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Tcham Bissa, no ha muerto viva Africa
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Federacion panafrikanista de euskadi , 20.10.2007 13:12
ha muerto Tcham Bissa en Bilbao el presidente de la federacion panafricanista en euskadi y un gran revolucionario internacionalista africano nkurumista
COMUNICADO
UHURU Tcham Bissa
Presidente de la euskadiko federazioa panafrikanistak - federacion panafricanista en pais vasco y miembro del comité ejecutivo estatal ,ha fallecido ayer a las 8:00 en Bilbao. La capilla ardiende esta situada en el tanatorio de ZUMALAKALARREGI Nº 10 en Bilbao y el funeral será mañana sábado 20 a las 19:00 Horas.
Durante el acto intervendrán miemebros del comite central: el profesor Antumi toasije, Dr Rafael P. Nshut Ze, Yaubuta Bitendelo, Luis A Alarcon Mbolo, Fatima Djalo y el presidente Abuy Nfubea. Ademas de delegaciones panafricAnistas de Bruselas, Berlin, Londres, Lisboa, Milan , Barcelona, Tenerife, Madrid, Paris y miembros de la Internacional panafricanista que ha decretado una semana de luto.
La delegación de las islas Baleares dirigida por Motea Bella realizará una misa en honor a este gran procer panafricanista cuyo coro entonará Nkosi Nkele Africa, when cats became Panthers de Miriam Makeba,El poder viene del cañon de un fusil y Zimbabwe de Bob Marley.
Su perdida es grande porque Tcham fue un gran activista , militante y dirigente negro entregado a la construccion de nuestra organización, los ideales de Omali Yeshitela, Winnie Mandela y Sabukwe asi como la distribución en Vizcaya del periódico www.wanafrica.net. Amaba Euskadi y al pueblo vasco. De acuerdo con los estatutos el comite interino elegirá en asamblea el nuevo monaikiti.
Solo podemos suplirle con cientos y miles de niños negros que se comprometan desde el amor a Malcolm X y a nuestra bandera (RGB) arecojer el estandarte que Tcahm y Marcus Garvey nos legó. Tcham se ha ido pero la lucha negra continuará hasta que alcancemos nuestros objetivos de unificar, liberar y reparar África y los africanos en todo el mundo.
TCHAM NO HA MUERTO TE AMAMOS Y TE QUEREMOS
VIVA TCHAM BISSA NANKOFE
AMANDLA NGEWETI
UHURU TCHAM
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EULOGY FOR OUR SOULS: PEOPLES OF THE WORLD UNITE ! ! !20.10.2007 - 14:33A ido a Fanon, a Lumumba y a Biko. Están conspirando la la Primera República de Navarra. Ningún humano es ilegal en la República de Navarra. Aquellas y aquellos que luchan la República son navarras y navarros. Más allá del racismo, el sexismo y el clasismo se halla la Asamblea Constituyente de la Primera República de Navarra. United We Stand. Divided We Fall. "I Have a Dream."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. "A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say: "This is not just." Martin Luther King, Jr. "You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry? Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong? with capitalism? There must be a better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism." Martin Luther King, Jr. "I realized racism isn't just a black and white problem. It's brought bloodbaths to about every nation on earth at one time or another. Brother, remember the time that white college girl came into the restaurant ? the one who wanted to help the Muslims and the whites get together ? and I told her there wasn't a ghost of a chance and she went away crying? Well, I've lived to regret that incident. In many parts of the African continent I saw white students helping black people. Something like this kills a lot of argument. I did many things as a [black] Muslim that I'm sorry for now. I was a zombie then ? like all [black] Muslims ? I was hypnotized, pointed in a certain direction and told to march. Well, I guess a man's entitled to make a fool of himself if he's ready to pay the cost. It cost me 12 years. That was a bad scene, brother. The sickness and madness of those days ? I'm glad to be free of them." Malcolm Little. "While we did not always see eye to eye on methods to solve the race problem, I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race." Martin Luther King, Jr. There are those who will consider it their duty, as friends of the Negro people, to tell us to revile him, to flee, even from the presence of his memory, to save ourselves by writing him out of the history of our turbulent times. Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain ? and we will smile. Many will say turn away ? away from this man, for he is not a man but a demon, a monster, a subverter and an enemy of the black man ? and we will smile. They will say that he is of hate ? a fanatic, a racist ? who can only bring evil to the cause for which you struggle! And we will answer and say to them: nOIZBAIT mALCOLM aNAIAREKIN HITZ EGIN AL DUZU? nOIZBAIT UKITU AL DUZU, EDO IRRI EGIN AL DIZU? nOIZBAIT EGIATAN ENTZUN AL DIOZU? nOIZBAIT EGIATAN ZERBAIT EGIN AL ZUEN? nOIZBAIT BIOLENTZIAREKIN EDO KALEKO BORROKAREKIN BAT AL ZETORREN? bERAZ GALDERA HAUEN ERANTZUNAK BADAKIZKIZU BERAU EZAGUTU ZENUEN. eTA ZUK BERAU EZAGUTU BAZENU ULERTUKO ZENUKE ZERGATIKAN OHORETU BEHAR DUGUN BERAU. Malcolm Little-en hiletelizkizunean. RED BLACK WHITE. GORA EUSKARIA ! ! ! RED BLACK GREEN. GORA AFRIKA BATUA ! ! ! GORA ASIA BATUA ! ! ! GORA OZEANIA BATUA ! ! ! GORA AMERIKA BATUA ! ! ! GORA EUROPA BATUA ! ! ! GORA LURRA BATUA ! ! ! The Republic of Navarre. The Republic of Earth. UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. HutsuneBai, Lumumba20.10.2007 - 17:22Bai, eta Tomas Sankara, eta AMILCAL CABRAL, teoriko eta borrokalari iraultzaile handia! AdrikanaHOMENAJE A TCHAM BISSA NANFOKE: COLOMBIA TE AMA22.10.2007 - 12:36Las organizaciones FEDERACION FORO SOCIAL PANAFRICANISTA DE COMUNIDADES NEGRAS EN ESTADO ESPAÑOL, ASOCIACION HUMANISTA AFRICA VIVA y LA DELEGACION EN MADRID FUNDACION VIDA ? GRUPO ECOLOGICO VERDE, ASOCIACION HAITIANA SEANS FRONTERS DE PARIS y los movimientos sociales de comunidades negras de America Latina y el Caribe que han estado presentes en los procesos de lucha por los derechos civiles y sociales de las comunidades negras de África y los pueblos africanodescendientes de las Américas y el Caribe MANIFIESTAN públicamente su reconocimiento a la labor realizada dentro del movimiento negro en España y su condolencia con su familia. TCham, ese gran hombre bueno. Conocidas son sus denuncias ante los reiterados comentarios racistas del comentarista de "carrusel deportivo" y ex jugador de futbol Poli Rincon durante el partido España-Francia, y en contra los jugadores negros de la seleccion francesa que dieron la vuelta al mundo. Ante el silencio de la prensa establecida hacia esta peligrosa y repugnante actitud que recuerda las ya conocidas de Luis Aragones, Cham al lado de sus compañeros suscitó numerosas protestas entre organizaciones de inmigrantes y de lucha contra el racismo,tanto el NAZImas evidente como el institucional mas de buen rollito e indiferente. Suplica a la comisión anti violencia del Fútbol Español, poner el ojo en algunos tertulianos que en el ejercicio legitimo de la libertad de expresión y quizás de una forma involuntaria promueven un clima de racismo. TCham, valiente. Como responsable de la Federación Panafricanista en Euskadi, Tcham Bissa Nanfoke,reune a más de un centenar personas, en su mayoría negros, que se concentraron frente al hotel Pelícano, cerca de la plaza de toros de Vista Alegre de Bilbao, en protesta por el brutal asesinato de Prisca Oyé Ondo Nfono, una trabajadora nacida en Guinea Ecuatorial. Tcham, luchador. Pide a los jueces que no archiven los casos de violación de derechos humanos como "ajuste de cuentas" como viene siendo habitual cada vez que es asesinado un negro. Como buen portavoz recuerda en sus discursos la importancia del caso de Ndombele para activar la ley 62/2003. Tcham,viajero social. En sus viajes por bruselas, paris, berlin londres, Lisbaoa, al lado del area de relaciones internacionales de la federacion panafricanista su presidente actual de la Federación y el Presidente de la Fundacion Vida ? Grupo Ecológico Verde animó a asumir sin prepotencia y soberbia la responsabilidad que supone construir un Estado más plural y mas diversa, donde a los negros se nos concedan politicas de accion afirmativa en el año europeo de igualdad de oportunidades. Como Malcolm X, brillante príncipe negro. Hombre presumido, buen vividor de los platos de la vida, elegante hombre que siempre ha reclamado la presencia de liderezas femeninas al frente de la organización. Amante fiel de su familia, de su mujer y de la vida. Compartiste tus pensamientos y creencias con gentes de diferentes culturas. No hablabas sólo para los afroamericanos sino que te dirijias a todas las razas. Y como Malcolm X te diste cuenta de que "podría llamar hermanas y hermanos míos a los hombres y mujeres rubios de ojos azules y morenas de baja altura". TODOS LOS QUE TE HEMOS CONOCI DO TE QUEREMOS MOSTRAR NUESTRO RECONOCIENTO Y EL APOYO A TU FAMILIA. Descansa en Paz ¡Uhurú! e-maila::
