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[i] Yes, Hello! My Name is [name]. I am still with our project “Specialy Unknown”. And, yes,
[i] I’m for ours Community from Guinea responsible and woman [name] is our guest today and she will be yours Tell life story. My name is [name]. We are in Bochum Hamme today. Ms. [Name] has desired that we have the conversation on Fula and therefore it will now continue to Fula. Woman [name], be greeted!
[r] Hello!
[i] Today we are guests This is about, um, It’s about our project. “Specialy Unknown” deals with migrants. It’s about that Life story of people, that are particularly unknown. We selected them and you This includes the ten people from Guinea. Today it’s about Your life story And now we want to learn more about it. So, I, we want to learn more about you. We are visiting you today. Um, oh, we could start with the performance.
[r] My name is [name], I come from Guinea. I was born in Conakry and grew up And here in Bochum Hamme I live. I’ve been here for four years. In 2014 I came here That was on February 26, 2014 And since then I’ve been living here.
[i] You said that Do your feet hurt you Has it got better?
[r] Yes, it got a little better. I was in the hospital but it is not like with us in Guinea. If you go here and say: “I’m not feeling well”, you will be examined and then say that you have not found anything. You don’t get any medication. But with us in Guinea, you get at least medication, for example against the pain. So thank God.
[r] thank God, I was at DM [drugstores] And I bought medication there. I rubbed it and [?] [I rubbed myself and] It works now, it has gotten much better now.
[i] Okay. Let us Your life story begin. You are here in Bochum.
[r] HM HM.
[i] We could see if we look back on Could start their past.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] for example in your Childhood memories Regarding your family, The place where they were the country, the job if you have one, how far you were,
[r] Okay!
[i] how you came here. That is actually shortly what it will be about here. It will also be over What you have experienced Since they have been here [spoken]. We are through the integration like you with, with the people here and with culture and You could also have something about your hope With regard to your Tell the future. Of course, you could also tell us which stage you are in. We could all this Let things flow into it.
[r] Okay.
[i] So let’s take a look back at your childhood. I don’t know if you want to introduce your family to us now? I listen.
[r] Hmm Hm, I come from Guinee-Conakry. My father is one Fula from Foutah. He comes from Pita-Gongore-Massi. My paternal grandfather is also a fula Fouta, Pita-Gongore-Massi. But my grandma paternal comes from Mauritania.
[i] to understand it, her father […]
[r] Yes, my father is a fula from Foutah. My grandpa is also a fula from Foutah. But my grandma maternal side comes from Mauritania.
[i] So her grandma maternal.
[r] The mother of mine Father comes from Mauritania. So, her grandma paternal.
[r] Yes, she comes from Mauritania.
[i] Okay, okay. So […] [_?] comes from Mauritania. [?]
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] Okay. What job has Your father exercised?
[r] My father is called [name]. Be Father, or my grandpa, is called [name]. The mother of mine Father is called [name]. My father once lived in Senegal. He was a cook. He worked in the area. He also practiced boxing and judo back then. My father did that. That was when he still lived in Dakar. When he was in Guinea, he was unemployed. My mother worked. She has food [rice with Sauce] sold in Taouyah. So we all grew up.
[i] Okay. As you said it, oh, there was something that As a child or adolescent [experienced], experiences […]
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] […] which you would like to remember? Something you like to remember or something that you would not like to remember?
[r] yes, it has Difficulties given, especially when I was a teenager. Back then I still have that Koran School attended. We are Muslims. I was in the Koran School, and French-Arabic was taught at school [École Franco-Arabe]. After school I went to the Koran School. There was the son of mine Koran School [?]. [Koran teacher?] He fell in love with me, we loved each other. My mother did not agree. That’s why she made a lot of stress for me and it ultimately led me to break it off. My mother said that as long as I continue to meet this boy, she will no longer pay school for me. She deregistered me at the Koran School. She deregistered me from school because I got the opportunity to meet this youngster. In time, everyone in the quarter talked about me. With us in Conakry, when the parents of her daughter are powerless, the daughter is rejected by everyone. You will be as that Evil of the place titled. And so I decided to escape and came here. That was the reason why I came here.
[i] Ok, um, so According to their description, they were discriminated against, so to speak.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] You have that as an answer [Reaction] of their behavior.
[r] Hmm Hm. That’s why they violated me, my parents have refused to support me. There was no food for me. So it went until the day when they caught me with my boyfriend. Then they locked me up in the toilet for a week. I didn’t get any food, I was the whole thing Time locked up there. In the evening there was a piece of rolls and water for me. I had to get along with it all day. So I and mine have Friend decided. He saw himself in the Mandatory to help me. Under these circumstances, he decided to help me Landing land. That was the reason why I came here.
[i] We are still in the Time when they were teenagers.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] Can you tell us the place where you grew up?
[r] I grew up in Bambeto. In Bambeto. We have in Bambeto magazine used to. My father built his house there. I grew up there.
[i] Bambeto is in Conakry Which municipality belongs to Bambeto?
[r] Yes, Bambeto is in Conakry and belongs to the municipality of Ratoma.
[i] Could you tell us something about Bambeto? What can you do with Connect bambeto? What are the Unique selling points from Bambeto?
[r] in Bambeto at the moment, When a girl has a pants or a hairstyle with you Carries hair extension, it is by everyone as “bad person” stamped. You become a [no?] Chance there, or have a future. With that, you won’t have a man who wants to marry you. Nobody will dare to start something with you. So we lived in the district at the time. All […] Worn headscarves. And if you didn’t wear a headscarf, you became a loner. So we lived in this neighborhood. In this quarters.
