Against the backdrop of an extraordinary journey from the desert to the sea as a migrant seeking a better life in Europe, Madou Koulibaly found himself breaking barriers as the first driver hired through Florence's regional bus company's training academy for migrants and asylum seekers. - REUTERS
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00:00 (people chattering)
00:03 - They told me, "Kulibali,
00:21 "there is an opportunity for you.
00:24 "Altolini Toscane is looking for bus drivers."
00:27 I asked, "The bus?" and said, "No, I can't drive the bus."
00:32 They asked me why, and I answered
00:35 that I've never seen an African who arrived on a boat
00:38 driving a bus in Italy.
00:40 They said, "But certainly, they will give you a chance.
00:43 "You can do it."
00:44 (car door slams)
00:57 (car engine rumbles)
01:00 (man speaks in foreign language)
01:09 I am doing this job for myself, for my family,
01:13 and for all the migrants who are in Italy,
01:16 because so many people think we are all bad
01:21 and that there are jobs here that we cannot do.
01:26 That's not the case.
01:27 We have the luck to do it.
01:29 (man speaks in foreign language)
01:33 (people chatter)
01:36 (people chatter)
01:39 (people chatter)
01:42 (people chatter)
01:44 (man speaks in foreign language)
01:49 (car engine rumbles)
01:52 [BLANK_AUDIO]