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Mbolo Etofili (Luis A. Alarcon V.)The VOICE Refugee Forum germany22.11.2007 - 20:06On behalf of Spain's Pan-Africanist Federation Obituary: Tcham Bissa, an African revolutionary in Spain The Pan-Africanist Federation of Spain's Black Communities is sad to announce the death of Tcham Bissa Nankofe, its vice-president, leading representative in the Basque region and an indefatigable fighter for the cause of Africa's freedom. Tcham Bissa died of a heart failure in the Basque city of Bilbao on October 19, 2007. He was 54 years old. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Bissa grew up in Guinea-Conakry. He studied economics and commerce, obtaining his diploma from the Ben Aknun Institute in Algeria in 1974. From early on, he joined the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) to fight Portuguese colonialism. Bissa later recalled with pride how he had campaigned alongside the likes of Kwame Nkrumah, Sekou Toure, Kwame Toure and Amilcar Cabral. Portuguese persecution forced him to go into exile in Guinea-Conakry. After Guinea-Bissau became independent in 1973, Bissa held technical posts in several government ministries and helped to set up agricultural and fisheries projects. He also studied trade unionism at Sofia University in Bulgaria, and was promoted to senior posts in his country, such as those of a chief of protocol in the finance ministry and senior official for international cooperation. In 1995, Bissa arrived in Spain from Portugal. In Europe, he did not only lead the typical life of an immigrant, working at construction jobs. He also engaged himself in favour of the civil rights of immigrants, joining the Black Panther Movement in 1998. Bissa helped to set up the Afrovasca, a Basque Pan-Africanist association, and its successors. He became the Basque leader for the current Pan-Africanist Federation and, after Spain's 2nd Pan-Africanist Congress in Madrid in 2005, its vice-president and one of its international representatives. He was also a member of the Spanish delegation to the African Union-African Diaspora in Europe Conference in Paris in September 2007. Bissa worked tirelessly to set up Europe's 1st Pan-Africanist Congress,( http://thevoiceforum.org/node/573) which was to bring 600 delegates to Bilbao, and the preparations of which were interrupted by his unexpected passing. Tcham Bissa is mourned not only by his wife, five children and entire family, but by many of Spain's Africans, who will never forget his clarity of vision, optimism and resilience in the fight against oppression. "Like the death of any African freedom fighter, that of Tcham is heavier than a mountain," says Abuy Nfubea, president of Spain's Pan-Africanist Federation. "The ancestors will welcome him and cherish him with more kindness than he received in this racist society. Thank you, Tcham, for leaving us the greatness of your spirit and for showing us that Africans did not come to this world to be defeated, but to win." www.panafricanos.org  panafricanos@gmail.com Tel. 34 - 696 374 330 For those wishing to make donations to a fund for the repatriation of Bissa's body and to help his family: IBAN IS1020950365409108570624 BIC BASKES2BXXX Homepage:: http://www.ligali.org/article.php?id=1751
Sinikka KahlAFRICA DONT FORG0T YOU NEVER25.11.2007 - 17:38As such a great son of Africa, his efforts will never be forgotten. Go well, brother! Nkossu NiditInfo_via_Web_May he soul rest in peace11.12.2007 - 15:45My husband & myself want to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Tcham Bissa and to your organisation . We are the family Küppers-Adebisi and we organise Afrotak/cyberNomads. I met Tcham for the last time in Paris at the African-Union meeting and we developed ideas towards future plans And with special focus on the upcoming Pan-African meeting in Spain. May he rest in peace With best regards Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi Michael Küppers-Adebisi AFROTAK / cyberNomads The Back German Databank Network and Media Channel Eberswalder Strasse 4 10437 Berlin Adetoun Küppers-Adebisihasta la victoria siempre24.12.2007 - 19:02Abuy me presentó a Tcham en la Berlin durante la conferencia preparatoria de tribunal internacional de la reparacion ITRAP del año 2007 en febrero . Desde entonces me habló del famoso congreso y la unidad del pueblo africano , el mas excluido e invisibilizado delos inmigrantes en Euskal Herria y Europa . Es una gran perdida su vision y su CAPACIDAD trabajo incansable debe ser remplazados por mas como él. descansa en paz hasta la victoria siempre Hammed El kosidiPan African Economic Development Project02.01.2008 - 01:32Hello president Abuy, We at Pan African Economic Development Project send our condolences to the Bissa family. We apologize for not reaching out on time this is due to lack of information getting to us on time. Please let us know if we can be of any help. Thank you, President, PANED Homepage:: http://www.panedproject.org
