Entrevistas

1. Grandfather migrating to Colombia

2. Family having to hide guns during World War II in Colombia

3. Stories of Grandfather at a concentration camp in Fusagasuga

4. Keirokai, the biggest celebration in the Cali Nikkei community

5. Food preparations for Keirokai

6. Japanese reputation in Colombia

7. Her definition of Nikkei

8. Identification as Colombian, feeling closer to JA than Japanese

9. Interracial marriage trends

10. Her grandfather in a concentration camp in Fusagasuga (Spanish)

11. Japanese were treated with dignity during WWII (Spanish)

Teisher,Monica

(n.1974) Colombiana japonesa que atualmente reside nos Estados Unidos

Grandfather migrating to Colombia

They came to Corinto, Cauca, or I guess El Jagual, which was the community that they built when they got assigned some terrains that they had bought, or negotiated previously. And they were given, like raw land that was jungle-ish, overgrown, so they had to clear it out and everything before they could farm.

They originally tried rice, but that didn't work out for them. So they were doing I think beans, and some azuki, and some other variety of beans, and other things.

agricultura Colômbia cultivo migração

Data: September 22, 2019

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Yoko Nishimura

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Monica Teisher nasceu em Cali, Colômbia, em 1974, pai Issei e mãe Nissei. Ela e sua grande família extendida eram ativas na comunidade japonesa de Cali, a maior da Colômbia. Ela se mudou para os Estados Unidos depois de se casar com um cidadão americano de descendência judaica do Leste Europeu. Eles e suas filhas passam férias na Colômbia, participando de eventos comunitários. (Maio de 2020)