What’s It Like Being A Black Doctor in Russia

OF COURSE I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM THEY LOOKED AS IF THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH GUYS BEFORE HE WAITED FOR THE METRO TO OPEN THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY BEAT YOU UP EVERYWHERE TILL YOU HAVE A CONCUSSION BEAT YOU TILL YOU LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS THOSE WERE THE HARDEST TIMES IN RUSSIA IF YOU HEARD THE GUNSHOT IT MEANS YOU'RE STILL ALIVE THEY PAID ATTENTION TO US LOOKED AT US LIKE SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE I HAD TO SOMETIMES HAND OUT FLYERS ON THE STREET AT -20 DEGREES EVEN THEN I WAS ALREADY STUDYING TO BE A DOCTOR A PATIENT DIDN'T COME TO ME BUT WENT TO THE GIRL INSTEAD THINKING SHE WAS THE DOCTOR AND THEN SHE REDIRECTED THEM TO ME. A POLICEMAN STOOD UP FOR ONE AFRICAN WE WERE FROZEN IMMEDIATELY HI GUYS MY NAME IS PATRICK I LIVE HERE IN SAINT PETERSBURG I CAME HERE 18 YEARS AGO I STUDIED TO BE A MEDICAL DOCTOR HERE NOW I LIVE AND WORK HERE I HAVE MY FAMILY AND KIDS HERE I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS CITY AND COUNTRY SO I CHOOSE TO COME HERE BECAUSE STUDYING TO BE A DOCTOR WAS MUCH MORE CHEAPER BACK THEN I HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN BRITAIN, AMERICA AND RUSSIA AND I CHOOSE RUSSIA BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER TO STUDY HERE IT WAS BETTER FOR ME THAT'S WHY MY PARENTS COULD AFFORD IT I ARRIVED HERE AND TILL TODAY I DON'T REGRET IT I'M NOT WORRIED AT ALL, I FEEL AT HOME HERE SO WHEN I ARRIVED HERE OF COURSE LEARNING THE LANGUAGE WAS NOT EASY BECAUSE THE ALPHABET IS DIFFERENT FROM OURS WE HAVE LATIN ALPHABETS AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE (CYRILLIC) IT WAS DIFFICULT IN THE BEGINNING I CAN'T SAY I LEARNT RUSSIAN IN ONE YEA WELL, IT WAS A GRADUAL PROCESS FIRST WE LEARNT HOW TO TRANSLATE THE WORDS I STARTED TO WALK WITH DICTIONARY SO IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING I WILL TURN TO MY DICTIONARY AND THEN CONTINUE CONVERSATION AND THEN AT SOME POINT I STARTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING SAID BUT I STILL NEEDED TO TRANSLATE IT IN MY HEAD THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER BUT TODAY I CAN SAY THAT I ALREADY DO EVERYTHING AND THINK IN RUSSIAN THEREFORE I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ANYMORE MAYBE MY VOCABULARY IS NOT AS DEVLOPED YET BUT IN TERMS OF COMMUNCATION I'M GOOD TO GO WHEN I ARRIVED RELATIONSHIP WITH FOREIGNERS LIKE I SAID WAS NOT LIKE IT IS NOW FOR EXAMPLE LIKE ME AND YOU ARE SITTING IN A RESTAURANT THEN IT WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR PEOPLE ALL ATTENTION WAS ON US BUT NOW SEE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL THEN IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USED TO US THEN WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED AROUND 2005 IT WAS SOMETHIGN UNUSUAL THEREFORE IT WAS NOT EASY THE COUNTRY WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THEN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE POOR THEN THE COUNTRY WAS DEVELOPED BUT PEOPLE WERE POOR AND MANY PEOPLE HAD NOTHING TO DO THEREFOR THEY WERE SOME PEOPLE DOING UNCLEAN THINGS STEALING AND OTHERS AND HOW IS IT CALLED RACISM WE HAD SUCH MOMENTS WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT NOW THEY STILL HAVE SOME BUT IT'S NOT LIKE BEFORE WHEN WE ARRIVED NOW IT'S MUCH MORE BETTER WHEN I ARRIVED THE WEATHER WAS SOMETHING NEW TO US BECAUSE WE WERE USED TO OUR WEATHER IN AFRICA WE HAVE JUST TWO SEASONS AND I ARRIVED HERE IN DECEMBER IN 2005 WHEN IT WAS STILL COLDER FOR US THE COLD WAS SOMETHING UNBEARABLE BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING NEW FOR US IT WAS A TEST THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH IT WAS UNBEARABLY COLD BECAUSE WE WERE USED TO SUN COLD FOR ME WAS +15 OR +10 BUT HERE IT WAS -20 I REMEMBER IN MOSCOW WHEN WE JUST LEFT THE PLANE WE FROZE IMMEDIATELY AND WE WENT BACK TO THE HALL BECAUSE THE PAIN WAS UNBEARABLE DUE TO THE WEATHER BUT IN GENERAL, NOW WE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IT THE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM FOR US SO TALKING ABOUT HOW WE SURVIVED WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED MY FATHER WAS A MAYOR AND MY MOM A SECRETARY MY FAMILY IS MIDDLE CLASS NOT POOR MY FATHER WAS MY SPONSER WHEN I CAME HERE HE PAID FOR EVERYTHING SO I COULD ARRIVE AND LIVE FOR ONE YEAR AT LEAST OF COURSE THE MONEY HE SENT WAS NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD EVERYTHING THAT IS TO BUY SHOES, GO FOR OUT ETC THEREFORE I HAD TO GO FIND A JOB AT SOME POINT MY PARENTS COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY MY TUITION SO I HAD TO FIND A JOB MYSELF THIS WAS IN THE YEAR 2010 SO I GOT A JOB MYSELF, I COULD FINISH MY STUDIES PAY MY TUITION AND FINISH MY STUDIES IT WAS NOT EASY BECAUSE BACK THEN IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB DIFFICULT EVEN FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE BORN AND LIVE HERE IT WAS DIFFICULTG FOR THEM TO FIND A JOB TO AND FOR US FOREIGNERS WHO CAME HERE IT WAS ALSO CHALLENGING BUT WE ALWAYS FOUND SOMETHING TO DO SOMETIMES WE SHARED FLYER ON THE STREET PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY HOME OR RETURNING FROM WORK AND YOU ARE STANDING THERE IN -20 DEGREES EVERYBODY IS RUSHING SOMEWHERE AND YOU HAD TO HAND OUT FLYERS IN -20 EVERYTHING IS FROZEN AND ALL IN PAIN BUT YOU UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR YOUR DAILY BREAD AND THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAT'S AFTER CLASSES YOU GO NEAR THE METRO TO SHARE FLYERS FOUR HOURS IN A DAY NO IT'S 5 HOURS BECAUSE THEY PAID ME 200 RUBLES/HOUR SO 1000 RUBLES FOR 5 HOURS THIS IS JUST SO YOU CAN GET HOME AND FEEL LIKE A PERSON THAT TODAY YOU STUDIED AND ALSO WORK AND EARNED MONEY WELL THAT'S THE KIND OF SUFFERING WE WENT THROUGH JUST TO FIND OUR DAILY BREAD IT WAS NOT EASY BUT HERE IS THE RESULT TODAY EXPERIENCE MAKES US STRONGER WHAT DOESN'T KILL US MAKES US STRONGER SO GUYS NOW I WILL SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH SKINHEADS WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE BACK THEN IT WILL BE TOO LONG IF I START TO SHARE EVERY DETAIL YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE FIRST CAME WE HAD TO LOOK OVER OUR SHOUDERS WHEN WE ARE OUTSIDE SO THAT NO ONE BEATS YOU FROM BEHIND BECAUSE THERE WAS A GROUP OF NATIONALISTS THAT WERE SEARCHING FOR FOREIGNERS IF YOU WERE HIT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND YOU FALL THEY HAD BIG BOOTS LIKE MARTENS THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY BEAT YOU UP EVERYWHERE TILL YOU HAVE A CONCUSSION AND LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS THEY WERE SUCH PEOPLE BEFORE IF YOU WANT TO BUY BREAD AND YOU LIVE IN THE DORMITORY AND YOU KNOW THE STORE IS LIKE 100 METRES AWAY YOU HAVE TO CALL EVERYONE AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO CARRY A BATON OR A KNIFE OR SOMETHING, A STICK OF SOME KIND JUST IN CASE BECAUSE IF YOU GO AND YOU RAN INTO THEM ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU THEREFORE YOU HAD TO BE ON GUARD EVERYTIME THAT'S HOW WE LIVED IN 2005 TILL YEAR 2010 IT WAS THE WORST TIME FOR US IN RUSSIA WITH SKINHEADS BECAUSE THEY KILLED MANY GUYS BEFORE THEY USED ONLY KNIVES BUT LATER BUT LATER WHEN THEY KILLED ONE GUY SAMBA THIS WAS IN THE YEAR 2008 AFTER THEY CLUB THEY CAME OUT IN A CROWD AND ONE OF THE SKINHEADS SHOT AT THE CROWD IF YOU HEARD THE GUNSHOT IT MEANS YOU SURVIVED ALL THE GUYS RAN AWAY THEN WE LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED SOMEONE WAS LYING O THE FLOOR IT WAS SAMBA HE JUST FINISHED HIS STUDIES HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO SENEGAL AND FIND A JOB BUT NOW HE CAN'T THEREFORE BACK THEN IT WAS CRAZY THEN AT NIGHT LIKE NOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSIDE ALONE IF ZENITH PLAYED FOOTBALL AT SPORTIVNAYA IN THE STADIUM THEY WILL TELL US AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT WE SHOULD NOT GO OUT TO THE METRO BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE SKIN HEADS WILL FIND YOU ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS AT LESNAYA I NEEDED TO GO TO KOMENDATSKY I SAT IN THE BUS FROM LESNAYA TO SPORTIVNAYA I ARRIVED AT SPORTIVNAYA AND SAW THAT ZENITH WAS PLAYING ALL THE FANS WERE ON THE STREET WITH ZENTIH FLAGS SINGING ZENITH ZENITH THEN I UNDERSTOOD THAT IF I WENT TO THE METRO IT COULD BE MY LAST DAY I TURNED BACK IMMEDIATELY SO I WON'T TAKE THE METRO BECAUSE IT WAS TERRIBLE BACK THEN WITH KNIVES ONE GUY CAME WHEN THE METRO OPENED HE WAS CUT WITH A KNIFE IT'S GOOD IT WAS IN WINTER AND HIS JACKET WAS THICK THEY CUT EVERYTHING THEN PEOPLE CAME TO HELP THE GUY IT WAS A SCARY TIME BACK THEN YEAH I WAS ATTACKED TOO THIS WAS AFTER WORK I WS GOING HOME I WAS WORKING AS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN A CLUB THEN I HAD A BAG WITH A PRINTER AND MY CAMERA I SAW IN THE TRAM AND 8 GUYS ENTERED THE TRAM YOUNGSTERS FROM 16 - 18 THEY STARTED TO SAY RUSSIA IS FOR RUSSIANS AND SO ON THEY CAME TO ME AND SAID THIS IS RUSSIA WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE I SAID GUYS I DON'T WANT PROBLEMS I'M TIRED AFTER WORK THEY STARTED PUSHING AND PUSHING I UNDERSTOOD THEY ARE MANY AND IT'S BETTER FOR ME TO CRAWL IN THE CORNER SO THEY DON'T HIT ME FROM BEHIND AND I'LL FALL AND I WON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT THEY KICKED AND STOMPED ME MY JACKET WAS DIRTY I LOST MY MP3 LATER THE CONDUCTOR CLOSED THE DOOR SO THEY WON'T ESCAPE AND HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE POLICE AND THEY WILL CATCH THEM BUT THEY FORCED THE DOOR OPEN AND RAN AWAY NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN SINCE THEN THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME I WAS ATTACKED SOME OF US WERE NOT LUCKY TO SURVIVE WE FOUND ONE OF US ON THE PASSAGE TO THE BASEMENT HE WAS STABBED MANY TIME WE ONLY FOUND HIS BODY THE NEXT DAY IT WAS A TERRIBLE SITE NO I HAVEN'T HEARD SUCH IN A LONG TIME THERE HAS BEEN NO SUCH THING FOR A LONG TIME NOW I CAN SAY THAT EVEN IF THEY EXISIT THEY CAN NO LONGER ACT AS FREELY LIKE BEFORE BECAUSE THEY POLICE HUNT AFTER THEM I REMEMBER ONE THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN WHEN A POLICEMAN PROTECTED AN AFRICAN IN LESNAYA TWO MEN ATTACKED HIM THE POLICEMAN CAME HE BEAT UP 1 OF THEM AND THE 2ND ONE RAN AWAY THEN I REALIZED THINGS HAVE CHANGED AFTER PRESIDENT PUTIN MADE A LAW TO STOP THE BAD GUYS YOU CANNOT COMPARE RUSSIA OF BEFORE AND NOW BACK THEN WE DIDN'T FEEL PROTECTED AND NOW WE FEEL MUCH MORE PROTECTED THEREFORE YOU CANNOT COMPARE WHAT WAS BEFORE AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS PROTECTING FOR US IN THE BEGINNING IN YEAR 2017 WHEN I JUST STARTED THERE WERE MOMENTS PEOPLE CAME TO MY OFFICE THEY COME INTO THE OFFICE AND I HAD A NURSE NEXT TO ME THE NURSE IS RUSSIAN FROM APPEARANCE SO SINCE SHE'S SITTING ACROSS FROM ME PATIENTS WILL NOT COME TO ME BUT INSTEAD GO TO HER AND THINK SHE IS THE DOCTOR AND THEN SHE REDIRECTED THEM TO ME AND TELL THEM I'M THE DOCTOR AND THEY WILL LOOK AT ME WITH SURPRISE AND LATER AND THEN WILL SIT I WILL TELL THEM IF YOU'RE OK WITH ME BEING YOUR DOCTOR LET'S START IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ME THEN YOU CAN SEARCH FOR YOUR DOCTOR THEY WILL SAY IT'S OK GO ON WE ARE LISTENING