Miriam Campbell,Thank you for sharing this with us.02.01.2008 - 01:349/11/07 It sounds like he lived an amazing life. Thank you for sharing this with us. Julie HackettInstituto de la Juventud-INJUVE02.01.2008 - 01:40Estimados compañeros y amigos: Transmito mis condoloncias y la de nuestro organismo, por la defunción del Señor Bissa. Sirva también para presentar nuestros respetos a la organización, colaboradores y familia. Un saludo. Jesús García Verdugo Coordinador de Campaña "Somos Diferentes, Somos Iguales" Instituto de la Juventud-INJUVE Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales Calle Marqués de Riscal, 16 28010 Madrid intolerantesanonimos@mtas.es www.intolerantesanonimos.org Tfno. +34 91 363 76 41 Fax. +34 91 363 78 27 Jesús García VerdugoSAM02.01.2008 - 01:4326/10/07 Hola Abuy : Mando mi condolencia a la familia. Un saludo a todos hermanos. Quedamos en contacto. SAM sam adebowalea great sacrifice, we still loving you02.01.2008 - 02:55Before the band sing Nkosi Nkelele, let me tell you what i feel . I can translate you all because i know all of you understand my pain, who have dared to say. I can not remember exactly where, but the Maristas teach me that the Bible say, ?We shall have our freedom or the earth will be levelled by our attempts to gain it, so death is a common occurrence. It is something we had to accept, for we knew that in waging struggle to free ourselves from the chains of slavery, our choices are small, either to be jailed or assassinated - but we had Nothing to lose and everything to gain. That it the great contribution of Bissa to tha african reparation movement which he coordinated in Spain. We know that where there is struggle there is sacrifice. The death of Tcham was a great sacrifice, for in our struggle some deaths are lighter than a feather and others are as weighty as a mountain. The death of tcham was/as is the death of all revolutionaries and freedom fighters/weightier than a mountain, for tcham not only practiced the principles of revolutionary warfare - he taught others to do the same. Dr. Huey p Newton used to say, "A revolutionary is a professional of love , so you must be a professional revolutionary." In his life and death Tomas Sankara said: To the outgunned, the outnumbered and sometimes out manned, To the freedom fighters who fought hard and played their part in the fight for the land, War wounds and battle scars, discarded dreams and broken hearts, Countless casualties and millions to be mourned, Fallen comrades, captured soldiers and prisoners of war, Cats who haven't been compromised and those who have lost their lives. Those who chose to die first rather than go to the other side,The emotionally effected, those forgotten and neglected,Men and women we didn't defend because so-called society rejected,The ones they slandered and also hated, The imprisoned, the tortured and the isolated, The visionaries, the dreamers, the fighters and speakers, The resistors, the rides (sic), the rank and file and leaders.We've incurred many losses in a number of ways, Let the record reflect revolutionary respect for the price that you paid It is with much sadness that I say my last goodbye to brother Tcham .He was my brother, my comrade, and my friend. We eat in the same plate we met nearly 10 years ago, when we were both members of FOJA Black Panther Movement in Spain. Before A Million Youth March in Harlem, Tcham was impacted by the speech of Kalilh Mohamed. after Durban conference in Sudafrica, who change the mentality of black organization in Spanish world I met brother Tcham against in Bilbao in those days he was member of afro vasca association and I was invited to make a presentation of omowale magazine at likiniano bookstore in Basque Country . He look me with his bigs ayes and he say me :you need a bodyguard and during