The engineer is selected by Accem as an example at the national level for her work in egalitarian education and in making African figures visible
Telecommunications engineer Alejandra Ntutumu (Murcia, 1983) has been chosen by the Accem association, which has been serving refugees and immigrants for 30 years, as an example within the ‘References’ campaign, which gives visibility to people born or raised in Spain. racially relevant and culturally diverse.” Among the 14 chosen are the journalist Ebbaba Hameida, the singer-songwriter Marwan, the poet Paloma Chen and the filmmaker Santiago Zannou.
The aim of this movement, which Ntutumu has been working on for some time with his Potopoto project, is to give the new generations, the boys and girls currently born in Spain to parents of other origins, an example to follow, people who admire and in whom they see themselves reflected.
With a Murcian father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, the Afromurcian woman is the president of the Afromurcia and Movimiento association, which she founded in 2017 with her sister, Belinda Salmerón Ntutumu, with the aim of promoting the defense, visibility and empowerment of African culture and make it visible to people of African descent. Within this entity he has developed the editorial socio-educational project Potopoto, which pursues education in diversity. How? Bringing African stories from the oral tradition closer to schoolchildren, presenting them with references from every African country, also addressing gender issues and talking about women leaders in the world.
By 2023, the association, together with the City Council of Cartagena, is organizing a series of workshops that will be held in the institutes with students between the ages of 12 and 16, where they will address various issues, including the presence of Afro reference women and leaders in the history. . “We would like to reach an agreement with Murcia City Council to implement them in more centers,” says Ntutumu.
A crowdfunding campaign will be launched in April for his next book, consisting of 15 African stories, including a ‘Did you know?’ section, in which he will provide information about each country. «I think it is a very nice way and as a tool to bring children closer to other realities at a very young age. Mom and Dad can use it to arouse curiosity, bring them closer to other stories, other cultures and break stereotypes. The book also contains colorful illustrations, an audio book and a chapter on African proverbs. “It will have a glossary of terms that is also in other books and is very nice. They learn new words and their meaning, all through interculturality”.
The next story he designs is in collaboration with the NGO InterRed. The remaining activities are announced on the Potopoto website.
Source: La Verdad
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