Studying in Germany as a Young Black African Person:
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English - October 04, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBComedy Arts true stories storytelling spoken word comedy music interviews conversations real experiences collective story human experiences Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we talk to Oggie Wisdom Lauer about his personal experience of what it was like for him as a black child to study in Germany. What does it mean for black children to study in the German education system? We share some of the stories of a black African Person who studied in Germany as a child.
Oggie Wisdom Lauer is a well known artist and musician from Zambia living in Germany where he leads an African Roots Reggae band called Rising Fire Reggae Band in Marburg.
Rising Fire is an African Roots Reggae band from Marburg, Germany. The band was founded in 2009 by Oggie Wisdom Lauer, from Zambia, as lead singer and guitar player. The band plays Roots Reggae, Ska, Dub, Rhumba and more. In 2010 Rising Fire was announced as the best reggae band in Hessen County. Since then the band plays all over Germany among other bands from Germany, Jamaica and Africa. In April 2017 Rising Fire had a very successful tour in Israel, including shows in Tel Aviv and Jam session with the Israeli famous reggae scene. The band brings with the music a great message to the audience- TO LOVE! We are all one people. If you have a voice- speak up! It doesn't matter what color your skin is, what your religion is, or where are you from. The band carries this message to shows all over the world, with music in German, African, English, Hebrew and more.
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