[i] If you do them Question asks what role religion for She played. You can get on Relate their upbringing. Could you tell us something about it?
[r] Yes, the role of religion is on my upbringing because it is with us [?] You first have to learn what the is times and learn how to behave. If you have learned […] [the Islam], Then you will not wear a hair extension, [then you will] Do not wear a mini skirt. You should get dressed and wear a headscarf. This is the only way to find someone who would be ready to get married. And so you can [?] encourage people, [?] to do something with you. You will also be open. So they think that you are not a bad person as long as you adapt. That was also the reason why they brought me to school to learn the Koran there. So that I can adjust with the Islamic Norm accordingly. And that also fits the Expectations in Bambeto. Yes.
[i] Okay. When she was still at Have lived your family, what did you do from morning to evening? What did your everyday life look like? So you would get it on Express German. [Now again on Fula:] What did you do from morning to evening?
[r] When I was still School went, [we] have in the morning, When we got up, first ours Entrance area cleaned. That was my job because I have a younger brother. And I was the one the in the morning the entrance area, the cutlery […] and so on. Everything you left dirty from dinner before I had to clean and then I was able to go to school. At four tooth I come back from school. My mother has food [Rice and sow] sold. Then we go to support them, we stayed there until everything was sold out, then we came with mine Mother back around twenty o’clock. Then we made our way back to Bambeto. That was my everyday life, so to speak.
[i] How was it on weekends?
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] they had Time for yourself for friends or To meet friends?
[r] Yes, I got bigger over time, at the weekend, such as on Saturday, we went away secretly. We went dancing and my younger brother then opened the door for me. My parents were not allowed to know. I waited until my mother fell asleep, then I informed my younger brother that I wanted to go away. I asked him to keep it secret and had a room for me alone. When I was ready, I went out and when I came back I went to the window and asked my brother to open the door. Sometimes my mother went to the mosque in time, which was early in the morning, around five in the morning. Then he opened the door and I sneaked in.
[i] your brother has something as Get consideration?
[r] Yes, sometimes when I was gone, men invite us to eat. When I come in I say to him […] [_?] [?] Sometimes he asked me to give him money or eat it. When I buy or invited food, I bring him Money or eat. And when I get money he gets some of it too.
[i] um, okay. Have You something that reminds you of your family? A memorial from home?
[r] Yes, I have one here Photo of my mother. When I look at the photo, I have the feeling that she was just behind me. She gave me so much stress. I didn’t dare to go somewhere else. It was very authoritarian. Here she is. The I have a picture here. If I sometimes look at it, I think she came to pick me up. Yes, I took the photo with me so that I have a memory of my parents. And when I sometimes think about it when I think of them, I’ll be sad. Because here I have no relatives Except for the people I met here. I don’t have any here Father and no mother. I have people I met here. You are everything I have here. But [if] I sometimes think about my parents.
[i] What about how about the neighbors in Guinea? In the place where you have lived. What role did your neighbors play for you?
[r] Yes, the neighbors. In Bambeto, where I once lived, there was no mutual support. If worse happens to you, you have to get along with it alone. In my case, for example, I had worn pants and I went dancing. Everyone kept me at a distance. That was also the reason Why my friend decided to support me because mine Future looks bad there. He gave me his Uncle presented, who supports me for the departure. The neighbors there excluded me and only spread rumors about me. If you don’t look like you, then you will be typed. [?] [In a Drawer stuck, prejudices] They show with that Finger on me when you see me. So were our neighbors.
[i] If there are places within Conakry of the city, where they once lived, which they like, with what Do you combine something positive?
[r] Yes, there is, for example, “en Ville” [district in Conakry, that belongs to the municipality of Kaloum]. We drove there if we could afford the money for transport.
[i] Is Kalou meant? [Kaloum?]
[r] Yes, in Kaloum. It is a building there. You can do many things there?]. The center is also there. There is also the place where the President has his residence. There you can experience and see diversity. In Bambeto, where I once lived, there is no such thing. What is available in Kaloum will not be found in Bambeto. I was there to discover a lot. If I want to visit places, I go. There is also a place called “Jardin D’Enfants”. I used to go there with my sister and nephew when they visited us. We visited the place together. Many go there to relax to have fun where a lot is played.
[i] is the Jardin [Garden] The one that can be found behind the bridge?
[r] Yes, it is after that Bridge in this direction.
[i] From there you can drive along the sea, right?
[r] Yes.
[i] Are there any places that are connected to you with bad memories? Places you are reluctant to remember?
[r] the only thing I think of and worried is the fact that my parents are there and to my friend who supported me so much. When I sometimes think of him, I’m very sad. That gives me a lot of worries. Because here I live alone. I had no freedom there. And now I have freedom and don’t know where to go. I’m alone. I am lonely here without a family. I live alone here.
[i] You said earlier that in Conakry or in the Kaloum district, where the President of the Landes has its residence where the central authority is also [verb?]
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] describe the place You as a place where you liked to go. When they are there, they are also relaxed.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] Is there also a place where you feel the opposite and combine something negative with the place?
[r] Then the time would think Where my mother locked me up. On bambeto, or to the neighborhood, where we once lived. There I was stamped and left alone. When I sometimes think about it I don’t feel like going there. But since I also have my family there come too times in which I have the need to visit my parents there. And that’s all.
