“Goodbye Germany”: Germans in love emigrate to Gambia

• The Vox documentary “Goodbye Germany” accompanies the couple Ute and Kwesi.
• “Another fool”: The verdict of many viewers is already clear before the broadcast.
• But how is the German-Gambian love story really developing?

A critique

from Carmen Schnitzer

“Another stupid, naive who falls in love with such a boy.” The verdict of many “Goodbye Germany” viewers was already clear before the Vox documentary aired, as the comment columns on social media showed. But did the German-Gambian romance of Utes and Kwesi really fit the cliché?

“You mean now that I’m blind enough to go with him now and that at some point I’ll wake up and think ‘What the fuck …!’ So, that’s what you think now, right? “Made you laugh”Goodbye Germany“-Emigrant Ute Liesenberg (53) it was clear that he already understood what it was Vox-Reporter with his question “Is love blind?”.

In general, the Krefeld woman appeared to be significantly less naive than many other German women who, in their middle age, fell in love with a much younger African and wanted to go to her home country with him. Show the Documentary on the emigrant Stories like this are usually at the center of public discussions, and again the announcement of the Charisma many are certain: “This will surely put others to shame again.” Wait …

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Utes loves Kwesi Addo (30) had dancing Mönchengladbach he began, where he was enthusiastic about her cheerful charisma and had already suspected: “She might be the one.” Just before, it was like refugee up Gambia he came, but he didn’t want to talk about the exact circumstances of his escape in front of the camera, the memory was too stressful.

Well, a year after their love began, it was clear: Kwesi was not allowed in Germany stay. For Ute who is already in the Netherlands and in United States of America had lived, one thing was certain: she would accompany him to his homeland, the Gambia. He had traveled twice to Banjul, the capital of the small West African country, for several weeks to prepare everything for a new beginning. He also had a containerized minibus, as well as used clothes and Household items because she and Kwesi on the one hand wanted to set up a taxi company, and on the other hand they wanted to make a living by selling used goods. Ute hoped there were a few in the desperately poor country Works in order to give something back.

So it is for Ute and Kwesi two years after the wedding

But despite the good preparation, the recovery turned out to be catastrophic. Because Kwesi’s relatives and acquaintances, who were supposed to take care of the ventilation and cleaning of the rented warehouse, apparently didn’t do it or only very sporadically. The result: Schimmel! And the minibus, also entrusted to the care of the family, has for the moment been lost. Kwesi he was pissed off at the unreliability of his people, while Ute remained calm despite his disappointment: “We’ll make it somehow. Right, Kwesi?”

And that’s how it happened. Of Vox-Team seven months after the first shoot, the Addo couple, in the meantime, married, have revisited, much had already worked. Instead of living with Kwesi’s grandmother, they now both lived in their own small apartment directly Atlantic and could make a living from their clothing trade. They were able to clean and thus save much of the semi-moldy merchandise. The minibus was back again too, but it broke down so often that Ute and Kwesi decided not to do this for the time being.

True to their life motto “Happiness is not a destination, it’s a lifestyle” (“Happiness is not a goal, but a lifestyle”), they made the most of their circumstances and Ute, who was fantastic in their previous marriage prosperity he had been used to it, he seemed to be close to it: “You shouldn’t love things, you should love people and your life.” A look at his Facebook profile reveals: even two years later wedding In September 2018, she and Kwesi seemingly still love each other, cliché or not.

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