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Mesa, Gloria, Bronx African American History Project
Mesa, Gloria, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewer: Jane Edward
Interviewee: Gloria Mesa
Date of Interview: October 4, 2019
Transcribed by: Allison Lecce
Summarized by: Allison Lecce
Gloria Mesa emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo with her family when she was a child. She was born and raised in Kinshasa, the capital of DRC, when her family won the diversity lottery. Her oldest siblings moved to the U.S. and eventually her and her parents joined them in Greensboro, North Carolina. Gloria is the youngest of five. She speaks French, which was her first language, English, Lingala, Kikongo and Gimbala, a language from her parents’ ethnic group. …