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DRC: Peaceful Generation is "All Against Sexual Violence"

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Soldier in the Congolese Army. Image by Fiona Lloyd-Davies. DRC, 2013.
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With suffering in Congo unabated, a series of multimedia projects examines a ‘conflict-free’ tin...

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Mack El Sambo and his band Peaceful Generation. Image by Fiona Lloyd-Davies. DRC, 2013.

For more on Conflict in the Congo, watch Fiona Lloyd-Davies' broadcast for BBC Newsnight, France 24, or read "Congo: 'We Did Whatever We Wanted,' Says Soldier Who Raped 53," by Pete Jones for The Guardian.

    Mack El Sambo is the lead singer of the band "Peaceful Generation." His only weapons are his guitar and his voice. Together with his band he writes protest songs about the violence in Eastern Congo.

    Lyrics for "All Against Sexual Violence" (translated from the French)

    by Mack El Sambo

    1. I am born from sexual violence
    My mother was repudiated without a ritual
    Died in soul without care
    Took refuge very far in a little corner
    She is really innocent
    Only justice will make her happy
    Rejected by her whole community
    Nothing for her has any beauty
    Sexual violence is a terrible weapon
    It always leaves people weeping

    Chorus 1: Oh eh oh eh eh
    Oh eh oh eh eh

    Refrain/repeat: All against sexual violence in DRC (X4)

    2. Chorus 2: No to impunity (X3)

    • Even if the perpetrator is a political authority: No to impunity
    • Even if the perpetrator is a military authority: No to impunity
    • Even if the perpetrator is a university authority: No to impunity
    • Even if the perpetrator is a school authority : No to impunity

    Even if the perpetrator is a religious authority: No to impunity

      More: Congo: Consequences of a Conflict with No End

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