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From Solidarity to Xenophobia: Africa's Forgotten Lessons · The Nova Frequency Podcast

• 0:00
  Freedom is a strange thing. When you don't have it,
• 0:03
  you will do almost anything to get it. You will
• 0:05
  be the world to hear your cries. You will have
• 0:08
  strangers to stand beside. You you will of someone anyone
• 0:12
  will be your pain but history asks us a far
• 0:15
  more uncomfortable question. What happens after your finally free? Do
• 0:20
  you become the kind of possible protect others from suffering?
• 0:23
  Or do you slowly become the very thing you want
• 0:26
  fought against South Africa wants to add a center of
• 0:30
  one of History greatest Injustice, which is appetite a system
• 0:36
  built on segregation exclusion. On telling people, they did not
• 0:39
  belong because of Woody where and Africa did not look
• 0:43
  away countries across this continues, with South Africa. Nigeria, especially
• 0:48
  our government, spoke our people contributed money, our musicians, son,
• 0:54
  our students protested. Our diplomats fought in international stage, not
• 1:00
  because of Africans winning Nigeria but because they are paying
• 1:03
  belonged to Africa. Today, many years later, Africa's migrants are
• 1:09
  being haunted businesses, destroyed families, displays life lost, not because
• 1:16
  they are committed crimes but because the crossed a border.
• 1:21
  So today I have just one question, how does the
• 1:24
  people who wants beg the world to see their Humanity?
• 1:27
  Struggle to see the humanity in others? Welcome to the
• 1:31
  Nova frequency a podcast where we get to think deeper
• 1:34
  and listen differently. This is not a podcast about teaching,
• 1:38
  what to think. It is a space for conversation that
• 1:40
  goes beyond the surface, the conversations people often to afraid
• 1:44
  to have or to comfortable to question. My name is
• 1:48
  a sister Nova. Becomes difficult human beings are always set
• 1:55
  for someone to blame history repeats, this part of economic
• 1:59
  action, unemployment Rising crime, political failure, inside of comforting. Complicated
• 2:06
  problems. We often choose a simpler enemy. The outside, the
• 2:10
  Immigrant The Foreigner, because it is easier to point at
• 2:15
  a neighbor that to fix a nation. So let's all
• 2:19
  comfortable question. If any Foreigner left, South Africa, tomorrow would
• 2:24
  only disappear would electricity stay on when the cost of
• 2:32
  living. So they fall probably not, which means maybe immigrants
• 2:37
  are in the disease. Maybe they are simply the easiest
• 2:41
  symptom to attack. Let's go back long before hashtag long
• 2:47
  before social media, Nigeria stood with South Africa during apartheid.
• 2:51
  Not because we expected with payment but because Injustice anywhere
• 2:55
  in Africa was considered everyone's concerned ordinary Nigerians donated money
• 3:00
  workers contributed part of their salaries. Students, marched artist raised,
• 3:05
  awareness, diplomas push for sanctions against apartheid Africa. Believed that
• 3:11
  when one nation suffered, we all suffered that was not
• 3:14
  charity. It was so, he is what trouble is me.
• 3:18
  How do we move from your struggle? Is our struggle
• 3:22
  to go back to your country out of his brother
• 3:26
  would become suspicious. But before we Nigerians, begin uploading ourselves,
• 3:31
  let's be on August. This episode isn't about proving we
• 3:35
  are morally Superior because you this doesn't belong to South
• 3:39
  Africa alone. If you experience economy, action and a southern
• 3:44
  rise in Immigration, when every Nigeria respond with compassion, would
• 3:48
  some of us also be blaming outside. Do we sterile
• 3:53
  type people from neighboring countries? Do we more accents? Do
• 3:56
  we use war that we use people to wear to
• 3:59
  come from? If we are honest, we are not to
• 4:01
  me, which means this episode is in, about South Africans,
• 4:05
  it is about us. It is about human nature. One
• 4:09
  of History saddest lesson is that suffering? Does not automatically,
• 4:13
  make people compassionate, sometimes it's simply change, Woody, and reacts,
• 4:19
  the oppressed can become your person. The victims can become
• 4:23
  the perpetrator. Freedom, doesn't erase Prejudice. It only gives us
• 4:28
  an opportunity to confront it. And if we don't histories
• 4:32
  simply changes uniforms, Here is another question when citizens are
• 4:38
  angry, who benefit if that anger is directed at immigrants,
• 4:42
  instead of institution when unemployment rights who benefits, if people
• 4:47
  are demanding better governance. When frustration boy is over, who
• 4:53
  benefits when it conversation becomes about? Foreigners is of field
• 4:57
  leadership. Sometimes the easiest enemy is in the Real Enemy.