those 3 days in Bilbao he was my bodyguard and personal secretary .During the historically 2nd Pan-African congress Tcham made a leadership and capacity work and dedication . Central committee of pan-African federation ask him to write the statement congress about the social conditions of black working class in Basque country .He headed a Basque delegation with 28 members. After the congress he became the leaders of our movement in Euskadi and member of INTERNACIONALS affairs delegation in Brussels. In this point he travelled a lot Berlin, London, Lisbon, Colombia, Nurember, Austria and Paris was the last conference AU-Diaspora convulsive conference. Before that in October 12th Columbus day he coordinate the 1st reparation March in sprain with more than 2,000 people marching in Madrid. Thank you to brother Tcham the struggle of black people in Spain in very known in every where you go. Even then, I was impressed by his sincerity, his Commitment and his burning energy. He was a descendent of slaves and he inherited the legacy of neo-slavery. He says no to all housse Negro in Spain, because as Winnie Mandela he believed that organize and compromise the struggle Was the only way that African people in Europe could rid us of oppression and negrofobia As a Blackman loving Malcolm x and cabral struggling in Europe , he experienced the most vicious forms of racism, withe supremacy, cruelty, and indifference. As a political activist, he was targeted, persecuted, hounded, and harassed by Portuguese . Because of her political activities, he became apolitical reffuge and spent many years in exile in Conakry. But he continued to believe in freedom, and he continued to fight for it. In spite of his personal suffering, in spite of chronic, life- threatening illnesses, he continued to struggle. He gave the best that he had to give to our people and our movement. He devoted her life, her love, and her best energies to fighting for the liberation of oppressed people. He struggled selflessly, he could be trusted, he was consistent, and he could always be counted to do what needed to be done. He was a soldier, a warrior-discipline man who did everything he could to free his people and to free all immigrants that he use to call political prisoners. His absence will be felt. He will be sincerely missed. I have faith that the Ancestors will welcome her, cherish her, and treat her with more love, justed and less racist that he ever received here on this earth. I pray that her sisters and brothers, who we continue to walk on this planet, will honor his memory by continuing his work, by continuing his struggle, and refusing to quit until all oppressed people and all African immigrants in the Diaspora are free We will love you forever London 23th November Black Baptist church Abuy Nfubeaa great sacrifice, we still loving you02.01.2008 - 02:56Before the band sing Nkosi Nkelele, let me tell you what i feel.... . . I can translate you all because i know all of you understand my pain, who have dared to say. I can not remember exactly where, but the Maristas teach me that the Bible say, ?We shall have our freedom or the earth will be levelled by our attempts to gain it, so death is a common occurrence. It is something we had to accept, for we knew that in waging struggle to free ourselves from the chains of slavery, our choices are small, either to be jailed or assassinated - but we had Nothing to lose and everything to gain. That it the great contribution of Bissa to tha african reparation movement which he coordinated in Spain. We know that where there is struggle there is sacrifice. The death of Tcham was a great sacrifice, for in our struggle some deaths are lighter than a feather and others are as weighty as a mountain. The death of tcham was/as is the death of all revolutionaries and freedom fighters/weightier than a mountain, for tcham not only practiced the principles of revolutionary warfare - he taught others to do the same. Dr. Huey p Newton used to say, "A revolutionary is a professional of love , so you must be a professional revolutionary." In his life and death Tomas Sankara said: To the outgunned, the outnumbered and sometimes out manned, To the freedom fighters who fought hard and played their part in the fight for the land, War wounds and battle scars, discarded dreams and broken hearts, Countless casualties and millions to be mourned, Fallen comrades, captured soldiers and prisoners of war, Cats who haven't