Building on our work training migrants in video production in 2022 as part of the MIDEQ Hub, Dr. Maria Rosa Lorini returned to Johannesburg and Cape Town in early 2023 to work with the same organisations and some of the migrants who had been trained the previous year to support them in developing more advanced videos, mostly providing advice on dealing with the challenging issues that migrants face in their daily lives in South Africa.
The following is a selection of these videos made in Cape Town and Johannesburg. To watch the videos in the sections below, simply click on the images to the left, scan the 2D barcodes on the right, or use the highlighted links in the text above each video. The migrants who made these videos would be delighted if you would like to share them and make use of them, but please do acknowledge their names and that they are made available through the work of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London as part of MIDEQ WP9 on migrants, digtital tech and inequality.
Please note that all these videos were made by migrants to reflect their opinions about the subject matter at the time they were made, and both their views and any legal issues discussed may well have changed subsequently.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons – Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
A quiz, a laugh and a migration story – by Diffie and her young Congolese friends
Made in Johannesburg by Diffie and her friends Priscilla and Davina, this entertaining 8 min 34 sec video provides valuable glimpses into their experiences as migrants in South Africa – https://bit.ly/ICT4DCollective-r-ZA-2J7
Know your rights – by Patricia (English)
Made in Cape Town (49 seconds) about the importance for asylum seekers in South Africa to know their rights – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT1
Koyeba Mibeko na Mboka Mopaya – by Patricia (in Lingala)
Made in Cape Town (1 minute, 30 seconds) about the importance for asylum seekers in South Africa to know their rights – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT1b
Five steps for asylum seekers – by Augustine
A one minute and 21 second video made in Cape Town on asylum seeker documentation – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT2
A leap into the future – by Pascale
A one minute 20 second video about the DMS Ministries Community Centre in Rugby (Cape Town) which provides skills development training – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT3
Legal or illegal? – by Michael
Made in Cape Town, this 2 minute 28 second video is a provocative take on the bureaucracy associated with immigration – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT4
Student migration – by Fatima
A one minute 32 second video made in Cape Town about student migration – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT5
Uncovered victims – by Jantje
A one minute 18 second video about victims of assault, exploitation and sexism, made in Cape Town – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2CT6
Three easy ways to make fast money with zero Rand – by Glodia
Tips about how to start a business without having any capital – or “making money with no money”; a 4 minute 43 second video made in Johannesburg – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-za-2J3
Coursera – by Laetitia, Antoinette and Diffie
Reflections on the use of Coursera by young migrants who wish to go to university but are waiting for documentation, made in Johannesburg (2 minutes, 14 seconds) – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2J1
Statelessness – by Ali
A 5 minute, 29 second video by migrants in Johannesburg about their experiences of statelessness – https://bit.ly/UNESCOICT4D-r-ZA-2J2
The St Patricks’s La Rochelle Sewing Project – by McCallister, Jonathan, Treasure and Fernanda
https://bit.ly/ICT4DCollective-r-za-2J4A 5 minute 57 second video by migrants in Johannesburg about the work done by the St Patrick’s La Rochelle Serving Project that provides useful sewing skills for migrants – https://bit.ly/ICT4DCollective-r-za-2J4
Desperate Journey (and some hope) – by Dadirai
A one minute 21 second video by Dadirai from Cape Town about migration journeys, focusing on the rights of mgrants – https://bit.ly/ICT4DCollective-r-za-2J5
Desperate Journey (and some hope) – by Dadirai (in Shona)
A one minute 21 second video in Shona by Dadirai from Cape Town about migration journeys, focusing on the rights of mgrants – https://bit.ly/ICT4DCollective-r-za-2J6
To find out more about our research practice with migrants do visit the overview of our work, our interventions in Nepal and South Africa, our working papers, and a list of relevant literature that we find interesting. Do also use our contacts page to get in touch with us.
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