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  • Congolese Advertising

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    On most city streets in Congo you see painted billboards, shop signs, and wall murals that are painted in a very colorful and unique style. Maybe it is for lack of money for printed ads and signs, but it makes for such a unique look that draws your eyes to the glaring ads that if…

  • Goma, a city with two ghosts..

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    The people of Goma have to live with the presence of 2 ghosts haunting them every moment. The first one is Nyirangongo, the active volcano only 13 Km away, that destroyed about 40 % of the city in 2002, then erupted again in 2005. In the evenings it was so eerie to see the flames…

  • Chukudu

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    The Chukudu, found mostly in the streets of Goma, is what people, mostly children use to transport hundreds of kilos from place to place. It is amazing to see them moving so fast around the crowded streets. They came with the thousands and thousands of refugees that used to cross the border from Rwanda to…

  • When the eyes open a door to the soul..

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    It was so moving being in the CAJED center for demobilized child soldiers. Just the idea of being with a child who has experienced trauma of that level and can yet be so resilient to want to be a child again is mind boggling. Most of these children spoke only Swahili, so when I interviewed…

  • Pure power

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    Pure power was what met me when I walked into the CAJED center in Goma. Power of youth and children exploding right in my face, incredible force emanating in their dance, movement, facial expressions and eyes. Maybe it is Africa or maybe it is the fact that the force of these children was imprisoned during…