AND THERE WERE THOSE THAT WILL STAND OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND ASK WHERE IS OUR OWN? WHERE IS OUR OWN? WHY IS HE NOT OURS AND SO ON AND WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE OFFICE, I TOLD THEM IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR YOURS YOU CAN KEEP SEARCHING BUT IF YOU CAME SO A DOCTOR CAN SEE YOU THEN SIT LET ME START MY WORK BUT NOT I DON'T HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS ANYMORE NOW THEY ARE THE ONES THATNEVEN TELL ME THAT DOCTOR PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US WE ARE ALREADY SO USED TO YOU YOU ARE ALREADY LIKE A RELATIVE TO US THIS IS WHAT THEY TELL ME EVERYDAY AT WORK WHEN I SAY THAT I PLAN TO CHANGE MY JOB BECAUSE I'M SEARCHING FOR SOMEWHERE NEAR MY HOME THE LAST THING TEY TOLD ME IS DOCTOR PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US YOU ARE ALREADY LIKE A RELATIVE TO US EACH TIME I WANT TO GO ON VACATION THEY TELL ME IMMEDIATELY HOPE YOU'RE COMING BACK HOPE YOU'RE NOT LEAVING US I TELL THEM NO NO I'M NOT LEAVING SO EVERYTHING IS GREAT NOW I ALREADY SAID I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 18 YEARS IMAGINE A BABY THAT WS BORN WHEN I ARRIVED THE BABY IS NOW 18 YEARS OLD SO IMAGINE THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE BEEN HERE I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LANGUAGE AND I STUDIED IN RUSSIN LANGUAGE THEREFORE I HAVE THE TERMINOLOGY I KNOW ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO KNOW IN THE PROFESSION I HAVE ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE THEREFORE I HAVE NO RESCTRICTIONS I'M FREE THE PROBLEM I HAD IN THE BEGINNING I WILL SAY IS THAT THIS WAS THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY WHO WERE NOT USED TO ME YET BECAUSE THEY WERE USED THAT IF THERE IS A DOCTOR THAT HE WILL BE RUSSIAN THAT WAS MY CHALLENGE AND AS FOR KNOWLEDGE I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE I STUDIED HERE FOR MANY YEEARS THEREFORE WITH KNOWLEDGE I KNOW WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT BUT AS FOR MY JOB I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH KNOWLEDGE SUCH THAT COULD CAUSE ME SOME TROUBLE SO MY DIFFICULT WAS IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I GOT A JOB WAS MY PATIENTS TALKING ABOUT SALARY I'M NOT PAID ACCORDING TO MY SKIN COLOR THIS IS FOR SURE LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SHE'S RUSSIAN SHE'S AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST TOO I ASKED HER A LONG TIME AGO AND I KNOW OUR SALARY IS THE SAME BEFORE I BECAME A RUSSIAN CCITIZEN I PAID MORE TAXES AS A FORIEGNER BUT OUR SALARIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME I CANNOT SAY BECAUSE I'M LIKE THIS THAT I GET PAID LESS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT WHEN I STARTED WORKING IN 2017 WHEN I HAD JUST ONE CHILD MY SALARY SEEMED LIKE A LOT THEN WHEN IT BECAME 3 CHILDREN I STARTED TO FEEL IT IN MY POCKET THEREFORE I FOUND AN EXTRA JOB TO COMPENSATE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE MY POCKET STARTED TO FEEL IT A LOT OF MONEY IS GOING OUT THEREFORE I HAD TO COMBINE JOBS SO THIS IS WHAT I DID BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP THEIR NEEDS IS GROWING AND YOU NEED TO SIGN THEM UP FOR HOW DO YOU SAY THIS IN RUSSIAN EXTRA CLASSES IN SCHOOL YOU HAVE TO PAY A TUTOR AND SO ON THIS ALL TAKES MONEY MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO DO GYMNASTICS ONE SON WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL ALL THIS IF YOU PAY FOR IT EVERY MONTH IT'S BIGGER THAN MY SALARY AND YOU STILL NEED TO PAY FOR FEEDING SHOES AND SO ON SO WE NEED TO BE A BIT MORE RATIONAL NO NEED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CALCULATE YOUR POCKET AND DO WHAT YOU CAN BECAUSE IF THEY SIGN