INTERVIEW
LUENKAN OGSAYEFO PRESIDENT OF FRONT Afro-
Youth Organizations Foja
by Susana Machado (Researcher Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
CSA in the courtyard of La Tabacalera, I meet with the new president of the only black youth organization in Spain Foja oldest's own youth council of Spain, also popularly known as Black Panthers and founded in Alcala de Henares in 1990. SM: Who are you and what is your process? L: I am an Afro-who is playing in the MPC (Cimarron Pan Africanist Movement) was born in Madrid in 1987. I say that I am an Afro-but recently, as though I was born here and I have a DNI, "he goes a little like Obama's wife, Michelle, - English I've never felt until I met the Pan Africanist Movement. In fact until I saw the NLP and what happened in the European parliament on 17. It was the fucking ostia tia!. From 1993-1997 the military in the English Youth Organization OJE, where I gained an experience in communication, particularly in America and active radio wave. I come from the world of rap from the 16 years I have created and led an artist several groups like the Klan's Rap, Top Gang. On the internet I contacted APN. After the homage to early July 2010 Arcelin integrate collaboration with NLP what encouraged me to coordinate a workshop of African cinema for young Afro-awareness. Come a family of artists, I nursed my father culturalism is a musician Justin Tchatchoua. In the juvenile prison participate with my brothers and sisters s Dominicans in a workshop reading of Malcolm X, so it was that black youth became visible to me.
How
took the decision to join hander and accept the presidency? L: I saw that the only ones trying to give a thorough explanation not uncle tom to the raids, the violation of human rights, and repair with NLP both in the streets and institutions was reaching unbearable levels in May were the Pan-Africanist . One day I stopped by and saw police Granvia neck snapping a Senegalese who just sold CD, this image struck me. Along with other militant members (Tonino, Cris, Luanda, Alex, Paloma) we were a critical sector of the organization Freedom Fighter of Madrid and had participated actively in the creation of Temple African and African Pride festival as an autonomous space within CSOA of Tabacalera, we realized that we lacked ideological motivation. And we began to attend an intensive course of history and Afro-dictated NLP Dr Abuy Nfubea to form grassroots leadership. For the class also spent as teachers and Dr Baron Yabuclu Mbolo. And I am invited to the European Parliament where I realize what is happening under our noses.
What consequences have for you the training course Afro-history?
L: Results of this study was my best deep political structure in different sectors, each responsible to influence the fight. I had clarao that I had not joined Temple African rap to party on Wednesdays but to make the revolution. The black juventdu are very frustrated and want to make the revolution not want change politcios good vibes. My father is one of the best musicians there africanaos afrobrass Justin Spain. If I wanted to do only music I would have joined him. (Laughs) but I joined for and make the revolution, that means black Pan-Africanism.
And what happened? L: These 2 views, as is normal, collided and then some of us were expelled from the Temple Afro, but thanks bye already had an intellectual-political history of Afro-sufficient and was collaborating with the distribution of Wanafrica, readings of the newspaper encouraged me to decide to offer an alternative. I saw that all critical and talk shit but no one committed. Dr Mbolo Etofili spoke to a youth group at a conference in Senegal Casa de Madrid, after the force of his words and that a companion as they left abandora trip to Italy I ran to lead the process because here what ago failure is to assume that no one wants gigs.
