« With a shy and gentle smile, Suzana explains to us that soldiers in uniform raped her on the road to the market, outside the displaced persons’ camp in Bihito, Masisi (North Kivu). She’s said nothing about this to six of her seven children. Only her 18-year-old daughter knows. This way, perhaps she’ll be spared?
“Those men are killers and what they do is worse than shooting people to death.”»

Extract from Ténèbres au Paradis: Africaines des Grands Lacs, Gallimard Edition 2011.