[i] Okay. If we over the Speak school, You have that School attended right?
[r] Yes, I attended school. I was last in tenth grade And at some point I don’t have any Get more support. My friend couldn’t help me either. I only have to the tenth Class attended school.
[i] where they Have attended school, How was the rhythm?
[r] We had school from morning to four tooth. It was from eight to fourteen.
[i] In the afternoon there was no lessons?
[r] no, after the I go to school after school at fourteen I went to the Koran School. At 4 p.m. […]. So after school I went to the Koran School because I was on a Franco Arabian School [French-Arabic school].
[i] Hmm Hm, um, we stay with the topic of school. You have told how much clock […] um, they had to go to school in the morning.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] Did you have friends there?
[r] Yes, I had friends at school. I found some friends on the Internet. Hmm Hm, I had a lot of friends at school.
[i] there at school Did you have nice experiences? Things you like to remember. Things that calm and Cause serenity or maybe the opposite?
[r] um recently I was only stressed because my mother had stopped paying [the fees?]. When I was there, I always thought about how things should go with me. I had a lot Things in my head [… ] [dream?] I had told myself that when I achieved this when I learned this, I have this and then I will do this and that. Then I had no hope, no hope. […] [The school fees] were no longer paid. [My mother?] Had said that it would no longer be ready to pay for me. At school I have mine Friends also asked what is going on with me. I couldn’t tell you that and that led you to avert me. So it was.
[i] let us talk about people now, that you supported. Did your friend support you all the time?
[r] Yes, it was my friend, His name is Ibrahim. He supported me and I was able to go to school, even though he himself had very little. At some point we found that it cannot go on like this. I then stopped school. At the time he had me Uncle presented. His uncle Supported me until I came here.
[i] had an employment to make a living […] To secure your livelihood? Or […]?
[r] I didn’t have one Occupation, I was young and couldn’t do anything.
[i] Okay, you don’t have any Possibility to develop, for example in the tailoring Or in the hairdresser shop?
[r] No, I didn’t have the opportunity. After I left school, I had no hope anymore. I don’t have any Hope more seen.
[i] Okay. Has it in your family Siblings given, who supported you?
[r] Nobody supported me. You left me alone. With us in Guinea, Conakry, if you are labeled as a bad person, then all the distance will stop. Nobody will support you then. Everyone will leave you alone. Because of my friend, I was left alone. With the Reason, “you did everything”, “you beat me, locked me up, I was denied everything” And I still stayed with my boyfriend. You then gave me up. I had nothing to do with any of them.
[i] um after her parents put so much pressure on them, with it You end the relationship with your friend,
[r] hmm hm.
[i] Why didn’t you give them up? You held on to him.
[r] Yes, because he was my first Was a friend and he loved me. Hmm Hm, that was the reason. I loved him too.
[i] has it on the part Your siblings, who have left you out of fear, but who still met with you to keep you up to date? Or wasn’t there anything in this way?
[r] No, no. My father was very, very strict. After giving me up, no one could dare to have contact with me and tell me something. Yes, except my younger brother, but he secretly did it when we were alone at home. It was the case that the others were older and no longer lived with us. It was only me and my younger brother there. He was the only one who dared to tell me something and only when we were alone at home. Finally was mine Father very strict. Hmm Hm.
[i] in Conakry, for example.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] Did you grow up in Conakry?
[r] I was born and grew up in Conakry. I’ve never been to Foutah. I only know Conakry. I am in Conakry or in Born bambeto. I grew up there too. I’m not even thirty -six Kilometer [gone]. I’ve never been in the direction [Inland]. [?]
[i] they [as a child] had one Dream that you would like to be?
[r] Yes, I always wanted to become a doctor in school. I wanted to be a doctor. That was my wish, mine It was a dream to become a doctor and treat people. In the area of ​​surgery, operations in particular, in particular, I wanted to work. But I don’t have any Get chance to do so.
[i] with the chance Is there the possibility of […] [study?]
[r] I had no way to continue learning in the area so that I could later become a doctor.
[i] Okay. So in Guinea, what about the food there?
[r] Many starve there.
[i] Okay. There you will see an entire family that shares a kilo of rice. It’s not easy. At least in the time when I left the country. My father was married at the time, but my mother made a living. She covered the costs. The costs were very high and many are hungry. Hmm Hm.
[i] Okay. How was it with that Security if you go out? Did you have to be afraid?
[r] No, there was no security. There was no security. You go out because you born and grew up there. I’m not afraid, but it was still dangerous. There is no security, the bandits determine people and kill them. Or they rape […]. Or if someone is mad at you they could just arrest you. Or, for example, it is said in the quarters that a girl has been raped […]. They do it to damage the girl’s reputation. There is also something like that. Yes.
[i] That doesn’t sound good.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] there were acquaintances, which something like this happened?
[r] Yes, many. Sometimes they do this because they are angry with the person in the neighborhood. You wait until the person goes out at night, Then it is raped. There are also older women who have been victims when they were on their way to the mosque. They do that so that they Feeling of shame in the neighborhood. So that everyone knows that they Person was raped. There are people to whom it was done. Hmm Hm.
[i] um, if something like this has happened, could you not contact an authority and place an advertisement?
