"I Was Raped at Ten Years Old": the Story of Lumière Kololo, a Street Child in Kinshasa Who Became a Writer

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In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), hundreds of children live on the streets of the Congolese capital, rejected, stigmatized, and sometimes even accused of witchcraft. Lumière Kololo grew up on the streets, abandoned and neglected. He recounts his story in a book, "Balabala Ebota Mwana Te" (A Child Is Not Yet).