Friday, May 28, 2010

Dimeko in my classroom as she is telling me of the return of the Ukarumpa villagers after the violence. They went out of Center after sleeping for 2 nights on our BB court. She and some others said they felt like the exiled Israelites. They were carrying everything they owned at that point. Most homes had been burned. So, they decided to cross the bridge at the Main Gate singing a song of the Promised Land as they walked to their village land. This actually should be a video. She sang the song for me. Notice the tissue in her hand. It was a very moving and emotional moment for her as it was for me.

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