[r] nowhere. If you give up an ad, If you have to pay money first and even if you pay the money, you will not find out anything. You will not experience anything clear. If you are not careful with the ad, you will be the option [use?] You still [?] to kill as a bonus. That is the reason why the people there don’t dare to file an advertisement. So we say that you can’t complain anywhere. It makes no sense.
[i] um, did you have a hobby? A hobby is everything you like to practice outside of school. A leisure activity.
[r] Yes. There were times when I was in Guinea, Sundays […]. [?] There are locations Where I liked to go, such as La Rose. Pieds dans L’Eau This is in the municipality of Ratoma, but La Rose is in Lambanyi. These are places where boys and girls meet. There are Places where you can relax and many go. Or in Taouyah [Place in Conakry]. Pieds dans L’Eau and so on. There are several places where we went on Sundays. There you meet friends and Known and you are happy. From 7 p.m. we went back home.
[i] there was something like Sport, reading, or […]
[r] No. I enjoyed doing what I said earlier. But it was the case that I couldn’t Because I was prevented from many things. They didn’t let us play or go to . .. [?] To play.
[i] You told about the school on which you were. Was the school a public school or a private school?
[r] I was at a private school.
[i] were you at a private school where your parents later refused to pay the fees?
[r] Yes, it was a private school. When my mother refused to pay I couldn’t afford it anymore.
[i] there at school, were boys and Girl is taught separately Or was it a mixed school?
[r] It was mixed with us. The school was in Pharmacy Hamdallaye, Franco Arab.
[i] Did you also learn Arabic there?
[r] Hmm Hm. I have to the tenth Great French and Arabic learned. Yes.
[i] were it Arabs who were there Have given lessons, right? There were two Arabs, but they gave lessons for the higher class. That was the eleventh Class and twelfth grade For the students in high school. Our teacher was a black one.
[i] Hmm Hm, okay. In their opinion, they were in the family, You had older brothers and sisters and a younger brother.
[r] Hmm
[i] Were girls and boys treated equally?
[r] No, you know in men, there is no risk of loss. It is said that boys are less worth protecting. Girls, on the other hand, are much more worth protecting. Therefore become Girls prevented. For example with us, I was the one who has banned a lot. But my brother, when he got a little bigger, was allowed to go out. He could go everywhere and stay until midnight. When he came back, my mother opened the door for him. My mother didn’t complain. But if I stayed somewhere outside until 7 p. m. , there were problems. You won’t accept that.
[i] Does this perhaps have afraid to do to protect them better?
[r] Yes, it is afraid that something will happen to me or that I don’t become a habit. [?] And then everyone stays away from you and as a girl it will be very difficult in the future. That’s why they do that.
[i] Now, although you have already told about it, can you tell us something about your base of escape? What happened?
[r] Yes. It was like this That I had no friends there in the district, with my mother there were problems every day. Problems with mine Mother and my father. That was the case every day. For example, if I have released myself today, [?] Or if you have me one Have locked up week two days later, If you just over the Experience something else […] It was very stressful for me They withdrawn from me. I didn’t have a life there anymore. I couldn’t stay there with anyone. That was also the reason why […] [my friend?] Decided to help me so that I can run away from there. That was the reason why I left the country.
[i] Yes. You then found that They can no longer stay there. What have you hoped when you go away? Or was it that you just wanted to leave the country? Did you have in the Time also a goal where you want to go? And the associated hope.
[r] My hope was, as he said, that if I am no longer with my parents,
[i] who they mean If you say “he”?
[r] brahim, mine Friend. He said he had the idea That if I no longer live with my family, there might be a better future for me. That also got me Hope given and motivates me to leave the country. That was my hope. After he had told me that I had no chance in the place where I was at the time. He had already separated from me, but I loved him so much […] He said that I would lose everything because of him and decided to help me So that I can go away from there. So that I can have a better future elsewhere. That was the reason why I left the country.
[i] Yes, so were there people who helped them to leave?
[r] Yes, his uncle supported us. The uncle of my friend, who was also worried about it. My friend at the time was the only son that they had. That was also one of the reasons why they tried to always support him. He is also a boy. So the uncle supported us.
[i] um. When they finally decided to leave the country […]
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] […] How did the separation take place or How did you say goodbye?
[r] I was worried and he calmed me down. He said it was normal and he continued that I would never get to rest there. And he added that this was the best for me to go away from there. That was the reason why I came here. To this day I still think of him since I had to leave him. I still think about it.
[i] Okay, uh, so, did someone find out about it from her family?
[r] My family only found out about it two years after my arrival.
[i] Do you have information about whether you were worried?
[r] You didn’t inquire about me. According to their own story. But my mother … [?] A mother will always worry about his own children. When I called her, I got my brother’s number, so I said to her that I was. There she is after the The story of my brother, she fell over because she had assumed that now I either live somewhere or that I died. She had no information from me, no information about me.
[i] She tacitly kept that all the time.
[r] Yes. After that my brother is said to have calmed her down and he said, “Mom, i.e. finally with my sister we find out, where it is. ” “It shouldn’t be left alone.” “After all, she is also a woman,” said my brother. You then talked about it for a long time. Later my uncle came, who talked to her about it. Then it was like that That when I called it, she is on Telephone went. I then told her where I am now. Then she cried a lot.
[i] did you also tell her that you are in Germany?
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] um, what about her father?
[r] with my father, it was also very difficult for him. And he was helpless. Yes. He accepted it.