• 5:02
  It is simply the most convenient one. Africa, is warm
• 5:08
  one Africa, African brother. Those was sounds beautiful or to
• 5:13
  their testing, but I would even make sure by speaking.
• 5:17
  It is measured by how we treat one another, where
• 5:20
  we sources are scarce, it is easy to lock Africa,
• 5:23
  win the economy is booming, it is much harder when
• 5:26
  Dairy competition for jobs. I've seen an opportunity, that's where
• 5:31
  our values are tested. Every country has the right to
• 5:36
  protect its borders. Every nation has the right to enforce
• 5:40
  its immigration laws. That is not the issue. The issue
• 5:43
  begins when people stop seeing human beings and start saying
• 5:46
  enemies history should have thoughts that exclusion is dangerous. That
• 5:51
  discrimination destroyed Nations that violence solves. Nothing. Yes, we are
• 5:56
  Africans. Fleeing Africans fearing Africans, fighting Africans. But the greatest
• 6:04
  tragedy isn't that civilian State exists? It is that we
• 6:09
  have forgotten why we fought for each other in the
• 6:11
  first place. Because the lessons of appetite was not simply
• 6:15
  that racism is evil. It was that no human being
• 6:18
  should ever be treated as less human because of where
• 6:21
  they come from and if we forget that lesson, we
• 6:24
  haven't really learned at all. This has been in love
• 6:28
  with frequency. Remember seeing people and listening differently? Freedom is
• 0:00
  a strange thing. When you don't have it, you will
• 0:03
  do almost anything to get it. You will be the
• 0:06
  world to hear your cries. You will have strangers to
• 0:08
  stand beside. You you will of someone anyone will be
• 0:12
  your pain but history asks us a far more uncomfortable
• 0:16
  question. What happens after your finally free? Do you become
• 0:21
  the kind of possible protect others from suffering? Or do
• 0:24
  you slowly become the very thing you want fought against
• 0:27
  South Africa wants to add a center of one of
• 0:31
  History greatest Injustice, which is appetite a system built on
• 0:36
  segregation exclusion. On telling people, they did not belong because
• 0:40
  of Woody where and Africa did not look away countries
• 0:44
  across this continues, with South Africa. Nigeria, especially our government,
• 0:49
  spoke our people contributed money, our musicians, son, our students
• 0:55
  protested. Our diplomats fought in international stage, not because of
• 1:00
  Africans winning Nigeria but because they are paying belonged to
• 1:04
  Africa. Today, many years later, Africa's migrants are being haunted
• 1:10
  businesses, destroyed families, displays life lost, not because they are
• 1:16
  committed crimes but because the crossed a border. So today
• 1:21
  I have just one question, how does the people who
• 1:25
  wants beg the world to see their Humanity? Struggle to
• 1:28
  see the humanity in others? Welcome to the Nova frequency
• 1:32
  a podcast where we get to think deeper and listen
• 1:35
  differently. This is not a podcast about teaching, what to
• 1:38
  think. It is a space for conversation that goes beyond
• 1:41
  the surface, the conversations people often to afraid to have
• 1:44
  or to comfortable to question. My name is a sister
• 1:48
  Nova. Becomes difficult human beings are always set for someone
• 1:56
  to blame history repeats, this part of economic action, unemployment
• 2:01
  Rising crime, political failure, inside of comforting. Complicated problems. We
• 2:07
  often choose a simpler enemy. The outside, the Immigrant The
• 2:12
  Foreigner, because it is easier to point at a neighbor
• 2:15
  that to fix a nation. So let's all comfortable question.