importantancia What was the Afro Temple? L: It was very important for my development because APN was in decline was only a political and artistic, and I was focused on the music on the electric cicada
. And for the first time Afro Temple put in a room of black youths from different backgrounds, but with a common anger: our uprooting product of institutional racism and Afro Temple was also earring against the will of the assembly of the CSA Tabacalera. Most young black men, not militabamos in any organization, we by free
good rolllo know: fiestuky. We are dedicated to spending our energy on others to recognize us, but without recognizing
nosotrs @ s them. One night I had an incident with a brother who send a big hug and I apologize because we come to blows. Safa's brother. Dr Abuy came Nfubea, separated us and told me to leave the jipismo I was a leader but I did not know. That should leave the dispersion and talk shit on the Internet. Fijarame I started the discussions we had young blacks on facebook or twitter, I saw that were really very stupid and superfashion. So I kept feeling orphaned or vacuum filled me only classes African history, so for the first time in my life I took them seriously and not miss any. I realized that all black artists we were rehearsing in the cicada
or frequented the Afro emplo
T: training offered us no real policy but spends fun time, a proof of this was that I was with Paloma the only 2 people around the Community Centre who attended the historic event of NLP in the European parliament. The rest of those who criticized the management of Yast brother-with or without reason, in front of the Temple, they never were. Abuy teachings provoked in me a catharsis and I got the answer. Wau! This course has opened our eyes to the hard work that Pan Africanist Mto had done and gave me a sense of belonging. I learned to be Afro-Alli, I learned about Tcham Bissa, Arcelin, Obiang Nsang, Ras Babiker, Sister Rufi, Nkareba, Lio Nzumbi Jose Mendez. From very young I have been protected in institutions Monor CAM so I never learned so much about myself, about afropostivismo. When studying to Marcus Garvey I saw the UNIA and when one examines the heroic story of coot, their founders were young blacks with the same problems as me but they did not join an NGO, created their own organization, such as the Fundacion Vida Ecological Green Party is the only foundation created by Maroons, so they created their own solutions. Trunk learning mogollon that if we want change for our black youth can not do it from supporting NGO projects etc. .. they are very good, positive and lawful but which have not been created by and for us and that is where we disperse young Black if the young blacks want to be free and get justice, we must spend our energy on building their own basic processes and after-not before-join the project framework. My Board and I are very open acolaborar with feminist organizations, other NGOs culturalist, but first we must build our space and political projects, and that's always been the line of folio and Pan-Africanist movement in general. ¡¡¡¡¡ Tronka, the first base curro and then fiestuky and fashion !!!!. At the end of the course gave me the possibility to choose a name, someone told me about Nkrumah and elected the meaning of language Ogsayefo Ashanti, Redeemer, redeem me because that course.
"You are hip-hop, you see the scene and the hip-hop scene?
L: To hander hip-hop is a culture, but more an expression of Pan-Africanist struggles to shake off oppression such as salsa, merengue, ballanato, jazz, makosa, soukus etc. .. product of oppression the oppressed peoples have developed cultural resistance-Baldw told the European Parliament, by both the hip-hop is called to be subordinated to the revolutionary movement. We see the context of the emerging struggle Rap.
What groups do you like? L: In Spain I mean I like all people as Conchy Buika, Mefe, Frank T, Chojin, Doblehache, Jhacobo etc ... but unfortunately, if we except a very few, most of the artists are guys tom is probelama that are part of and not the solution, we continue to see a black political leaders as allies, not as brothers and that though there are famous rappers on the radio or public TV, they never can complain or to finance their concerts the black liberation struggle, but if they do for the macro ong the tutelege. It's something to himself precupaba and Marcus Garvey, when he said in the book by Rigoberto Cairo: many dreadlocks in the mountains but if they are not feral dreadlocks. Tronka is the roll of aesthetics without ideology, use our poverty to traffic in our misery. yeah, yeah Tronka, yes. especially those who have gone through hander and have been influenced by our organization in the past, as president I will begin talks to improve mechanisms for communication with this great people to support the struggle of black youth association and expression not foundations of macro neo ngo.
When there is a demonstration by Aliu, Miwa, Ndombe or without papal where are the black artists? L: Young blacks are full of fear, be very afraid!
You think? L: Yes, Tronka can go to a squat or a posh liberal NGOs and pretend that we are integrated or are normal but in the end I realized after studying the creed Pan-Africanist, that our problem was not Tabacal Laborartorio, Minuesa or Zerolo or Rajoy, or Afro Yast or temple but the lack of black leadership and black youth engagement. Black Power that is to have something to actually doing was ours as NLP. Means that we must build a revolutionary youth organization and black politics. And that not going to New Generation, Youth Socialists, Communists or Joventud hundreds of NGOs in the youth council, and that should we lose the fear involves biological and uncle tom mentality.