[i] What do you say? It has with love, one Father to do a mother towards her own daughter? Or could one explain it with religion, understand? Or do you ask yourself the question of why they didn’t think they are [after all] Your own daughter? Do you have an explanation? After all, they are their own daughter. How do you see that?
[r] Yes, I am your daughter and no matter how you turned away from me, the fact is that I no longer live there. You have found that you […] [the? have to accept me?]. You have to accept me and am your daughter. In religion it is also said that if a child goes away without the blessing of father and mother, it will stay that way. The child is without Remain orientation. That’s how I heard it. A child needs that Blessing of his parents. Otherwise it will be on End not happy. And that’s why I asked her for forgiveness. I borrowed them until they told me that they forgiven me. So we have become one now.
[i] How does today see Your relationship? Do you have a normal Relationship to each other?
[r] Yes, now I can say Alhamdulilahi [thank God]. Everything is fine.
[i] When they made their decision, there were friends with whom they over Have spoken of their intention to escape?
[r] No. I didn’t dare to tell anyone about it, for fear that my father will find out later. Only we, my friend, be Uncle and I did it. No one else has learned anything about it.
[i] Now you could tell us something about the trip. Did you originally want to come to Germany? Or just wanted to leave the country?
[r] I just wanted to leave the country and on I didn’t think of Germany at the time. I didn’t know anything about [Europe?]. Even in Conakry, Where I was born I almost only know Bambeto and Kaloum. Otherwise I don’t know any places.
[i] You are then from Conakry to
[r] hm. On the day I left Conakry, my friend did everything for me. My documents, he took care of the paperwork and he entrusted me with someone. I flew with this person.
[i] Okay.
[r] We came through Casablanca, we flew with Royal Air Maroc. We switched in Casablanca and then I was confused and I no longer know how it went in detail. I didn’t know where the flight was going, with the flight change, I didn’t know anything anymore. I asked but the man I was entrusted said it continues right away. He continued to say to him that he should help me leave the country. So we landed on another airport and later we drove on with a car and the trip took about four hours until we were in the Arrived city where I am now. Here in Bochum.
[i] You are then in Bochum arrived? Didn’t you have any stress on the way?
[r] It was limited. The stress was that my parents and My friend was no longer with me. That was the stress that I had in my head.
[i] Then they arrived in Europe or in Germany,
[r] I came in Germany or in Bochum. […?] When I arrived here People looked different It was only white To see people everywhere. I don’t have a black one People seen. I didn’t even know which [which Language?] You talked. [?] After that I got myself Man approaches and greets him. The first ran away in front of me after I greeted him. I was worried I’m almost all of this here Day run around everywhere. The man who had accompanied me was no longer there. I am the whole Worked around until I greeted a woman. She was with a child. I greeted her and it turned out that the woman was strange here and that she also spoke French. I told her that I arrived here and I don’t know here. I asked her for help. I didn’t even have breakfast. So she then showed me the place where I can apply for asylum. She showed me where to go. She said that she was many there Children see who go in there. And I could go in and ask. So I went in and then I was recorded there.
[i] Okay. When she was in the first time Germany arrived […]
[r] Hmm
[i] […] What was your first impression? In French people say “impression”.
[r] Hmm.
[i] When they got out What did you think of? When they got out, what did you notice?
[r] Oh, everyone was in a hurry. Even if you greeted people, they didn’t even look at you. They were almost only at the race. And then I didn’t know how to address someone. Anyone you tried to address has continued. When I tried to welcome the people with “Allô, Ca Va”, I didn’t give an answer. They all ran quickly here. They don’t give you time and continue. I was worried. In addition, I arrived in winter and it was cold. It was very cold. Very cold and we are used to the heat in Africa. It is not cold there. We are on that Cold not used. I got myself back then Therefore, many worries. I didn’t know how to adapt here. I wondered if I could endure it. And I only saw white People around me. I hadn’t seen black people. I was worried about that. That was my first Impression, mixed with worries.
[i] How about the language? How did she listen to? What did you think of? How was it for you? Have Do you classify the language, as the language is called?
[r] When I arrived at the point where I registered, arrived and listened to people, I wondered which Language, people talk here. But they brought me an interpreter who speaks my language. It ran so that the Interpreters translated everything. You have spoken that Interpreters translated it. The interpreter was also one Fula, who had translated everything for me. The interpreter was the first black man Man I saw here. At first I got afraid When I saw the interpreter. It was very unusual for me. I didn’t know that there is something like that. You then have that Interpreters asked me to tell me that I don’t need to be afraid. And they further explained that they are there to support people like me. And that’s her work too.
[i] You have about people who you have here on Have hit the beginning and about their first Impressions that you won back then told. What did you experience afterwards? How did it work? What did you do from morning to evening?
[r] When I arrived and applied for asylum here, you first gave me a small blanket that was lying on the floor. And a mattress lying on the floor, given. ?]
[i] Did you immediately apply asylum on site or were you in a reception center?
[r] Yes, where I had been received, I got a little one Mattress and a blanket. I slept there until the next day.

[…untranslated part of the interview]

I got my baby here and even if I go away from here, my son will live here. I no longer have any other place that he would follow me. Even if you asked my son, he would say that he was born here, but that his parents come from Africa. I come from Africa myself, but today I live here in Bochum.
[i] um when you arrived here, have you made comparisons between the government here and that at home?
