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Mahad Yusuf (part 2) (opens the original)
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Mahad describes challenges refugee youth face, including feeling misunderstood and navigating dual cultural identities. Shares his own experience running youth programmes. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1543-002. Photograph by Bahati, Synthia. Mahad Yusuf, 2025. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1966-028.
Dr Love Chile (part 1) (opens the original)
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Chile Recalls the African community and his networks in 1989. Not many black people in Auckland. He talks about Phil Amos playing a pivotal role in connecting Chile to a network that later supported the integration of African refugees in the 1990s. Chile explains how the 1994 arrival of Somali and Ethiopian refugees marked a shift and how they provided cultural support. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH_1543_001. Photograph by Bahati, Synthia. Dr Love Chile, 2025. Auckland Libraries Her
Dr Love Chile (part 2) (opens the original)
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Chile talks about starting the Africa Focus magazine in 2000. Explains the purpose of the magazine and its key focuses. And he summarises the significance of the African Association of Auckland and its participation in the consultation in the resettlement strategy, the ethnic soccer strategy, and forming the Office of Ethnic Affairs. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH_1543_001. Photograph by Bahati, Synthia. Dr Love Chile, 2025. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1966-011.
Mahad Yusuf (part 1) (opens the original)
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Mahad explains that it can be difficult to balance aspects of Somali refugee identity, New Zealand culture and Islamic faith. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH-1543-002. Photograph by Bahati, Synthia. Mahad Yusuf, 2025. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1966-027.
Tina Bonsu (part 1) (opens the original)
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Tina discusses connecting to ancestry as a Ghanaian, Cook Islander, and being raised in Aotearoa. Talks about Ghanaian food. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH_1543_003. Photograph by Bahati, Synthia. Tina Bonsu, 2025. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1966-035.
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