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1	Introduction Stephen Okumu
2	Birth, childhood and family in Kenya, Kisumu
	2.1	Languages: English, Swahili and Luo
	2.2	Communities in Kenya
	2.3	Politics
		2.3.1	Ethnicity and colonialism
		2.3.2	Post-colonial times and ethnic cleansing
		2.3.3	The coup and ethnical conflicts
		2.3.4	The role of the Luo-community for the coup and excercise of power
	2.4	Growing up in a big city with a Luo-majority
	2.5	Siblings
	2.6	Fathers early retirement and mothers layoff
	2.7	Difficulties with paying school-fees
	2.8	Death of the father
	2.9	Economical circumstances in Kenya and poverty
	2.10	From the slum to university
	2.11	Interest in computers
	2.12	Structur of the household
	2.13	Vicious circle of poverty
	2.14	Food and malnutrition
	2.15	Working conditions of the mother
	2.16	Work of the father at the railway-company
3	Leaving the slum at the age of 18
4	Moving to Nairobi
5	Internship in computer science
6	University
7	Scholarship from England
8	Access to books and media
9	Christmas
10	Role of religion within the family
11	Christianity in society
12	School
	12.1	School system
	12.2	Tension at school
	12.3	Siblings help at school
	12.4	Interdiction and violence at school
	12.5	Staying at home
	12.6	Back to school
	12.7	The way to school
	12.8	Languages at school, learning English and Swahili
	12.9	Creating a new language by mixing several languages
	12.10	A multi-ethnic environment at school
	12.11	Boarding school
	12.12	Learning English
	12.13	School-uniform and stigmatization of poverty
	12.14	Change of school
13	Poetry
	13.1	Interest in poetry, poetry-events
	13.2	From writing poems to national television
	13.3	Self-expression
	13.4	Politicization through poetry
14	Politics
	14.1	Political conflicts between ethnis communities
	14.2	Political parties as ethnical forces
	14.3	Colonial order and political interests of the colonial powers
	14.4	Support for specific ethnics
	14.5	Tribalism in election system
	14.6	Ethinc cleansing, criminality in government and corruption
	14.7	Political turning points and election districts
	14.8	Corruption, health system, education
15	Education and occupation
	15.1	Choosing a field of study
	15.2	Future carrer plans in Germany
	15.3	Nairobi
		15.3.1	Searching for opportunities in Nairobi and at university
		15.3.2	Living with mother-in-law ind Nairobi
		15.3.3	Construction work and milk-factory
		15.3.4	Unemployment-rate
		15.3.5	Working in the IT-sector and for university
16	Political activities
	16.1	Introduction in poetry and politics
	16.2	Harrasment by the police
	16.3	Having nothing to loose and political activities
	16.4	2007: political crisis
	16.5	Punishment of an ethnical group
	16.6	Poertry-group, a multi-ethnic environment
	16.7	Contact with audience
	16.8	Effects of violence on personal life after elections
	16.9	Role of politics within the family
	16.10	Escape to Germany and activism in social media
	16.11	Political involvement through poetry
	16.12	Violence at demonstrations
17	Career in computer science
	17.1	Internship and e-Commerce
	17.2	Balance between career and activism
	17.3	Ethnicity and politics at the workplace
	17.4	Contact to Germany
	17.5	Life-threatening situation in Kenya and escape to Germany
18	Germany
	18.1	Arrival in Germany, uncertainties, asylum application
	18.2	Interview and waiting for a decision
	18.3	Deliberate integration, contact with society and language
	18.4	Differences between Germany and Kenya
	18.5	Residence status
	18.6	Ascent of the New Right and worries
	18.7	Racism in Brandenburg
	18.8	Missing culture and people from Kenya
	18.9	New discoveries in Germany
19	Final words

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Stephen Okumu

Interview	Ethel Matala de Mazza
Interview language	English
Country of origin	Kenya
Year of migration	2017
Interview length	03:10:41