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Shared Experience and Learning from African Communities in Australia AUSTRALIANMOSAIC The magazine of the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia Winter 2017 Shared Experience and Learning from African Communities in Australia Issue 46 Australian Mosaic The magazine of the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) Print Post Publication No. PP229219/00162 ISSN 1447-8765 EDITOR: Dr Janecke Wille DESIGNER: Kylie Smith Design PRINTING: Elect Printing DISCLAIMER: Any views and opinions expressed within Australian Mosaic are solely those of the individual author, authors, or other information source and do not necessarily represent the opinion of, or any endorsement by, FECCA. ADDRESS: PO Box 344 CURTIN ACT 2605 Telephone: 02 6282 5755 Email: [email protected] www.fecca.org.au © 2017 FECCA No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of FECCA. FECCA received funding from the Department of Social Services to produce Australian Mosaic magazine. contents BE A BROTHER: A MESSAGE FROM THE FECCA YOUNG AFRICAN AUSTRALIAN MEN ACTING CHAIRPERSON PROMOTE HEALING THROUGH DIALOGUE Eugenia Grammatikakis 29 04 Liss Gabb THE AFRICAN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN: A MESSAGE FROM THE FECCA DIRECTOR RESILIENT, PERSISTENT, ACCOMPLISHED 06 Dr Emma Campbell 32 Dr Mimmie Claudine Ngum Chi Watts AFRICANS IN AUSTRALIA: PUSHING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE USING A BRIEF OVERVIEW SPOKEN WORD, POETRY AND DANCE 09 Dr David Lucas 35 New Change with Dr Alison Baker INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION PAYS THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMICALLY THE BEST INTEREST EMPOWERED AFRICAN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN 11 Dr Berhan Ahmed 37 Wadzanai Nenzou WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN SBS RADIO—CONNECTING AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN? COMMUNITIES 14 Sidique Bah 39 Uma Sandeep FROM STATELESS TO CITIZEN— CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE AFRICAN SETTLEMENT THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES AUSTRALIANS IN THE ACT 16 Nyadol Nyuon 41 Kofi Osei Bonsu ENHANCING SOCIAL COHESION AT THE THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GRASSROOTS: AFRICAN COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATION AND BELONGING AND VICTORIA POLICE INITIATIVES 19 Dr Janecke Wille 44 Parsuram Sharma-Luital JP BUILDING YOUNG PEOPLE’S SKILLS, THE UNTOLD STORY OF MIGRATION ASPIRATIONS AND CONNECTION TO THE 22 Agok Martin Majier 47 COMMUNITY Jennifer Hippisley AFRICAN AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY TURNING THE TIDE: FROM JAIL TO HOME LEADERSHIP FORUM (AACLF) Tinyiko Seane 24 50 Stephen Sibanda and Dr Charles Mphande BASKETBALL, SOCCER, AFL: THE PATH TO SUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENT 26 Atem Atem 3 A message from the FECCA ACTING Chairperson EUGENIA GRAMMATIKAKIS Welcome to the 2017 winter edition of our Australian divisive. We wanted to highlight the communities’ Mosaic magazine. This edition’s theme, Shared own experiences living in Australia under the Experience and Learning from African Communities shadow of these changes and anti-immigration in Australia, addresses the diversity represented sentiment. More importantly though, this edition by the many African communities in Australia, their celebrates the contributions people from African challenges and their contributions to our society communities are making to Australia as well as the and to shared goals. many small community projects across the country engaged in building resilience and empowerment. The contributors explore challenges that many of Australia’s African communities are facing every day. African communities in Australia are diverse, vibrant A number of authors write about the barriers faced and resourceful. Covering countries from South by new and emerging African communities with Africa in the south and Kenya in east to Egypt, Algeria regards to employment, education and settlement and Libya in the north, a vast number of African in Australia, in particular their unfamiliarity with languages, cultures and histories are represented in services and institutions. There is also concern Australia. The 2011 census data showed there were among these new communities about proposed close to 340,000 people of African descent living in changes to citizenship legislations and the Australia. This number increased to around 390,000 accompanying rhetoric which, at times, has been in the 2016 Census numbers with a significant increase in arrivals from refugee countries such Ethiopia, Eritrea, DR Congo and Somalia. Members of African communities come to Australia as skilled migrants, partners or students while many others arrive through Australia’s humanitarian program. The main focus of this edition of Australian Mosaic are those who have arrived here as refugees. This is due to the overwhelming response to our call for papers from people involved