Writer Jon Arretxe meets students in Eunate

12-04-2018

In collaboration with the Department of the Basque Language, DBH 1 students (12.13 years old) have worked a didactic unit based on Jon Arretxe writer’s book “Beti iparralderantz” (always going north). This is a short synopsis of the story:

Jon Arretxe

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All those immigrants knocking on Europe’s doors… where do they come from? Drissa was born in Malin, a village near the border with Senegal. He lived happily with his parents and has two brothers and sisters. But in a fatal day, his father lost his job and had to start looking for a living. He went to Europe in search of work, like many other Africans. However, Drissa didn’t have any news from his father so, when he was thirteen, he started his journey for thousands of miles to experience thousands of adventures. He always had to cross the border on a northerly road: Malin, Algeria, the desert, Morocco, and finally, Spain.

In these adventures he met all kinds of people, cruel and evil sometimes, nice and ready to help you some others. What would you do if you were in his shoes?