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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Traditional music playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.73,0:00:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the stories BBC Pop Up\Nwas asked to do
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.22,0:00:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to tell the story\Nof Africans living in India
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.91,0:00:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of the tough\Nexperiences they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.63,0:00:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought this would be a really\Ninteresting story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.52,0:00:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of just filming it,\Nwe went one better
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.62,0:00:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man who suggested it\Nis gonna help us to make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.13,0:00:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.89,0:00:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India is very exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.91,0:00:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day I go out,\NI see something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.20,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are lots of Africans now in India\Ndoing their studies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.08,0:00:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're facing a lot of racism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, there have been a lot of news\Ntalking about Africans being attacked,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,molested, beaten up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I hear the stories,\Nit makes me feel so bad about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- How are you doing, guys? \NHow are you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What are your experiences with Indians?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[S] - Indians? Actually, it's not\Nthat much.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's not good chemistry\Nbetween Africans and Indians
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, normally, Indians don't trust us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them don't trust us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yeah, so it is very common in India.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indians think that black women\Nare prostitutes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they ask you "how much? how much\Ndo you want me to stay with him?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask this kind of question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We all have similar experiences\Nbecause of the people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all, some are very good.\NVery, very, very open-minded.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Benjamin, some of the stories\Nyour friends told us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was quite disturbing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That largely happens because\NIndians don't know their own history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Africans played such a big role\Nin India between 14th and 17th centuries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even today, a big African community lives\Nin the state of Gujarat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it would be really good for you\Nto come along and meet them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes. It would be great.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Okay, let's go and meet them then.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yeah, let's go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music playing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after a long drive\Nthrough the state of Gujarat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're about to meet the Sidi community\Nnear the town of Sasan Gir.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I'm so excited, you know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really surprised to see\Nsome Africans here in India.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This part of India really...\NI really want to meet with them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interact with them more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hello, namaste.\N- Namaste.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- How are you?\N- Fine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- That's great.\N- Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking in Gujarati)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(children laughing and singing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just feel like I'm in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, as some are saying, if they go\Nbeyond the vicinity of this city
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and village, another part of India,\Nthey are all stopped
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and frequently asked: "are you from the\Nare you from Africa?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly the same kind of question\Nyou face in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[B] - This kind of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how do you tackle them?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking in Gujarati)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Do you ever have the feeling like\Nyou want to go back to Africa?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To resettle in Africa
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do you still want to be in India?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking in Gujarati)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(traditional music playing)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came it was like\NI was emotionally charged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I almost wanted to cry when I saw\Nall the black Africans coming out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to greet me this afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming here today has really changed\Nmy perception of India.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has created a bond, it has created\Na mindset in me now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are people who are ready\Nto receive Africans
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever they see Africans in India.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing this society today has given me\Nhope that in the near future
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India will be a less racist society,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this community is a symbol\Nthat Africans are also Indians.