The second episode of Baarakètò (‘Working’) is now released!
It focuses on a man from Côte d’Ivoire who commutes across greater Paris (from a southern banlieue all the way to a northern one that is one hour away on the RER train).
Through his words in Dioula (and additional subtitles in English and French), we get to learn a bit about various aspects of his life:
Why he doesn’t think his commute is any worse than that of people living in Paris proper
How he picks up religious knowledge instead of calling people while on the train
Why he opted to get his own place instead of living with his sister in Paris
How hosting a friend who migrated from Côte d’Ivoire led to him needing to move out of his apartment
His preference for waking up with the sound of birds
His long-term desire to settle back in a village in West Africa with his relatives
What do Ivoirians in the streets have to say about social media?