What is your opinion of NLP? L: I totally blown away. It opened my eyes and finished to fit my doubts. It was very important to me because they are things that have been passing before my eyes, without realizing it. NLP gives us a possibility the young blacks not only historical but also claim to proposals from the Afro-institutional framework. In my fucking life I had thought they had black in Spain able to talk to Members of Parliament and other institutions without kneeling. If those who have made NLP guys were white or black tom would give them the prize Astura Prince, son, you play what you want Tronka.
What is the role of record in the history of Spain? the coot are the Black Panthers, are those who have become the instinct of the Latin Kings gang in a political and moral instincts. Fijate as a child 12 years have heard talk about it to my father, I heard of Colours or T-7 which is a mythical character even Arcelin. For me it is a great RISK. Ronaldo is like to wear the shirt of Brazil and Marcos Sena, that of Spain. Hip-hop generation grew up in the Afro-pessimism and jipismo fashion. Then you realize that all criticize but nobody except the coot has done anything for the black youth of this country. For me hander has been a tremendous source of inspiration. Learn and meet people like Baldw Omowale, Rasbabi, Ebanga, Marcos, Marcelo, Yoyo, Yast, or Professor DJ Deedee Moula who were in the coot, who are people I admire and what has motivated me most was seeing that I and my team can be like them. And hander was and is the source of training and inspiration that has been most important in Spain Afro.
What changes are in the record in 1995 and today? When hander was founded in 1990 was a time when there were many changes in the world, Mandela South Africa, Rodney King, and the Black Arcelin Banyoles, the Public Enemy and this had its impact in the coot. I was born in 1987, a year after the Alien Law 1, but when I grew up and began to be aware the Stones club no longer existed. Stones never met but still essentially in those years and that is the legacy of coot, Serafin, Junior, Tommy, Henry Okenve, Killer B, Siale and others. It is very important to recognize that legacy and work of Dr. Abuy Nfubea or Dr. Arcelin. Thank goodness society has changed but was not saying that we now have single-Obama-but society has evolved from the gigs Pan-Africanist organizations as hander. Customers have always been in combat 'Uncle Tom facing racism, Afro-family poverty.
How do you value the process of APN? feel great respect and love for Yast, it also comes Foja. Despite all the positives of the campaign afroespañolizacion in the last 3 years had isolated APN Black Community and it was only parties and more parties, so far as to criticize and isolate what the actual U.S. Senate European Parliament (I was) or the African Union have called maximum conquest against racism since the death of Franco, which is the NLP. The role of guiding and organizing the anger and frustration of black youth not being done and CIES are full. That although the parties are important are not the subject of a youth organization heiress Dr. Pan Africanist Huey P. Newton, Marcus Garvey and MalcolmX. And especially the catharsis blah, blah, blah. Move 3 000 people at a concert is very different to move 300 for a conference or a mani African undocumented.
Do you think young blacks do not fight? If they fight, but we have no guidance and referrals are very dispersed. They want to see another reality but do not want to die for it, but just want to enjoy but not recognized as black and that Afro-pessimism and Eurocentric thought not let them. In the Tabacalera met hundreds of black and always blah, blah, blah with a lot of scatter but it was the Pan Africanist mto has given me the opportunity to be what I always wanted to be. I think Etofili Mbolo told the European parliament currently have an NLP, I have no fucking idea that laws but I can and want to contribute to its development.