been compromised and those who have lost their lives. Those who chose to die first rather than go to the other side,The emotionally effected, those forgotten and neglected,Men and women we didn't defend because so-called society rejected,The ones they slandered and also hated, The imprisoned, the tortured and the isolated, The visionaries, the dreamers, the fighters and speakers, The resistors, the rides (sic), the rank and file and leaders.We've incurred many losses in a number of ways, Let the record reflect revolutionary respect for the price that you paid It is with much sadness that I say my last goodbye to brother Tcham .He was my brother, my comrade, and my friend. We eat in the same plate we met nearly 10 years ago, when we were both members of FOJA Black Panther Movement in Spain. Before A Million Youth March in Harlem, Tcham was impacted by the speech of Kalilh Mohamed. after Durban conference in Sudafrica, who change the mentality of black organization in Spanish world I met brother Tcham against in Bilbao in those days he was member of afro vasca association and I was invited to make a presentation of omowale magazine at likiniano bookstore in Basque Country . He look me with his bigs ayes and he say me :you need a bodyguard and during those 3 days in Bilbao he was my bodyguard and personal secretary .During the historically 2nd Pan-African congress Tcham made a leadership and capacity work and dedication . Central committee of pan-African federation ask him to write the statement congress about the social conditions of black working class in Basque country .He headed a Basque delegation with 28 members. After the congress he became the leaders of our movement in Euskadi and member of INTERNACIONALS affairs delegation in Brussels. In this point he travelled a lot Berlin, London, Lisbon, Colombia, Nurember, Austria and Paris was the last conference AU-Diaspora convulsive conference. Before that in October 12th Columbus day he coordinate the 1st reparation March in sprain with more than 2,000 people marching in Madrid. Thank you to brother Tcham the struggle of black people in Spain in very known in every where you go. Even then, I was impressed by his sincerity, his Commitment and his burning energy. He was a descendent of slaves and he inherited the legacy of neo-slavery. He says no to all housse Negro in Spain, because as Winnie Mandela he believed that organize and compromise the struggle Was the only way that African people in Europe could rid us of oppression and negrofobia As a Blackman loving Malcolm x and cabral struggling in Europe , he experienced the most vicious forms of racism, withe supremacy, cruelty, and indifference. As a political activist, he was targeted, persecuted, hounded, and harassed by Portuguese . Because of her political activities, he became apolitical reffuge and spent many years in exile in Conakry. But he continued to believe in freedom, and he continued to fight for it. In spite of his personal suffering, in spite of chronic, life- threatening illnesses, he continued to struggle. He gave the best that he had to give to our people and our movement. He devoted her life, her love, and her best energies to fighting for the liberation of oppressed people. He struggled selflessly, he could be trusted, he was consistent, and he could always be counted to do what needed to be done. He was a soldier, a warrior-discipline man who did everything he could to free his people and to free all immigrants that he use to call political prisoners. His absence will be felt. He will be sincerely missed. I have faith that the Ancestors will welcome her, cherish her, and treat her with more love, justed and less racist that he ever received here on this earth. I pray that her sisters and brothers, who we continue to walk on this planet, will honor his memory by continuing his work, by continuing his struggle, and refusing to quit until all oppressed people and all African immigrants in the Diaspora are free We will love you forever London 23th November Black Baptist church Abuy NfubeaTCHAM , EL GRAN AFRICANO DESCONOCIDO27.01.2008 - 17:56Primero, tengo que decir que no conocía muy profundamente a Tcham Bissa. Lo conoci en varias ocasiones que como miembro del comite ejecutivo venia a Madrid. Desde cuya labor sigue extraordinariamente vivo el recuerdo que tengo de él. Me acuerdo de Tcham como de una persona vitalista, carismatica, irradiando una energía positiva, y representando lo