[r] You can’t compare them, here it is different. Here it is the case that when you make a problem Then you are only addressed about what you did. That’s how it is here. You are only confronted with what you did. Neither more nor less. The law applies here. Here you are not just attacked. There are laws for this. Here, for example, if you are attacked and you don’t call the police yourself, the neighbors would do it. One does not often speak to the neighbors here But everyone knows what to do. For example, if something should happen here with my neighbors And I notice it, then I could call the police. But with us in Conakry, there is no such thing. And if the The police would come, take you first The things away. So it’s completely different. Here you can Live together without there being contacts between you, but if you have something should happen, they will be there for you. That is also the difference. That is better in [Europe?] [?] That is better here. It is better here in Bochum. Hmm Hm.
[i] paradoxically it is that you hardly Contacts with each other, But the power of Law is noticeable. There are places that can be contacted if necessary.
[r] Hmm Hm. If you are sick Maybe the neighbors will not come But they could request help for you. This is also available here. My neighbor is an older man. Sometimes, when I haven’t seen him for two days, I go to him and ask. With us it is like that if you don’t see someone like him here, you ask if everything is okay. That’s it and that’s all.
[i] um, what about school at the moment with the language? How far are you now?
[r] I was at school once and had a secondary school leaving certificate from tenth grade. I have the school leaving certificate twice from the ninth grade and tenth grade [made.]
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] I was in two schools. I was on the Klaustermann School here in Wattenscheid. I was too At a school in “Loren [_?] […]” [?] Hmm Hm. Yes.
[i] What are you doing right now? At the moment I don’t do anything, I take care of my child. When I was pregnant, I was able to At the end of the school year because of mine Pregnancy no longer go. At school they also told me that I should take care of my pregnancy now. And you also wanted to prevent others from seeing me like this and trying to do me. Because you usually don’t get pregnant during school. You shouldn’t get children during school. That’s why they got me because of mine Pregnancy advise to take a break. They suggested that I should stop now and pointed out that my stomach had grown. I am currently taking care of my child. I’m here with him now.
[i] What about your baby, do you get support? Do you have someone where you can hand in your baby briefly or do you do everything alone?
[r] I take care of my child alone Since I want to go to school even further. I was at the job center last time and told them that I wanted to work. They then said that I had the opportunity to go to school for a year and look after it, Whether I have an apprenticeship in an area that I chose to do. I get support from the job center and I should find a place where I can bring my child. You will cover the childcare costs. That is mine right now Construction site and work on it. I am currently doing that.
[i] Okay, but you don’t have any yet Found a childminder or similar?
[r] Yes, I haven’t found any yet But I’m looking for it. Hmm Hm.
[i] You could then have a couple Have hours for yourself.
[r] Yes, because where I go to school, we learn exactly five hours. We go to school from nine o’clock to four to four tooth.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] on the way back, I pick up my child and then we make our way home.
[i] This is what your daily routine looks like, isn’t it?
[r] Yes, that’s my daily routine. That has been lately Task that I did.
[i] If you ask you the question of your activity, what do you do from morning to evening?
[r] At the moment I take care of my baby. I just take care of my baby. This is now my activity. Hmm Hm, I have no other employment. And if it is too Gets boring home, then I take the train into town, walk around a bit and drive back again. And on the other hand, I use the time with mine Child to go out. Otherwise I have no employment at the moment.
[i] They also said that they dreamed of it, or it was their dream job, a doctor or To become a surgeon.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] If you Get support […].
[r] That was the reason why I go to the [Job Center? ] [… ] left and said that I continued to School wants to go. … Job Center gave me the opportunity to [?] to continue to attend school. This year I’m going to school. This year when I succeed Taking school this year, I will then try to get a corresponding apprenticeship. There is training as a nurse. The training would take three years.
[i] That would start in 2019 because 2018 is coming to an end.
[r] I will start with it in 2019. I already have all Formalities done. But I still have to Take a test in January.
[i] What for?
[r] To one year one To get space. All the year long. Hmm Hm.
[i] Where would you see yourself in five years? … [?]
[r] I would have a better future. Beautiful and better than in Guinea. If I … learned [?] I will get a job and easily finance my living myself and take care of my child. I have hope of a better future for myself and my son.
[i] um how is it when it comes to the dream job To become a surgeon should not work, have you thought about another profession?
[r] Hmm Hm. Because they had also told me that I was for mine Has to study dream jobs and I can’t afford it to visit the university because I only have the eleventh and twelfth Must do class.
[i] That means you would still have to make up for the Abitur.
[r] That would be too long for me. Now I have a child and you get older too. That’s why I thought about doing [_?]. [?] I mean, mean Complete the end first and then the Training takes three years. I’ll be one after that Get a job and that also fits with my age. Yes.
[i] Okay, what about the bureaucracy here, Can you tell us something about it?
[r] Since I came here, I have had no problems. When I arrived here recently and was at [_?], They helped all of us a lot. Seen in this way, since I arrived here, I haven’t had any problems. And I live here. Hmm Hm.
[i] It is rumored You also tell about the party called AfD.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] This is a political party … [?] The followers claim that they would have to defend the country.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] You have resentments towards People who call them as strangers.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] The party is called AfD, have you ever heard of the party? [Background noise: a chair was pushed] Did you hear about it?
[r] I didn’t hear anything of them.
[i] Hm.
[r] I look at the TV and since I came here, a lot has been relieved to me. I didn’t look at that. Hmm Hm.
[i] So, as you have already said, you live here and with the whole Family, did you all forgive each other?