in projects working with newly arrived African communities who have come to Australia as humanitarian entrants. The population in Australia of Africans from a refugee background reached a peak in the mid-2000s with a large number of South Sudanese arriving in Australia. As with many other migrant and refugee communities before them, the South Sudanese experienced some of the more challenging aspects of being a new community in Australia. In particular, 4 media made detrimental reports on the perceived South Sudanese’ inability to integrate and on alleged challenges around youth crime. History has communities by focusing on programs to develop shown that most migrant communities experienced leadership, engage youth, improve education and some kind of discrimination when they first arrived employment skills; and are working together to turn in Australia—from the Irish of the 1850-1890s, to the around the negative image too frequently portrayed first post-war migration wave of mostly Europeans by Australia’s media. and refugees from Vietnam and Lebanon in the 1970- 1980s. However, recent research by the Scanlon The message that this edition of Australian Mosaic Foundation has demonstrated an increased level promotes through this compilation of perspectives of discrimination in Australia based on appearance. and experience is that Australian society needs For the South Sudanese and other recent arrivals to shift away from stigmatising and stereotyping from African backgrounds, their visibility is probably people from different backgrounds. The media the most significant difference from previous must shift from looking at members of the African migrant groups. A 2015 Scanlon Foundation communities through a negative lens and as a Report demonstrated that over the preceding 12 burden to society, but rather to celebrate the month period experience of discrimination was at potential in sharing cultures and recognising the ‘the highest level among some African groups’, enormity of skills, culture and knowledge brought with discrimination indicated by 53% of those from by African communities in Australia. We must look Egypt, 60% of those from Ethiopia, 67% of those at the best ways to enable African communities to from Kenya, 75% of those from Zimbabwe, and 77% fulfil their potential and to build confidence in their of those from South Sudan.1 talents and abilities. Our expectations from people from refugee or migrant backgrounds need to rise to People arriving as refugees face many barriers in provide the space and opportunity to allow them to the initial settlement period, often due to lack of be equal contributors to our society. Equally, in the English skills, sometimes low literacy skills, a lack context of the proposed changes to the Citizenship of appropriate employment skills and disrupted Act, it is important to remember that people thrive schooling because of conflict and flight, and time when they feel welcomed and embraced and with spent in refugee camps. At the same time, people equality of opportunities. It is FECCA’s strong belief who have arrived here as refugees have faced that through allocation of resources to improve situations where they have demonstrated incredible access to employment, to education and training, strength and resilience. and to capacity building as well as support and The articles submitted in this edition of the encouragement throughout the initial settlement Australian Mosaic discuss some of these issues period, African communities will thrive in Australia. and highlight a number of themes. These themes It is my hope that this issue of Australian Mosaic include the significant contribution made by African will contribute towards a greater understanding of communities to the Australian society. In particular, the many African communities in this country, their the articles highlight that when given opportunities, contributions and their achievements, and also members of the African communities embrace provide an informed focal point for discussion. these, go on to thrive and achieve, and develop a strong sense of belonging to this country; the I sincerely thank all the contributors to this issue— importance of leadership and role models within for sharing their experiences, thoughts and African communities themselves; the work African knowledge and their commitment to a cohesive and community leaders are undertaking with their own inclusive Australia. i Markus, Professor Andrew, Australians Today, the Australia @2015 Scanlon Foundation Survey. 5 A message from the FECCA Director Dr Emma Campbell It is with great pleasure that I write this introduction good leadership across all communities, equality to our Australian Mosaic, issue 46. The topic of this of opportunity and access and equity in service issue has been long-coming—Shared Experiences provision including language, education and and Learning from African Communities in Australia. employment services. The strength and resilience This edition celebrates the
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