Petna, our Congo correspondentName: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
Location: Goma, Congo
Age: 33
What are you doing ten years from now?
Filming, telling stories, filming…
What is your image of Holland?
Holland used to have this image of a free country. It used to be a symbol of freedom. Now I’m surprised when I am walking in the streets there I have to look over my shoulders to see if nothing is wrong. I think we are losing our community values. If we could retrieve the same Holland I knew, that would be nice.
What national politician do you want to interview, and why?
The minister of education. I would like to know what his priority is.
If you would be able to export a characteristic of your country, what would it be?
Our hospitality and generosity.
If you would be able to ban a characteristic of your people, what would it be?
Their prejudice.
What does the world think about America? In this special edition of Metropolis that was produced right before the 2008 presidential elections, we asked our correspondents to find stories that show how people in their country look at the USA. Despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Americans are still very popular in most parts of the world.We witness the many remarkable influences that America has on the world, from the first Harley Davidson Club in Shanghai to Obama-supporters in the Kenyan village Nyangoma- Kogelo, the hometown of Obama’s half-brother. He has mixed emotions about the successful campaign of his ‘Baby Brother’, as he calls Barack Obama. He thinks that his popularity is great for Kenya, but he despises the commercial exploitation of Obama’s portrait. Everywhere you look you will find T-Shirts and DVD’s of Barack Obama, and the salesmen make good money, while his family doesn’t receive anything.
