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The agonies of present-day Africa are deeply etched in the bodies
of women.
The agonies of present-day Africa are deeply etched in the
bodies of women. In eastern Congo on the Rwandan border, vying
militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. Lumo
Sinai was just 20 when marauding soldiers attacked her. A fistula,
a medical condition common among victims of violent rape, rendered
Lumo incontinent and threatens her ability to bear children.
Rejected by her fiancéand cast aside by her family,
she awaits reconstructive surgery. "Lumo" is her story, tragic in
its cruelties and inspiring for her dignity and the struggle she
wages, with the help of an extraordinary African hospital, to
overcome shame, fear and the affliction that robs her of a normal
life. By Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III and Louis
Abelman.