Airbus Africa Community Forum 2019: The Beats of Africa!
Mama Africa, Sama Africa!
“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”
— African Proverb
Airbus is a diverse and multicultural company. So if you look long enough, you will always find someone with a similar cultural and social background.
What is the origin story of the AIrbus Africa community?
Being in Airbus in Toulouse, France, I used to nod and smile at every black person I will see on site. They will nod back to me and smile. We said “Hello” to each other, and that was it.
We both felt awkward and then moved on to business as usual.
Then Valerie Manning and Yves Yemsi initiated a monthly “Friday Open Launch.” The principle was simple: book a massive table at the restaurant in Toulouse, and everyone with Africa in their heart can come and join. This was back in 2011.
This is how we started connecting at another level.
In 2017, we formalized the creation of our Airbus Africa Community (AAC) to have one flag for us all to focus our energy as one body and mind.
