Stories and News No. 472 A dialogue between uncle and nephew on an old sea boat, which can help us to give a different meaning to the words community outsider, immigrant and clandestine. THE FUTURE OF MY PEOPLE By Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher On a ship. On the sea. Somewhere. "Uncle Amadou?" "Yes ..." "Uncle?" "Yes." "Are you listening?" "Yes I am." "But you're not looking at me ..." The man turns round to satisfy his nephew. "Don't worry," he says, raising his left eyebrow, "my ears work well even without the help of my eyes ..." And he turns to study the waves. The boy, not much more than six years old, looks at him doubtfully; however, he trusts him and starts again: "Uncle ... do you know Italian well?" "Of course, I've already been there twice." "Do you really know all the words?" "Naturally, Ousmane." The nephew looks round, as if he wer