Poems on the Theme: Rochdale Is

Rochdale Est
Ma terre
Mon berceau de l’humanite
La source de la beauté
Quelquefois le climat un endroit tropical chaud
Mais le plupart le temps il fait froid
C’est une communauté de multiculturelle
Une ville entoureé de collines
By Fariha, Joyub and Manal (Year 10)

Rochdale Est
Multiculturelle
Le berceau du co-op
La source de la paix
Plein de vie
Il fait trés froid
Differente cultures
La nouriturre est multiculturelle
C’est formidable ville
By Aftab, Khizer, Adil (Year 10)

Rochdale Est
Rochdale est un endroit multiculturelle
C’est une ville belle, peuplée entoureé de collines
Il fait froid
C’est la ville plus belle
C’est un belle place pour les gens
L’endroit ou les gens aimable faire du shopping
Tout ce qui y provident Rochdale est mauvais temps
By Marianne, Emily, and Hannah (Year 10)


Rochdale Est
Ma terre
Le Berceau de Co-op
La source multiculturelle
Air pollué
Il fait froid
L’endroit on les gens ont mange poisson et des frites
L’endroit pluvieux
Tour ce qui y provident est original
By Aaron, Nick, Adam and Remo (Year 10)


Rochdale Est
Ma terre
Une ville multiculturelle
Une ville historique
Il y a la paix mais le temps est typique
C’est aimable
Mais c’est trés bruit
Tout le monde adore aller d’Rochdale
C’est plus populaire
Tout le monde different
La façon
Mais tout le monde même façon different manière
Il y a plus de conflict
N’y a pas L’amour
Il faut il change
Pour arrange l’histoire
Rochdale doit être fière
By Jinu, Franky, Jeena and Francesca (Year 10)

Poems on the Theme: Who Are You?

Qui Es-Tu?

Je suis unique
Je suis petite
Je suis intelligente
Je suis heureuse
Je suis cri fort
Je suis amicale
By Danielle Lamb


Qui Es-Tu?

Je suis unique
Je suis hereux
Je suis beau
Je suis grand de taille
Je suis fort
Avent tout
Je suis amical

By Adam Eckersall


Qui Est-Tu?

Je suis silencieux
Je suis grand de taille
Je suis intelligent
Je suis fort
Je suis unique
Je suis amical
Je suis saint
By Kamen Beesley

Qui Es-Tu?
Je suis un legendaire très intelligent
Je ne suis jamais tout seul
Je suis tout
Je suis une étoile brilliante
Je suis un lecteur très élégant
Je suis sportif
Je suis le meilleur
By Marc Dinganga, Matthew Peers, Moun Ahmed

Qui Es-Tu?
Je suis unique
Je suis heureux
Je suis fort
Je suis amical
Je suis saint
Je suis amusante
Je suis cri fort
Je suis intelligente
Je suis roi
Je suis dieu
By Hin Sze Lee

Congo Chicken Moambe (Stew)

This recipe is take from www.recipezaar.com. An online site where visitors share recipes. Oolala, who left the recipe online says this recipe was: "Adapted from Bill Odarty's cookbook called "A Sahara of African Cooking." I found this in " Down Jersey Cooking" submitted by Joyce Williams who has been researching her African-American roots. She said that when she prepared this recipe and served it at a church supper, it was so good, she got a marriage proposal...and his wife was standing right next to him! Moambe means stew in central Africa.

6 servings
2¼ hours 15 min prep
3-4 lbs chicken parts, cut in serving pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 onion, minced
1 dash nutmeg
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup peanut butter, creamy and unsalted

Place chicken in a 6 quart soup pot with water to cover; add salt and pepper.
Bring to a boil, lower to simmer and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Remove chicken and reserve 1 1/2 cups of the chicken broth.
In another pan, saute cayenne pepper, onion, nutmeg, tomato sauce and butter for 3 minutes.
To the pan, add the cooked chicken and the 1 1/2 cups of reserved broth and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
Add peanut butter to thicken, place in a 350 degree F. oven for 30 minutes, uncovered.
Serve warm with cooked rice.