What has been the evolution of Durban hander since 2001? L: Well, as you know hander in 2001 after the Durban conference that led to the Pan Africanist Youth
Fourth Meeting held in Lavapies under the direction of Nzumbi Lio, Atay Mbenky and Mari Luz Mba, reflected on the battle of the cages and opened the process Omowale Kie Ntem Social Club where Foja waive the forefront and condemned the jipismo. We disbanded in the community as part of the Cimarron Pan-Africanist movement, with organizations like Maleva, Help, Health, Aso. Afro-Aso. Viva africa humanist, CECRA, Omowale, Fundacion Vida Verde Ecologico Group, with RasBabi OEUA in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bCARE in Asturias, mujerista Group Winnie Mandela, Malcolm X University, Pan Africanist Association Amilcar Cabral in Bilbao, Aso. Senegalese region of Murcia etc ... From humble leadership and momentum hander and organizations emerged as the Pan-African Centre Founded in 2006 by the official culture of the Pan Africanist Antumi Toasije Federation, Human Rights Committee of Black Community, Black Parliament. In Barcelona we encourage the creation of Sankofa by Julio Cesar Balmaseda, Kafuba, Nakareba Kemit Lukumtaka by the Platform per Aliu etc ... leading to a Pan-Africanist Congress that chose to Fulgencio Ngage as our leader in the College Ntra sra of Africa, I'm still studying this part of the course-This parade marked a spectacular roadmap. APN in this process emerged as an excision of coot, the members and cadres of all the State record in fed and drove the Pan Africanist Mto crecimento seen in Murcia with the hard work Maddy Cisseba in Nicasio Esono Huelva, Almeria with Mbenky Atay, Euskadi Tcham Bissa and in Madrid on 2 Pan Africanist Congress in the UNED. In fact 95% of blacks more or less responsible have left hander. How
hander returned? We Never Left. By age 20 in 2010, with the still warm corpse Arcelin in Cuba, the rise of institutional racism and impunity, with a high rate of school failure afro, afro-pessimism frustration, hip-hop reactionary raids everywhere, Aliu's murder still fresh and the only black youth festivals and concerts in squats. To this helped a lot the failure of the CSAO's Summit Kasika Mostoles that precipitated the subsequent dissolution of APN after the failure of the campaign of Barcelona and the enormous ideological dispersion afroespañolizacion trying to confront with NLP (JA, JA, JA): A good example of these errors made by the great pan-Africanist mto effort made in the defense, support of the cultural center of Lavapies Haich was capitalized by those who had given his face the neighborhood association's Corral. The Pan Africanist mto realized that the time from the 2001-despite the huge confidence-your interest Nvetoyeng Mwalimu was not to generate a black mto leadership but to be one more, one artists. This error Pan Africanist mto self-criticism did not emerge more black youth organizations, youth leadership, but there was that young blacks were more cool fashion, and famous uncle tom with rap reactionary but raised the consciousness of black youth, but it alienated more and more using the Black struggle for fame and notoriety. The few organizations responsible as AEJGE had disappeared and Ekomo of Yakuro had died in Guinea. But there was a hope: the return of Rasbabi to Spain and the conquest of NLP.
So the 1st Congress of victims of racism gathered at the University of Lleida in December 2010 decided, Foja rearrange an expression of juvenile Pan-Africanist movement.
Currently, how hander looks at the future? L: We would afropositivismo1 !!!!, ja, ja, ja. It's hard work, very hard because we work for and by people who are not interested to come forward. When a mani like we did in Barcelona for all is Aliu agent will never see on facebook, so you're fighting for people indifferent. Your question by going to work to once again become the reference in the fight from the central Afro-Youth that allows us to NLP. At the moment we met in Madrid 17:50 to 20:00 h at Senagal, and we have prgrama Radio 107.9 FM on Friday but we have a plan to develop a conference on NLP legal state to the young Afro-directed.
