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The Collection …
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Time 0:03:40 Transcript I was living in Uganda together with my family. I was a music producer, and I sang together with brothers and nephews. In Uganda, we were competing with many musicians, and because we were not from there, and did not speak their language, it was hard. In Sudan, everything …
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Time 0:01:36 Transcript I like Cameroon because I go out around neighbourhood and no cold outside there. Everyday I go out my mother ask me to stay home but I like play outside. I like Canada now. At home we as whole family we watch TV together. We eat good food my sister Assia cook. My mother buy …
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Time 0:04:13 Transcript There is a proverb about war: “Every person for himself and God for us all.” What I want to say is that in war you want to save your own life, and that of others after. I left the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) due to poor politics and war. I saw the bodies of …
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These are photos of Ellen Margaret Dunham, a war bride who served with the British Air Force, and George John LaRocque, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in England. My parents met in Bournemouth and married in Dorchester, Dorset, U.K. on January 24, 1945. In 1946, my mother sailed on …
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August 19, 1945 This is the wedding photo of my parents, Barrie Wingrave, Canadian army and Lorill Wingrave, Royal Navy. Barrie passed through Pier 21 during WW2 both going to England and returning after the war. Lorill passed through Pier 21 in May 1946 with a bevy of War Brides. Mother is wearing …
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Time 0:02:27 Transcript When I hear that we are going to Canada, I just think that it is a joke or something like that. When my mom started picking our clothes and dresses I just think that I am dreaming. I came here in Canada in 24 January, 2013. Since I came to Canada, my life has changed. In …
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Time 0:01:52 Transcript Hello, that's me, Azouber, I'm going to tell you about my story. When I was in Sudan with my dad, my mom, my sister... men shoot my sister and my brother. One day there was a war, people came with guns, shooting. So many people died. Then my father ran away, we didn't know …
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Time 0:02:24 Transcript (Translated from French) I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I remember when my mother was sent to Kenya because of an illness when I was 6, I felt very bad. Life was becoming hard for me, I led a miserable life, with little material or money or the hardship of …
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Wen Wei Wang …