• 2:20
  If any Foreigner left, South Africa, tomorrow would only disappear
• 2:29
  would electricity stay on when the cost of living. So
• 2:32
  they fall probably not, which means maybe immigrants are in
• 2:38
  the disease. Maybe they are simply the easiest symptom to
• 2:42
  attack. Let's go back long before hashtag long before social
• 2:48
  media, Nigeria stood with South Africa during apartheid. Not because
• 2:52
  we expected with payment but because Injustice anywhere in Africa
• 2:55
  was considered everyone's concerned ordinary Nigerians donated money workers contributed
• 3:01
  part of their salaries. Students, marched artist raised, awareness, diplomas
• 3:07
  push for sanctions against apartheid Africa. Believed that when one
• 3:11
  nation suffered, we all suffered that was not charity. It
• 3:16
  was so, he is what trouble is me. How do
• 3:19
  we move from your struggle? Is our struggle to go
• 3:23
  back to your country out of his brother would become
• 3:26
  suspicious. But before we Nigerians, begin uploading ourselves, let's be
• 3:32
  on August. This episode isn't about proving we are morally
• 3:35
  Superior because you this doesn't belong to South Africa alone.
• 3:41
  If you experience economy, action and a southern rise in
• 3:44
  Immigration, when every Nigeria respond with compassion, would some of
• 3:49
  us also be blaming outside. Do we sterile type people
• 3:53
  from neighboring countries? Do we more accents? Do we use
• 3:56
  war that we use people to wear to come from?
• 3:59
  If we are honest, we are not to me, which
• 4:02
  means this episode is in, about South Africans, it is
• 4:05
  about us. It is about human nature. One of History
• 4:10
  saddest lesson is that suffering? Does not automatically, make people
• 4:14
  compassionate, sometimes it's simply change, Woody, and reacts, the oppressed
• 4:20
  can become your person. The victims can become the perpetrator.
• 4:24
  Freedom, doesn't erase Prejudice. It only gives us an opportunity
• 4:28
  to confront it. And if we don't histories simply changes
• 4:33
  uniforms, Here is another question when citizens are angry, who
• 4:40
  benefit if that anger is directed at immigrants, instead of
• 4:43
  institution when unemployment rights who benefits, if people are demanding
• 4:49
  better governance. When frustration boy is over, who benefits when
• 4:54
  it conversation becomes about? Foreigners is of field leadership. Sometimes
• 4:59
  the easiest enemy is in the Real Enemy. It is
• 5:02
  simply the most convenient one. Africa, is warm one Africa,
• 5:09
  African brother. Those was sounds beautiful or to their testing,
• 5:14
  but I would even make sure by speaking. It is
• 5:17
  measured by how we treat one another, where we sources
• 5:21
  are scarce, it is easy to lock Africa, win the
• 5:24
  economy is booming, it is much harder when Dairy competition
• 5:28
  for jobs. I've seen an opportunity, that's where our values
• 5:32
  are tested. Every country has the right to protect its
• 5:37
  borders. Every nation has the right to enforce its immigration
• 5:40
  laws. That is not the issue. The issue begins when
• 5:44
  people stop seeing human beings and start saying enemies history
• 5:48
  should have thoughts that exclusion is dangerous. That discrimination destroyed
• 5:52
  Nations that violence solves. Nothing. Yes, we are Africans. Fleeing
• 5:58
  Africans fearing Africans, fighting Africans. But the greatest tragedy isn't
• 6:06
  that civilian State exists? It is that we have forgotten
• 6:09
  why we fought for each other in the first place.
• 6:12
  Because the lessons of appetite was not simply that racism
• 6:15
  is evil. It was that no human being should ever
• 6:18
  be treated as less human because of where they come
• 6:21
  from and if we forget that lesson, we haven't really
• 6:25
  learned at all. This has been in love with frequency.
• 6:29
  Remember seeing people and listening differently?