Bruno Watara
| Interview | Manuela Bojadžijev |
| Interview language | German |
| Country of origin | Togo |
| Year of migration | 1992 |
| Interview length | 01:58:36 |
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Sequencing
| 1 | Introduction Bruno Wartara and change of name | ||||
| 2 | Mother tongues | ||||
| 3 | Birth, family and childhood in Togo, Sokodé | ||||
| 3.1 | Divorce of the parents and a childhood between the cities | ||||
| 3.2 | Childhood memories | ||||
| 3.3 | A typical day | ||||
| 3.4 | Attachment figures | ||||
| 3.5 | An emotional life and work of the mother | ||||
| 3.6 | Loss of friends | ||||
| 4 | Political circumstances after Togo's independency | ||||
| 4.1 | Murder of Olympio 1963 | ||||
| 4.2 | Takeover of power by Eyadéma | ||||
| 4.3 | National conference and civil war | ||||
| 4.4 | Hope for end of dictatorship | ||||
| 4.5 | Political changes in the 90ies | ||||
| 5 | Escape | ||||
| 5.1 | Political unrest and violence in 1993 | ||||
| 5.2 | Murder of a friend during deathly conflicts with the police | ||||
| 5.3 | Being a suspect and getting shot | ||||
| 5.4 | Escape to Benin and Ghana | ||||
| 5.5 | Leaving Ghana | ||||
| 5.6 | Getting shot | ||||
| 5.7 | Thoughts about escaping | ||||
| 5.8 | Surviving in Ghana | ||||
| 5.9 | Traveling to Germany with a fake passport | ||||
| 5.10 | Support structures in Ghana | ||||
| 5.11 | Living with permanent fear of being pursued | ||||
| 6 | Arrival in Germany | ||||
| 6.1 | Knowldege of Germany | ||||
| 6.2 | First contacts with home after arriving in Germany | ||||
| 7 | Asylum home | ||||
| 7.1 | Arrival in Hamburg and living in the refugee camp | ||||
| 7.2 | Medical supply in the camp | ||||
| 7.3 | Asylum procedure | ||||
| 7.4 | Arrival in Horst and asylum appplication | ||||
| 7.5 | Feeling of being lost | ||||
| 7.6 | Trust and frustration | ||||
| 7.7 | Doing sports at the asylum | ||||
| 7.8 | The new camp in the middle of the forest | ||||
| 7.9 | Restricted access to education, mobility and work | ||||
| 7.10 | Self organization and resistance | ||||
| 7.11 | Letter of complaint and submission to court | ||||
| 7.12 | Mobilisation and support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | ||||
| 7.13 | Desire to study and obstacles | ||||
| 8 | Inhumane treatment of refugees | ||||
| 8.1 | The asylum applicants' lack of knowledge about the procedure and laws | ||||
| 8.2 | Asylum politics in Germany and division of the refugees | ||||
| 8.3 | Life in the grey zone, work ban until death | ||||
| 8.4 | Lack of medical care in the asylum home and death of refugees | ||||
| 8.5 | Searching for the families of the dead refugees | ||||
| 8.6 | Waiting forever to start living | ||||
| 8.7 | Feeling of home? Racism and violence in the streets | ||||
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