When? will be in Madrid on May 21 to mark the Africa Day and the World Year of 2011.Queremos afrodescedencia start a protest campaign to multinationals such as C
arrefur, English Court Day or never hire black women as clerks or cashiers. Afro-Many young girls have told us, each time you send the curriclum, racial criteria is very clear, if you are Lavapies and enter the Carrefur really that many blacks leaving the goose pastaca but no cash or Curran. We want to educate youth about importance of being part of the claims of the Movement. be part of the solutions so gigs we also spread the doctrinal issue that has grown under APN. This is essential for the development of NLP. I intend to develop the NLP (JA, JA, JA) plays loud. And the school and the youth council will allow entry into its black and organizations within the state funding feat black youth NGOs. For here too there is the tutelage ...
there no black NGOs in Youth Council? No, Abuy Nfubea debate in a magnificent chain Barcelo Angels be with you and Esteban Ibarra said, the only institutional racimso and the board is not very different from other institutions are all communicating vessels and although the World Year of african descendents, folio 20 years old, the advice remains an area of \u200b\u200bApartheid and people have passed through it have then former ministers or senior party leaders or government: no matter the ideology but have continued with the policy of apartheid, racism and white suspremacia. They act as if there were no ethnic minorities like black youth, Roma or Jewish or Muslim not españnola. The access mechanism are designed to advise imposiblitar empowerment and participation of black youth and this advice depends on the ministry of equality and notice: fine equal to talks affirmative action for gays and lesbians but we systematically exclude blacks from everything. It's one of my goals that the young blacks can study, work, join the police.
What police? Yes, you can go to Iraq and kill Moors by the English Repsol Bankers can also be a guard, police, diplomats etc ... We demand affirmative action policies and enter the black youth in the council because it is a law that is outlined in the plan of action of NLP.
Dais very important "visible? Our enemy number 1 at the time to get affirmative action NLP "Integration" for young black men are the mediators and the tutelage is therefore our priority is visible in all social, political, cultural, is the basis of our existence, Law and will belong to this society. It is a great lesson of gay and lesbians, they have become visible and now has a law, money and a councilor, a vice president, lobby and all institutions are taken into account. We have led the NLP but resources remain for mediators to receive money on behalf of blacks and immigrants prevent develop a sense of belonging, inclusion and empowerment, so you have to be visible. Look at me I have a DNI, I was born in a hospital in La Paz in Madrid but the state is as if I lowered the dinghy yesterday.
"In that sense it seems the policy of Zapatero? I think rather progressive left, I am of those who went to the marches of the war and hoped no more than Zapatero, Aido, Pajin and Zerolo. African youth all thought we were going to be referenced with us so maybe Obama's and such ... ha, ha, ha. But the raids have legalized racist and Equality Ministry turned into something unique to gays, gender and white NGOs tutelege a sectarian way. This have encouraged racial profiling and notice: you and I are English but when we go through that door to me at least 3 times asking me the papers, just because I'm black and that makes him a leftist government, the parrot aunt. How
something else? Anything else, at least toward the black community but after the policies of negrophobia duarante 2 legislatures.
negrophobia "? Tronka as you would call the raids on the subway and streets, the exclusion of anti-discrimination organo Jose Manuel Fresno or acts of global anti-racism day ministry of equality is very strong tia: o attorney's refusal to go to hate Congress of victims of racism or the National Immigration Forum: It is very strong but it is stronger than all the money on racism are white to 4 NGOs tutelan.Este us and nothing else is true racism . Not if you saw the debate and Abuy Esteban Ibarra in the chain being, there was said that racism is prejudice more power. As a black left that I think I can not give credit but it is. In this respect this leftist government has disappointed me as a young Afro-and do not know how to define and (ja, ja, ja)
What you say to the young blacks of the provinces that want to fight? L: Uhuru brothers!, All I can say is that I love you (ha, ha, ha). Hander who join and form your local assemblies or committees work with a minimum of 4 and continue counting. They do not trust the black fashion to combat intellectual hip-hop mostly reactionary and intercultural mediation and Afro-pessimism of uncle tom. Aequivocarse entitled because they are human and humans make mistakes but never delegated its liability in such mediators prosionalizados agents: the speaker's neo Nkrumah. From here I give all my support, encouragement and a lot of Foja do not give up and thanks for everything, and all for opening our eyes to reality, because there are many blind but is he so blind to not see. Animo!!
