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[Review] "Gwangju African Community"
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- 2016-04-05
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SPEAKERS: Chris Doekpar and Jarvis Nghoteh
CO-WRITERS: Ashlyn Winter, Beomjin Park
GIC TALK DATE: Februay 20, 2016
GIC TALK TITLE: Gwangju African Community
Being together is a very valuable activity in one’s life. Today our two speakers, Chris Doekpar and Jarvis Nghoteh introduced us to GAC, the Gwangju African Community. The GAC is a community of many African people that meat together and try to preserve their own customs and celebrate their different African cultures while trying to share their traditions with the Korean community.
The GAC is an organization which consists of many different people from African countries that have come to Korea for different reasons. The GAC wants to support other African people that do not live in their home country, celebrate with them when some achieve great things and mourn with them when something sad happens to a brother or sister. This is what family does for one another and this is what the GAC wants to do for its people. The African culture and Korean culture are very different so this community will help encourage each other in difficult times.
“The GAC is not just a social gathering but it’s a family. Africans love singing and dancing. We can’t do that if we don’t have a community.” The GAC aims to protect and promote the interests of Africans in Gwangju City. Through their monthly meeting, they hope to establish its image as a cooperative community in Gwangju.
