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9657969
  • Title
    Hakiza Mushapa Blaise oral history interview by Louise Whelan
  • Creator
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    7 August 2020
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    9657969
  • Physical Description
    1 audio file (1 hr.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Hakiza Mushapa Blaise was born in the Province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Due to ongoing conflict, Blaise moved with his family to Kenya, then fled to Nairobi, before being resettled in Australia as refugees. Blaise, his wife and their five children were the first family of a Congolese community that moved to the regional town of Cowra, NSW, made possible by a regional settlement program run by the Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development in Sydney. Blaise is a community leader in the Congolese community in Cowra, and works as a disability support worker.

    Louise Whelan is an established oral historian and award-winning photographer who has conducted a wide range of interviews for the Library relating to cultural and social history and contemporary life in New South Wales.

    Reference:
    Library correspondence file
  • Scope and Content
    In this interview Blaise talks about his life growing up in The Congo where he studied a degree in community development and his dairy farming heritage. He discusses his decision to flee the violence in The Congo with his family, his experiences as a refugee, and his resettlement in Australia, and ultimately Cowra. He discusses the support Congolese families have received from the people of Cowra and his role as a community leader in the Congolese community of Cowra. Blaise also reflects on the impact of COVID-19 and the difficulty of working during the lockdowns.
  • Copying Conditions
    In copyright:
    Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    Recorded at Cowra, NSW, on 7 August 2020.
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