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📖 A Voice from the Shadows: The Story of One Survivor’s Son

He is 24 years old today — a young man born of war, born of rape. From his earliest days, his life was marked by rejection and silence. His mother, still haunted by the violence done to her, could not offer the warmth of love. To her, he was a living reminder of the atrocities she had endured.

“She didn’t want me,” he says. “And I could feel it.”

They lived in poverty, struggling to survive. He barely completed high school and could not attend university. But what hurt most wasn’t just hunger — it was the cruel judgment of the community.

“They said I had dirty blood. That I didn’t belong with there. That I was one of them — the rebels. That I shouldn’t be alive.”

He became the target of ridicule and hatred, as if he were responsible for the horrors that brought him into the world. When his mother finally began to heal and accept him, he was already old enough to understand the pain that had shaped both of their lives.

“When she started loving me, I was already aware of everything. The fight shifted from her to the people around us. They bullied me. I was different. A monster in their eyes.”

In the midst of this rejection, he discovered something unexpected — his voice.

Whenever he was in pain, he sang. At first quietly, just for himself. Then louder. He poured his sorrow into music — his fears, his identity, his survival.

“Before discovering myself, my identity was a weakness I couldn’t overcome. But then I realized — the way I was born doesn’t define who I am. My story made me strong.”

Through his songs, he began to heal. He began to speak — not just for himself, but for others like him.

“Now my identity is my power. I’ve seen worse. Music gave me a way to stand tall. Now I have people who listen to me, fans who support me. I no longer feel like a monster. I feel human.”

Today, he is more than a survivor. He is an artist. A messenger. A proof that trauma does not have to be the end of a story — it can be the beginning of something powerful, bigger or more impactful.

But his dream reaches beyond the stage.

“I want to build a center for children like me — a place where they can feel safe, understood, and free,” he says. “A place for kids like me, and for mommies like mine — who have suffered but still want to love.”

He knows his story is not unique — and that more children are being born into similar pain every day, especially in the ongoing instability of Congo. That’s why he wants to turn his past into a future that gives others a better chance than he had.

“Not all of them will be lucky enough to survive what I did. I want to help them early, before they give up on life.”

His dream is not just to sing about healing — but to create healing, to become the person he once needed and , he also needs to keep up with his education thing he did not get the chance to do due to financial incapacity. You might want to help him one way or another.