mejor de la comunidad negroafricana en España. Le recuerdo como alguien que lideraba actividades panafricanistas en Euskadi, el País Vasco. Le había saludado varias veces en Madrid, pero sólo empecé a conocerle mejor durante el II Congreso Panafricanista de España, que tuvo lugar en la capital en diciembre 2005. El congreso había supuesto un esfuerzo extraordinario para la expresion asociativa negra. Recuerdo gente trabajando freneticamente hasta el último momento, recopilando listas de direcciones, llamando por teléfono a delegados, pegando sobres, enviando emails, ruedas de prensa, lectura y traducion de ponencias, luchando contra el sueño, en todo tipo de oficinas y locales, temiendo que el limitado presupuesto no llegara.Era la primera vez que veia en España algo de esa dimension organizado por los propios africAnos-sin mediadores y el habitual tutelage-. Y Tcham siempre trabajando por la unidad. Cuando, al final, todo se llevó a cabo, con ponentes y participantes del mundo entero, conferencias, mesas, interpretes, debates, incluso bolígrafos y carpetas con el logo de la Federación Panafricanista de España, ¡qué orgullo! Los africanos de españa habían, por fin, salido del armario y dejado de ser invisibles. Al congreso llegaron delegados panafricanistas de toda España,(Murcia, Catlunya, Andalucia, Aragon) Africa, Europa,EEUU y descubrí que la Federación Pnafricanista tenía una rama importante en Euskadi. Conocí a varios delegados vascos negros o afrovascos. Su líder era Tcham. Una noche durante el congreso nos encontramos, Tcham, yo y varios otros participantes, en uno de los bares del barrio multicultural de Lavapiés. Uno de estos sitios frequentados por la comunidad negra (Bar de Gabby), con música reggae, banderas de africa,y posters de Bob Marley, Jamaica . El local estaba lleno: a tope, con chic@s y hasta abuelas bebiendo, fumando, ligando. Contra este fondo se me dibuja en la mente la sonrisa de Tcham. La música era ensordecedora, y Tcham tampoco hablaba un castellano muy puro, mezclando palabras del español con el portugués y el criollo de su país, Guinea-Bissau. A pesar de esto, Tcham y yo hablamos de todo. Del exito del congreso, de las actividades panafricanistas en Bilbao, de Guinea, de España, de nuestros hijos, de nuestras familias. El contacto con Tcham era fácil, inmediato, como si nos hubieramos conocido toda la vida. Tcham trasmitía optimismo, sinceridad, compromiso. vitalidad, alegría y leltad. Volví a casa de tan buen humor como si me hubiera tocado el sol. Una sensación que se repitió las veces que le volví a ver. Cuando murió Tcham, España no sabía quién era. No pertenecía a las organizaciones oficialistas, conectadas con las autoridades, que decen representar a los inmigrantes . Una figura como Tcham es colectiva , surgió del seno de la comunidad africana en búsqueda de una identidad propia, de una visibilidad en una sociedad que sólo parecía reconocer a grupos más grandes y afines como a los llamados latinos-blancos (porque tamabien hay latinos negros), una sociedad que sólo sabe asociar a los negros con la miseria y las pateras. Tcham representaba a otra África posible y real , la verdadera, que no encajaba con la visión oficial del tutelaje. Será en parte por eso que las autoridades y medios de comunicación oficiales no le conocían.Pero los negros, los inmigrantes los sin paples le adoraban y le buscaban. Cuando Tcham murió, aprendimos que había sido una persona importantisima en su país:Africa por Tcham era un panafricanista, luchando por la independencia de Guinea-Bissau, ocupando altos puestos en ministerios después de la independencia, montanto proyectos económicos. Pero en España, Tcham sólo era un inmigrante más, dejándose la piel en trabajos duros del sector de la construcción, una de las caras negativas anónimas paseándose por el país. En el mto. panafricanista europeo, es donde, Tcham se rencontró con lo que había sido en Guinea, con el intlectual y activista político. Para la lucha panafricanista , Tcham consiguió dejar una huella ? que, quizás, se verá mejor en el futuro - en el continente europeo. Sinikka Kahl - FinlandiaENTREVISTA EN DIARIO DEIA09.02.2008 - 14:24"El País Vasco es el mejor sitio que puede elegir un negro para vivir dentro de la UE" Tcham bissa Presidente de la federación panafricanista en euskadi Lucía Mesado La conferencia internacional panafricana de Bilbao será "un lugar donde podamos expresarnos libremente y exprimir nuestras ideas". Este