‘Racist mindsets’: Africans in Ireland feel fear in wake of Yves Sakila’s death (opens in new tab)

After an incident on a Dublin street with echoes of George Floyd, people of colour sense rising hostilityWhen Kembetia Bissa fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Ireland in 2003 he found not only sanctuary but beauty, friendship and a home.The asylum seeker settled in Bandon, west Cork, and found work as a landscaper. He opened an African dance school with Congolese drumming and taught local people the rhythms of his homeland. “It was very positive, very welcoming. I felt li...