UP FOR EVERYTHING MONEY WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH ABOUT RELATIONSHIP WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING THEY ALSO TREATED ME LIKE MY PATIENTS IN THE BEGINNING THEY WERE SURPRISED MANY EXPECTED THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IF YOU'RE AFRICAN YOU CANNOT WORK IN SUCH A PLACE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE AND COURAGE I UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS BECAME FOR ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE THAT WE AFRICANS ARE NOT STUPID OUR PLACE OF WORK IS NOT ONLY A WARDROBE IT'S NOT JUST DANCING OR RAPPING ETC THAT HERE I HAVE TO SHOW THAT THAT I'M HERE NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT FOR ALL AFRICANS SO I HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT LIKE THEY ASSUME AFTER SOME TIME MY COLLEAGUES STARTED COMING TO ME FOR CONSULTATIONS TOO BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN THAT THIS GUY HAS COME FAR AND THEY CAN TRUST ME THEREFORE TODAY I HAVE PATIENTS MANY OF THEM COME TO ME WHICH I'M THEIR DOCTOR I HAVE TIME FOR MY FAMILY OF COURSE I LEAVE EARLY THEY ALSO LEAVE EARLY I RETURN HOME LATE IN THE EVENING WE HAVE LITERARY 2 HOURS BEFORE SLEEP SO WE CAN BE TOGETHER AND DISCUSS BUT ON WEEKENDS WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER SO I HAVE TIME FOR MY FAMILY I CANNOT SAY I WORK IN A DIFFERENT CITY AND THEY LIVE IN ANOTHER AND WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER WE SLEEP TOGETHER WE EAT TOGETHER AND WALK TOGETHER I FIND TIME I LOVE NATURE I LIKE TO REST IN THE DACHA I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE A DACHA I LIKE TO GO THERE SOMETIMES GO TO THE SAUNA TO RELAX TO STEAM A LITTLE THERE, WELL, TO LIVE IN RUSSIAN, AS THEY SAY IN THE SAUNA ETC GO TO THE NATURE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM I WANTED TO LEARN BUT DIDN'T WORK USUALLY I DO MY SUMMER LIKE THIS SUMMER IN THE VILLAGE I DON'T HAVE MY OWN DACHA THEREFORE SO I USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH MY FRIENDS TO THEIRS I DO EVERYTHING AS RUSSIAN AND EVEN WORK IN THE GARDENS EVEN THE LAST SUMMER I WENT TO THE FOREST TO PICK MUSHROOMS I DO EVERYTHING IN THE RUSSIAN WAY LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MY KIDS JUST ONE OF THEM WHO RIGHT NOW IS ON HIS 3RD YEAR OF PLAYING BASKETBALL FOR ZENITH ZENITH OLYMPIC RESERVE UNDER 13 YEARS HE IS DEVELOPING HOW DID THEY FIND HIM I'M NOT VERY TALL BUT AT 10 YEARS OLD HE IS 52 METRES TALL SO THEY CAME TO HIS SCHOOL HE DIDN'T TOUCH A BASKETBALL BEFORE THAT THEY JUST SAY THEY HE IS VERY TALL AND THAT HIS FATHER IS AFRICAN SO THEY DECIDED THAT PEHAPS HE IS TALENTED THEN HE STARTED 3 YEARS AGO AND TODAY HE HAS WON MANY TROPHIES MANY MEDALS AND CUPS HE BROUGHT HOME HE DEVELOPED VERY WELL THEY ARE GOING TO EUROPE NEXT SUMMER THEY ARE GOING TO SPAIN FOR TOURNAMENT I MYSELF WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL BUT MY PARENTS DIDN'T GIVE ME THE CHANCE TO DO SO BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT SO MUCH MONEY IN FOOTBALL LIKE NOW SO THEY SAID GO AND STUDY THEN DOES WHO DID SPORTS ARE THOSE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO STUDY I WAS NOT GIVEN THE CHANCE SO I DECIDED I WILL DO IT THROUGH MY SON LET IT BE RUSSIA FOR ME IS ALREADY MY SECOND HOME COUNTRY AFTER CAMEROON THEREFORE FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE I FEEL AT HOME ALREADY I DON'T FEEL LIKE A FOREIGNER HERE

Channel: Afro Russia TV

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Keywords: russia, life in russia, black in russia, afro russia tv, yt:cc=off, travel to russia, working in russia

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Length: 23min 58sec (1438 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 23 2023