Bernard Kalume Buleri and SFM - Usimubake Mama
Channel: Bernard Kalume Buleri
Date: 2018-04-06

Congolese musician Bernard Kalume Buleri (aka "Kaboul") and Sans Frontiere Musica perform "Usimubake Mama", dedicated to the plight of Congolese women.

LYRICS:

The Congolese mother (woman)!

The Congolese mother suffers,
The Congolese mother is abused,
The Congolese mother is raped.

And she can do nothing against that.
And she can't say a word against that.
And she can't hide from that.
She is crying, crying and crying...

In the Congo:
The woman has no say in the family,
The woman works like a slave (donkey),
Few of them have right to education.

Who can compare to a mother?
There is no one who comes even close to your mother.
A woman is your mother.
All women are your mothers.

Please, don't rape her.
You, father, feel pitty, don't rape my mother.
You, Mai-Mai militant, feel pitty, don't rape my mother.
You, policeman, feel pitty, don't rape my mother.
You, soldier, feel pitty, don't rape my mother.
You, FDLR rebel, feel pitty, don't rape my mother.
You, CNDP fighter, feel pitty, don't rape my mother.

Stop raping our mothers.
Give them respect.
Not dishonour.

Women of Walungu.
Women of Bunyakiri.
Women of Masisi.
Women of Rutsuru.
Women of Birere market.
Women of Virunga market.

...We love you!!!

All the rapists, your place is in in jails and prisons,
Says Sans Frontière Musica!!!