[r] Yes, I asked her for forgiveness and they forgiven me. You now know that I live here. Now everything is fine again. Now there is no longer a problem between mine Parents and me and that was also the reason why I consented to my traditional wedding ceremony. I wanted to show that I fulfilled your wishes. They always wanted me to stay with [_?] And I wanted to show them that I had now become reasonable. [?]
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] I have hers Desired and we then have the traditional Wedding ceremony made.
[i] then you have the past as Problem buried in the teenage age?
[r] yes, it was a mistake from me and now I got bigger and have now understood Why they behaved like that. And that was not all because they didn’t like me. It was not hate. That was also the reason why they insisted that I was doing [_?]. [?] A teenager doesn’t always know what is good for him. It’s like with my own child. It will be the result of my upbringing. From today’s perspective, I can understand it.
[i] You have the traditional Wedding ceremony spoken,
[r] hmm hm.
[i] Tradition and you did that here in Germany.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] Could you tell us how it went?
[r] We celebrated the wedding ceremony here. We have limited our tradition to the white dress, how our tradition provides it and covered our head with a white cloth. You did that here in the room. Here is a photo of it. That’s all.
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[r] too much?] made in the apartment. We celebrated it with friends from Bochum. For example I have [_?] invited. [?]
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] We cooked and ate. After that, the bride should be dressed in white. So my head was covered with a white cloth. Hmm Hm. We ate, we celebrated here and we agreed on it to go to the registry office later to go there To make signatures. But it didn’t go well between us afterwards. With us Muslims, you shouldn’t live together if you are not married.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] When I see each other and like each other, the marriage proposal follows.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] So we saw each other here and everything was done within two weeks. It later turned out that we different Have character and that it doesn’t fit. We also separated here.
[i] um, although they said that They had no contact with the Germans, did you talk to your supervisors at the time?
[r] Yes, I talked to a woman who had my documents at the time.]
[i] Hmm Hm. My supervisor, yes, I told her at the time that I met someone who wants to marry me. She asked how I met this man until it came. She noticed that it was not long since I came. She advised me Everything to do quickly and I should not consent to the marriage proposal. I explained to her that this is not a wedding in front of one Civil servants as with a signature. It’s not like you here. I further explained to her that you can be married according to tradition if the traditional ceremony, The bride is put on a white dress. And so it is done in our culture. She did not agree and advised me against it. But that is the tradition with us and my parents did it that way. I said okay to her and did what I wanted. She got me on everyone Fall not advised.
[i] How do you explain to someone The one of our tradition does not know how it works when it starts? What will be on Made parent level? Hmm Hm, in the traditional wedding, the declarations of consent between the couple are symbolically sealed and this is referred to as “Dewgal”. The marriage is thus closed between the bride and the groom.
[i] How does it continue?
[r] There will be Cola nuts needed.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] You buy cola nuts. The older people and Representatives of both families meet in the mosque, Pray and bless the marriage. It is then said loud that the Person X now belongs to person y.
[i] How do you go on? Who brings them Cola nuts to whom? The man’s family takes the cola nuts to the woman’s family and says that they have seen a family of the family and one Declaration of intent to get married. So the man’s family went to my family to contact mine Family to record. With us [Guinea, Conakry], our respective families live there and we live here. Both families got to know each other, talked to each other and it was also asked whether intimacies had occurred between us. Otherwise the principles were violated and marriage will not take place. That would be the case if you were already together or something similar that was considered bad, has already happened between you. We both assured you that nothing went between us. So the marriage became our tradition In Conakry, Bambeto closed in the mosque. It was then said loudly that I am now the wife of the man I have now separated from. So it went off.
[i] Your family has you with it to the Man or handed over to his family?
[r] to the family, To the family. I didn’t know about it and it was the first time for me and so I found out. That’s how they told me.
[i] Did you tell you how it was going?
[r] Yes, they told us everything at the time and all the pictures of the marriage, the prayer and the Married blessing. Here [_?] [Friends] decided to me a white one Tighten dress because that’s my first wedding. [?] The white crazy the Bride is called “Seleli”.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] Then I have the People from Guinea who live here nearby. They put on the white torrent. You brought me up to my neighbor We danced and then they took off the white and then I wore a dress. Then we are [after?] Run to me below and we all celebrated together. We ate Then everything came to an end.
[i] What do they have Neighbors said and done?
[r] The neighbors secretly watched. It was not so common here. We danced here in the apartment. You saw that my head was bound with [_?]. [?] It was like ours. Hmm Hm. If a Girl is married, she gets one Headgear, a white crazy and much more. This also includes a suitcase and everything that goes with it. Hmm Hm.
[i] Okay, so everything you do in culture. If you try to compare it.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] If you compare our tradition and tradition here, the tradition here in the country, The tradition compares here, what would you say? You lived in both cultures. What would you say? What would they be Advantages and disadvantages?
[r] Our tradition is compliant to Islam. I am a Muslim myself. I practice what mine Parents have lived on me. You take that as the truth. Going to the registry office and making a signature there corresponds to the culture here.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] But marrying in the sense of Islam is the other. Understand, I did that What my parents exemplified me. I was taught that.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] and that is also considered right for me.
[i] Hmm Hm. What is your opinion about the type and Way how people live out their culture here?
[r] It’s also nice. It’s nice, it’s nice. But the other is more sensible. The other is much more sensible. What God said is better. So it is intended for Islam. That also corresponds to my culture. Culture is also compatible with Islam.