congreso, que tendrá lugar en noviembre, reunirá a 600 líderes africanos de todo el mundo. "Una oportunidad para alzar la voz". bilbao. Romper con el prejuicio de "inmigrante patera", convertirse en un colectivo visible para la sociedad europea y dejar de ser ciudadanos "de segunda o de tercera" es la lucha de Tcham Bissa, que se afincó en Bilbao hace doce años procedente de su Guinea Bissau natal. Primera conferencia internacional panafricana en Europa. ¿Por qué en Bilbao? Yo llegué hace doce años al País Vasco y es el mejor sitio que un negro puede elegir para vivir dentro de la Unión Europea. En materia de integración está muy avanzado y por eso he animado a la comunidad negra internacional a realizar el congreso aquí. La sociedad vasca es acogedora y la gente me ha orientado y ayudado desde que llegué. Además, dentro de España también es el mejor lugar para nosotros con mucha diferencia gracias al apoyo que el Gobierno vasco nos ha brindado frente a otros gobiernos autonómicos. Usted denuncia que la comunidad negra es invisible para la sociedad europea. Desgraciadamente así es. El negro todavía parece un extraterrestre y quieren apartarnos. La Unión Europea lo único que hace ante la inmigración africana es cerrarle las puertas y todavía nos tratan como a una raza inferior. No podemos seguir consintiéndolo. ¿Es una nueva forma de racismo? Cinco siglos de esclavitud nos relegaron a un segundo plano social y esto todavía no ha cambiado. Aquí se nos trata peor que a los inmigrantes de piel blanca en todos los ámbitos: vivienda, educación, prestamos para abrir un negocio, etc. Hacen leyes de inmigración sin contar con nosotros, las ONG planifican ayudas sin preguntarnos cuál sería el mejor modo. Por eso, en este congreso participarán ponentes, todos negros, con mucha experiencia y conocimiento sobre la situación de la comunidad negra en Europa. ¿La repatriación directa de los que llegan en pateras es la solución? No, no estoy de acuerdo con el plan español para África. Sólo sirve para que los dictadores corruptos de los países africanos sigan monopolizando la situación. Lo que hay que hacer es estructurar la diáspora africana en Europa y desarrollar planes de ayuda en nuestros países, explicar a nuestra gente cuál es la situación y proporcionarles educación y formación continua. Prepararles para que vengan aquí si hace falta, si hay trabajo. Tenemos que involucrarnos en este cambio, es la única manera. Europa sigue manteniendo su monopolio sobre África. Sí, el Fondo Monetario Internacional hace lo que quiere allí para imponer sus leyes. Europa hizo un mal reparto de las fronteras y no supo explotar los recursos de África de manera equitativa. Todo esto hace que los países africanos sigan bajo su monopolio. Y romper los estereotipos del inmigrante negro. Sí, queremos demostrar que somos una parte constructiva para la sociedad. Que somos seres humanos y que podemos trabajar e integrarnos. Tenemos nuestra cultura y nuestros valores pero tan sólo se refleja la imagen del inmigrante en patera sin futuro en Europa, de que el negro no sirve para nada. Este es un tema que también trataremos en el congreso e invitamos a participar a todos los que quieran conocernos más, saber cómo somos en realidad. Usted en su día también fue un recién llegado. Sí, y empezar siempre es muy difícil. Pero un día llegue aquí, empecé a hablar con la gente, aprendí castellano gracias a cursos de superación gratuitos y hasta el día de hoy. ¿Las mismas razones que hoy empujan a cientos de inmigrantes le empujaron a usted a abandonar su país? Yo nací en Guinea Bissau y emigré en un principio a Portugal. Había estudiado Económicas en mi país y en Lisboa me dediqué durante tres años a la construcción. Luego decidí venirme para Bilbao. La situación política era convulsa, después de la independencia, éramos una colonia portuguesa, la cosas no eran como se esperaba. Se produjo un gran desequilibrio social y político que todavía continúa. Luego estalló una guerra civil y viví un gran momento de terror. Vi que en mi país no se iba a producir un cambio para poder vivir en paz. Lucía MesadoLIBRO SOBRE CHAM11.02.2008 - 19:45Coincidiendo con los 6 meses del fallecimiento de Tcham Bissa la editorial culturas africanas editará un libro de homenaje al gran lider afrovasco . Para todos aquellos que le concieron y desasn hacer alguna aportacion pueden enviar sus textos a Malcolmx73@hotmail.com
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