Ten years ago Tusse was living in a refugee camp in Uganda after fleeing The Congo and being separated from his parents. After three years in the camp living with aunts and cousins, the family were granted asylum in Sweden. Next week Tusse is representing Sweden at the Eurovison Song Contest.
Tusse says when he first arrived in Sweden all he could think about was how clean everyone was. He used to ask, "How do you guys keep everything so clean?"
In the link we get to see Tusse talking about coming to Sweden and about how he thought his parents were dead but then they were reunited in 2015. Tusse's dad is really proud of him but wants him to get an education and a good job; "Son, you did great in that song contest but now focus on school. I love that you're doing music but you're still going to be a doctor later, right?"
Tusse says, "I like to think we are are more alike than what separates us." When Tusse talks about his difficult childhood it makes him sad, "but it's also the thing that I've experienced and it has made me stronger and it has made me the person I am today. And if re-telling this story to people makes them inspired then I'm sure gonna do it."
- what is a refugee?
- how does someone become a refugee? Can anyone be a refugee?
- how do you think Tusse felt about his future when he was living in the refugee camp?
- why do you think Tusse was amazed to find everything so clean when he came to Sweden?
- what is Eurovision?
- why is Tusse representing Sweden at Eurovision? What does that show about people in Sweden and how they feel about refugees?
- Do you think when Tusse was living in a refugee camp he ever imagined he would be singing on a stage representing a country he had not even visited yet?
- what does this show us about the future and how things can change?
- why does Tusse's Dad want him to be a doctor?
- "I like to think we are are more alike than what separates us." what does this mean?
- Why does Tusse want to talk about his childhood when it must be hard for him to do so?
- what can we learn from Tusse?
-why is this about No Outsiders?
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No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
"Because Sweden took care of me at an early age and I got to grow here, my education is here, it's like the biggest thank you I can give."
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