[i] Hmm Hm. So to cover your head and wear a white robe, that’s all. The other is an extension To make it even more beautiful. Hmm Hm. To make everything even safer and In line with the culture of To live place, you do that. In my case I live here now in Germany, [here] the signature at the registry office is privileged.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] You have to Adjust culture of the country. And also adapt to the country’s system. That was also the reason why we had promised each other to go to the registry office later. But unfortunately it has did not take long between us We separated.
[i] If we stay on the comparison You say that for that Effectiveness of your separation,
[r] Hmm Hm. For this, the relatives have to sit down again to seal the separation. Did you do that? Or what did you do?
[r] It was the case that we argued here every day. With us, for example If you get married Then you are for yours Livelihood responsible. But here, it is not a must. Because it is so common here. When I asked him about it back then he always gave me the answer, “I have nothing.” And when I was pregnant when I asked [_?] [Money?] For medication, he gave me the answer again, “I have nothing.” [?] He asks me at the [_?] To inquire. [?] I then found that he does not want to take responsibility.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] I chose the separation to prevent other children with him. Because later I would Mother have the stress alone.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] I can’t leave my child alone. I haven’t seen a future with him. I then politely asked him for a separation. He didn’t say anything about it. That also came to him. He then called the family and announced his intention to separate. So we ended our relationship. Hmm Hm. He then bought cola nuts and asked his family to continue to give them to my family and they did that too. Because the family of the Mannes explain the intention to separate with cola nuts. For the wedding, the man of the man has to bring cola nuts and for the separation the family of the Bring a cola nuts again.
[i] Okay, now we have come to the point where you can tell us your closing word for your life story, and you can also do something about the integration of the people here [tell]. [Background: The child cries] How do you see that? What needs to be done,
[r] hmm hm.
[i] in your opinion to facilitate people’s integration? [Background: The child cries] [Background: The child cries]
[r] Here it is the case that people, The help want to be helped. Those who do not want help are left alone. For example, we were all supported. We have on [_?] [Helper, Supervisor?] Heard. [?] For example, I have two degrees that I can show if necessary. But there are people who are interested in something else and have other priorities. Otherwise, they help everyone who strives for integration. Hmm Hm.
[i] here in your city?
[r] Hmm Hm. Here is everyone who strive, also helped. That’s how it is. But if you don’t bring your willingness, you will be left alone. Hmm Hm.
[i] you also have contacts with people from Guinea here who, unlike them, have not received help? Here in Bochum where I am, everyone who needs help is helped. There are probably people who are helped, but who reject the help. You then say that you want something else. And then they are left alone. But everyone who came to Bochum is supported. They make suggestions for schools and explain the process and the tasks. To get a better start later, you will be registered at school. Because here it is so if you strive for a better future you have to go to school. Here everything has to do with knowledge. You are also supported. Hmm Hm.
[i] okay, it sounds like You only experience with young people who were taken as a minor
[r] hmm hm.
[i] and a support of Have, have, have, have.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] So it works with them. But there are also others who came here as adults.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] and they have another Get support. Do you have any knowledge about it?
[r] No, no. I only have information about those who were accommodated like me. I also spoke of them. I have no idea of ​​the others. When I came I was still a minor and that’s why they may have supported me, but I don’t know. There was also People of my age who wanted something else and then they were left alone Because it is like this if you are 18, then you can decide alone. At 18 you are of legal age and you can do everything on your own. But with us it is Only reached the age of 21 at 21.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] and you will continue to be supported. Here, against it, is that Achieved with age at 18 and you will no longer be supported from that time. Hmm Hm.
[i] There were times when the minority was up to the age of 21.
[r] Hmm.
[i] because the one came from a country where he becomes of age of age of age or is considered to be of legal age.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] But that was changed later. Did you notice any of it?
[r] No, no, I didn’t notice anything. It may be that it was after my time. I got on that Focused things that were difficult for me. Then I was told how it works. When I was finished afterwards, I no longer received any information. Hmm Hm.
[i] So during the training, Who you strive for still have people who support you?
[r] There do everything alone [?] [I do everything alone,?] self-employed. But the job center has promised me support and now I can get along alone. I can express myself. Now I can mine alone Make appointments. I can describe my problems alone so that they understand me. Hmm Hm.
[i] Now we want to ask you for your last word [?]. Could you tell us your last word in German? Mrs. [Name], her last Word in German please. […] Please say something! […]
[i] difficult? Okay then say it on fula.
[r] It is easier for me on Fula than in German. If I talked in German now, you may not understand me. Please let me speak on fula.
[i] Okay.
[r] Hmm Hm. I am very grateful to the city, the people who live here in the city. So what I can tell you.
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] that they continue to encourage people and
[i] hmm hm.
[r] give people time to do [_?]. [?] That you give you the opportunity to give you the opportunity [_?] [?]
[i] Hmm Hm.
[r] the one who does not [stay] Have a chance to do something for your future Because everyone earns a chance. People always give people the opportunity to do something for the future. That would be my request. I am very grateful to the city. I am very grateful to the city for the support that I and my child get. I am very grateful for it.
[i] Okay, your child cries.
[r] Hmm Hm.
[i] we make a point here. We would like to thank you very much.
[r] Okay.
[i] Thank you for the insights into your life story and for hospitality. Now we stop here.
[r] Thank you very much.