Colourful Chickpea Salad

Serves 4
5 min 5 min prep
2 cups chickpeas
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup savoy cabbage, thinly sliced
2 spring onions, sliced
8-10 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 lemon, juice of
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Melt the butter in a small saucepan and then sauté the cabbage for 2-3 minutes, until it has softened but is not completely wilted.
Mix the cabbage in a bowl with the chickpeas, spring onions, garlic cloves and tomatoes.
Whisk the oil, cayenne pepper and lemon juice separately and pour it over the salad.
Sprinkle over some salt and pepper and mix.
Chill for a couple hours before serving.

Mbisi Ye Kalou

We have taken this recipe from www.recipezaar.com. You can search on here for more Congolese recipes.


Mbisi Ye Kalou (Fish Stew)
A Congolese recipe, from 'Best of Regional African Cooking' — posted by request.
by Sackville

3-4 servings
35 min 10 min prep
1 1/2 lbs firm white fish fillets
1 large onion, sliced
1 green pepper, seeded and sliced
4-6 tablespoons butter or oil
1 chili pepper or crushed red pepper flakes
1 lb fresh greens or kale or spinach or collard greens or swiss chard or beet leaves
1 (10 ounce) package frozen greens
1 cup water

Cut fish into thick pieces.
In a stewing pan, sauce the onion and green pepper slices in 2 tablespoons of the oil or butter.
Add chillies, greens and water.
Simmer, covered, about 10 minutes.
Add 2-4 tablespoons oil or butter and fish.
Continue to simmer, covered, until fish flakes easily, about 20 minutes.

A Bit About Kapesa Chanda W.K: Homelands Storyteller

My name is Kapesa Chanda W.K., from DR Congo. I arrived with my family in the UK on March 2006. I live in Rochdale and started to learn English for Speakers of Other Languages. Now I am in Level 1 and working as Teacher Assistant at St John's RC Primary School.

Since 1967, I worked as teacher in my village Mpweto near the lac Mwelu beside the border of the Congo and Zambia, then I worked at Dubie, which is 77 Km from Mpweto as Head Teacher. I studied at the Highest school (Institut des Sciences Religieuses) at Lubumbashi the capital of Katanga Province in the DRC. I worked as Ministery of the Catholic Church for my Diocese of Kilwa Kasenga and in the Diocese Office of Development (Bureau Diocesain pour le Developpement) in the Project Sector while I was also helping in different schools. I was taken in Lubumbashi and worked for the Catholic Relieve Services (USA) as Project Officer after a training in the Project from American Agency International of Development.

I was also member of the Commettee of the Red Cross in Lubumbashi and at Mpweto, Representative of the Human Rights Centre -CDH/Katanga at Mpweto-

In Zambia, in the Refugee Camp, we built ourselves schools : 6 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 5 receptions. Which served, all together, more than 8.000 children. Plus 1 literacy course for adults and 2 English centres. I was Head Teacher of Kala 2 Primary school for 5 years, where the average of children was 1000 per school for 22 teachers. At least I was Inspector of schools.


My hobbies are:
- writing novels, my autobiography, the celebration of our culture in my village, the proverbs and some stories.
-watching football.
-taking days out and travelling abroad.
-different workshops, conferences, seminars, research etc.
-working on projects to help poorer and developing countries.

A Bit About Bijou Mbiya: Homelands Storyteller

Moi, c’est Bijou, j'ai 23 ans et est originaire de la province du Kasai Orientale, qui est une de province de la République Démocratique du Congo.

C’est un pays 80 fois plus grand que la Belgique et 4 fois la France. le Congo est situe au centre de l’Afrique et comprend 250 dialectes. Moi, ma langue natale c’est le Tshiluba qui l’une de langue national. Je suis diplômée en décoration intérieur au pays. En ce moment je fais l’Access to high education in business. Je suis célibataire et j aime beaucoup la musique authentiquement africaine rumba et autre.

A Bit about Mathieu N.Wetu: Homelands Storyteller

I come from Zambia but originally I am from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Central Africa). I am a devoted Christian and I believe in the recreation of a new earth after the destruction of the current earth someday soon. I am a physiotherapist by profession and I enjoy helping people to optimise their functional abilities and potential and live as normal life as possible.

I speak French, English, Swahili, Lingala, Nyanja and I am currently taking few lessons in the Hungarian language because I believe that learning other languages will give me an opportunity to interact with them and know about their culture.

I like watching documentaries because they are real. My hobbies include reading, exercising and enjoying nature and the outdoors.

I do not eat meat, although occasionally I eat fish and, of course, plenty of vegetables!

Lastly I love all the people of our planet.