P.O.V. | Lumo | Preview | PBS
Duration: 05:45
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Program: P.O.V. #2012
The agonies of present-day Africa are deeply etched on the bodies of women. In eastern Congo on the Rwandan border, vying militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. Lumo Sinai was just over 20 when marauding soldiers attacked her. A fistula, a medical condition common among victims of violent rape, rendered Lumo incontinent and threatens her ability to bear children. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, she awaits reconstructive surgery.
"Lumo," airing on PBS's P.O.V. series on September 18, 2007, is her story, tragic in its cruelties but also inspiring for the struggle she wages and the dignity she displays, with the help of an extraordinary African hospital, to overcome shame, fear and the affliction that robs her of a normal life. Find out more at www.pbs.org/pov
Post Date: March 22, 2007
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