- World Refugee Day -
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Cape Town, South Africa, The Greenmarket Square refugee sit-in was a sit-in protest by a group of refugees for the purpose of getting relocated to a country outside of South Africa in response to xenophobia in the country. Nine moths ago, at least 600 refugees who were removes from Greenmarket Square in two different locations around Belleville.
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I spent few days in one camp situated in Maitland known as the Wingfield temporary structures. The conditions the people live under in those conditions for any human being to live in, said Hafiz Mohammed who added that they are suffering as refugees in the country. “These are hard times for us as refugees, it is even hard to follow our religion under these conditions, but we understand this is not home for us.”
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World Refugee Day commemorates the obstacles refugees face each year, while also celebrating their courage and strength. Since 2001, the United Nations and more than 100 countries have observed World Refugee Day annually on June 20th.
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According to the UNHCR, there are 65.3 million forcibly displaced people around the world.
On average, 42,500 people per day flee their homes to seek protection within the borders of their own country or other countries.
Of the 20 million refugees worldwide, 51% are under the age of 18
The civil war in Syria has led to one of the worst humanitarian crises of our lifetime.
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- Déjà-vu -
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After a year stuck in France because of the pandemic situation, I’m finally back in Mothercity. For so many nights, my soul was travelling all the way down to the southwest tip of Africa, trying to reconnect with its African part.
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Being back is such a great feeling but also a strange one: Everything is so familiar but at the same time I’m experiencing it in a whole different way. Like those double exposure, there is a double printing in my soul: The one that I know, the one that I discover.
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One thing that will never changes is how beautiful this city is and how inspired I feel while meandering into its heart.There is so many things that I want to explore and so many people that I want to hold my arms.
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I’m blessed.
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- Africa Celebration : Zimbabwe, No New Era - Ode 7/8
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With @visual_nomad, we attended Mnagagwa’s sworn in August 2018 in Harare, documenting this awaited change for Zimbabwe’s democracy. For more than 16 millions Zimbabweans, it was the beginning of new era.
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Nicknamed “The Crocodile”, Mnangagwa was appointed after Mugabe was forced out by the military in November last year. Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as only the second president of Zimbabwe since the country gained independence in 1980, taking the oath of office in front of 70,000 people in Harare’s main sports stadium this morning.
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Unfortunately things did not go the way Zimbabweans wanted, even if they knew that this promises was tainted with mistrust. For many of them, they was no new era.
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While i was in Harare, Zimbabwe for Mugabe’s fall, I spent most of my free time in Mbare. Feeling the Genuine Vibe, learning about this country and its people. Already out of the society for most of them, the « big change did not have any affect one us.
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- Africa Celebration : Ethiopia, Face to Faith - Ode 6/8
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In January, in Addis Ababa, millions of Orthodox Christians got together to commemorate the baptism of Christ. This celebration, the Timkat, which corresponds to the Epiphany, generally takes place around the 19th of January. Although this religious festival is celebrated by Christians all over the world, it has a special significance in Ethiopia, where it is the most important and most picturesque event of the year.
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For only one day, I had the chance to attend the festivities … A new smirk intrudes on my face. Arriving at the gates of Jan Meda, an immense park on the outskirts of the city, it is an explosion of sensations: Prayers and songs emanate from the four corners of the procession, Boswellia incense slowly diffuse, embalming the pilgrims who converge to the entrance. I sneak through this human labyrinth and manage to penetrate the sacred enclosure. A priest, all dressed in black, blesses the faithful who bow in front him with his heavy cross.
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I live this day intensely and take advantage of all that it offers me to see, feel, experience. I realize that Faith can be beautiful, unifying and open. Values that I could no longer associate with religion. I feel fulfilled with gratitude and thank God – no matter what is his name, no matter what is his representation – for having given me such a beautiful day on the land of the cradle of humanity.
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You can check the full story on my website here: http://yannmacherez.com/?gallery=one-day-in-addis-abeba
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