My friend told me “Ah guy, just you go to be together in the rebels, to fight for getting the victory.” I was 14 years-old. Our chief told us, ‘Just kill that people”, and I, I, killed him- I killed them. With a knife, or with a gun or a Kalashnikov. So that’s why, um, I was scared and that’s why I, um, I got sorrow in my heart. In this moment – even if God is…
I decided to give up the rebels. It is forbidden to give up, your chief will kill you. But they didn’t get me so I didn’t get killed.
Narrative and image taken from a documentary by Djûke Stammeshaus on Foundation Stamm, an organisation in Burundi that helps vulnerable groups.
