Synopsis

The suffering of modern Africa finds a stark reflection in the women who endure it. In eastern Congo, bordering Rwanda, warring militias, armies, and bandits weaponize rape, using it as a tool of terror. Lumo Sinai was barely twenty when soldiers attacked her. A fistula, a frequent consequence of violent rape, has left her incontinent and jeopardizes her ability to have children. Rejected by her fiancé and abandoned by her family, Lumo awaits reconstructive surgery. Her story is one of tragedy,