businesses. All of us form what we call the Silicon Mountain and Njorku is just one of the players of the Silicon Mountain.

PC: How did the Internet shutdown in the early parts of 2017 in the English speaking regions affect the activities of Njorku and how is the operating atmosphere today for you?

CN: It really hurts our business and me as a businessman. We spent a lot of money and incurred a lot of losses during that period. We were spending that much just to sustain things but unfortunately we didn’t see that coming. And till date, trust me when I do say we are recovering from the shock of the breakdown and all the financial losses we did incurred during that time.

PC: What advice can you give to the youths out there in postcolonial Cameroon and Africa as a whole, most especially those that aspire to be like you?

CN: Knowledge is power. But skills are more powerfully. Get skills people can pay you for, either as an employer or an entrepreneur in order to start up your own business. I won’t be surprised if someone leaves the University and decides to go do carpentry. I think those are some of the things we need to start pushing most Cameroonians towards. You get a degree and later on you get carpentry skills. Don’t be surprised; in 5 years you will own your own wood furniture business in which you know how wood is being produced and refined instead of importing furniture and so forth. Once you pick it up from there, you start hiring people. And if you go to school, you will be aware that you can use the Internet to sell your furniture. This, I believe is innovation. Research, go online and get ideas and knowledge on different things and issues. It’s normal that at the beginning it might not be attractive but in the long run don’t be surprised that you might own a factory. The Internet is there and has everything. Search on the different machines and items that can help you process wood better; make it last better and well polished.

We do import so much, whereas we do have the skills to produce such things. But most Cameroonians today are just too proud. We need to humble ourselves, learn how to do things in a more sustainable way, sell online and so forth. I for one started just like a web developer and it seemed I was crazy but now I can hire other people. It could be wood works, building and construction, motor mechanic, etc., etc. People might think it is not attractive but in 5 years, you can actually own a large factory. It’s not just the roadside guys, you can have a very big business repairing cars. Most people don’t see it and think it’s only the roadside guys that make it. But I say no, you can have a whole big company repairing cars. There are guys like that in Douala and many other places. Therefore we should go towards acquiring skills we can advertise. Take for instance accounting, it’s not only the theory part you can learn, there is also the practical part of it, practicing how accounting is done. So my last word goes thus; we should all focus on acquiring skills, get to the market and after two or three years, people will talk about you. It’s not magic.

PC: Thank you Mr Churchill Nanje and it’s a privilege having PEACE CAMEROON here at Njorku and we do hope this partnership between Njorku and PEACE will spring forth in the nearest future.

CN:Thank you too.

 

Interview with Mambe Churchill Nanje
AfroVisioN Founder, President, CEO
http://www.afrovisiongroup.com | http://mambenanje.blogspot.com
skypeID: mambenanje
www.twitter.com/mambenanje

 

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