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Sequencing

1	Introduction Ibraimo Alberto
2	Arrival in Berlin, Schönefeld airport
3	Immigrating to Germany at age 18
4	Birth, family and childhood in Mozambique, slavery
	4.1	Life expectancy in Mozambique
	4.2	Family structure, siblings
	4.3	Birth in an enslaved family under portuguese colonial rule
	4.4	Portuguese Patron, Slavery
	4.5	Relationship between slaves and patron
	4.6	Language
		4.6.1	27 languages in Mozambique, communication between slaves
		4.6.2	Mother tonguer
		4.6.3	Patron's communication with slaves
	4.7	Children of the slaveholder
		4.7.1	28 Children of the patron by assaulting female slaves
		4.7.2	Fate of patrons children with female slaves
		4.7.3	Reassurance of the husband of the slave women by money for the child
	4.8	Labeling the slave owners as gods
	4.9	Memories of pre-colonial times, clan people
	4.10	Leaving the clan people for school
	4.11	Relation of the patron with the clan people
	4.12	Slavery and working on the farm
	4.13	Material properties of the family
	4.14	The hut
	4.15	Building a bed
	4.16	The animals
	4.17	The water, the river as the only water source
	4.18	Diseases due to contaminated water
	4.19	Medical aid
	4.20	Being used like a toy by the children of the slave owner
	4.21	The medical knowledge of the father
	4.22	The medical knowledge as a family heirloom
	4.23	Faith in God and death
	4.24	The school of white people, the school of Black people
	4.25	Eating rituals, Differences between clan people and colonialists
	4.26	The school
		4.26.1	Learning Portuguese
		4.26.2	Ban of mother tongue at school
		4.26.3	In the school for black kids
		4.26.4	The girls at the school
		4.26.5	Physical abuse at school
		4.26.6	Demotivating black kids who want to study
	4.27The	mother and the situation of women
	4.28	Birth and question of fatherhood
	4.29	Forced child labor at the plantation
	4.30	Gifts for the parents
5	Move to the big city
	5.1	Persuading the father
	5.2	Plans for jobhunting and studying
	5.3	On the way
	5.4	Working as a servant for white colonialists
6	Political atmosphere
	6.1	Mozambique's independence
	6.2	Independence, holidays and hopes
	6.3	FRELIMO and fight for freedom
	6.4	Knowledge about fights against colonial reign
	6.5	Getting to know about the independence day on the radio
7	Abuse by slave owner, power over life and death
	7.1	Slave owner kills an ill slave
	7.2	Prohibition of marriage for slaved men
	7.3	Punishment for a relatonship between slaves
8	Contact with former patron despite moving to the city
9	Meeting the patron after independency, offer of assistance
10	48-hour-ultimatum for the Portuguese to leave Mozambique
11	Remaining colonial structures and slavery
12	Plan for traveling abroad
13	Civil war
	13.1	Operation Dingo, bombing of Chimoio
	13.2	Various political interests, influence of the cold war
	13.3	Contacts between Mozambique and GDR, support with weapons
	13.4	Portuguese colonizers steal diamonds before leaving the country
	13.5	Destruction of infrastructure by RENAMO
	13.6	Support of RENAMO by the federal republic
	13.7	Surviving the bombing at school
	13.8	Attacks on refugees from Zimbabwe
	13.9	Studying further in a different school
	13.10	The desire to become a soldier, anger and hate
	13.11	Continuing studies abroad
14	Immigration to the GDR
	14.1	From Mozambique to GDR
	14.2	A telegram from Fidel Castro and change of plan
	14.3	Offer to study in the GDR and preparing the departure
	14.4	Trainings and examination by doctors
	14.5	Knowledge about Germany and the GDR
	14.6	Father's warning of Germany
	14.7	Removal of the passport at the airport
15	Enforced labor in the GDR
	15.1	Distribution of the group
	15.2	Language abilities
	15.3	Forced labor in the meat combine instead of studies
	15.4	GDR passport
	15.5	Arrival, Alexanderplatz
	15.6	Homogeneous clothing, shopping center
	15.7	Getting a room
	15.8	Marching
	15.9	Food and drinks at the cantine
	15.10	Discovering the Berlin wall
	15.11	Distribution of the group
	15.12	Forced labor as a butcher
	15.13	Pork
	15.14	Wanting to go back
	15.15	Consequences of returning home, house detention
	15.16	Decision to stay
	15.17	The wage, working in the fabric and learning German
	15.18	Eating pork
	15.19	Change of tasks after four years
	15.20	Structure of the work place
	15.21	German language within the mozambiquian colony
	15.22	Acknowledgement of work as an education
	15.23	Promised payments
	15.24	Reunification
	15.25	Salary withheld as national debt of Mozambique
16	Change of career, boxing
	16.1	The turnaround and change of plans, self-defence, learning boxing
	16.2	Boxing-club in Berlin, first black boxer
	16.3	Provocation by Nazis
	16.4	Bringing friends to the club
	16.5	Naturalization and simplification of the boxing career
	16.6	Getting to know the wife through sport
17	Pregnancy of wife and marriage
18	Welcome money and fraud by two states
19	Hate, racism and Neo-Nazis
	19.1	Hate and racism in the GDR, the problem with Neo-Nazis
	19.2	Difficulties and social pressure for the wife
	19.3	Trauma of a multi-ethnic family
	19.4	Distance from the family and leaving Schwedt
	19.5	Neo-Nazis at the stadium, threat of life
20	Escape to South Germany
	20.1	Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart
	20.2	Racism in the west compared to racism in the east
	20.3	Family responsibilities
	20.4	Karlsruhe, work situation and commuting
21	Berlin
	21.1	Job offer and move to Berlin
	21.2	Working as a social education worker at the asylum home
	21.3	Review of the immigration and life

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Ibraimo Alberto

Interview	Ethel Matala de Mazza
Interview language	German
Country of origin	Mozambique
Year of migration	1981
Interview length	05:31:25