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EPISODE · Nov 11, 2025 · 22 MIN

Refugee is a label, not my name | Dear Friend, We Listen

from Proyecto Co · host Efecto Colibrí

In this episode, Ana Amrein Esnaola opens the mic to Espoir Kahitani, a young poet born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in the Dzaleka refugee camp (Malawi). “Refugee is a label, not my name,” he says, as he revisits a childhood of charcoal stoves and night songs, the attack that changed everything, and the discovery of poetry as a practice of hope. Listening is social innovation: it illuminates what must be transformed and shifts narratives toward a just, diverse, regenerative reality. What to expect:01:10 – “Refugee is a label, not my name”04:50 – Childhood: smoke, drums, and silences06:30 – The night it changed + flight to Dzaleka12:10 – English, The Branches, and finding his voice19:40 – Weariness, faith, and hope in actionListen to more on https://efectocolibri.com/en/Follow us and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ so more people can find this content.

In this episode, Ana Amrein Esnaola opens the mic to Espoir Kahitani, a young poet born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in the Dzaleka refugee camp (Malawi). “Refugee is a label, not my name,” he says, as he revisits a childhood of charcoal stoves and night songs, the attack that changed everything, and the discovery of poetry as a practice of hope. Listening is social innovation: it illuminates what must be transformed and shifts narratives toward a just, diverse, regenerative reality. What to expect:01:10 – “Refugee is a label, not my name”04:50 – Childhood: smoke, drums, and silences06:30 – The night it changed + flight to Dzaleka12:10 – English, The Branches, and finding his voice19:40 – Weariness, faith, and hope in actionListen to more on https://efectocolibri.com/en/Follow us and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ so more people can find this content.

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In this episode, Ana Amrein Esnaola opens the mic to Espoir Kahitani, a young poet born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in the Dzaleka refugee camp (Malawi). “Refugee is a label, not my name,” he says, as he revisits a childhood of...

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