"Enfant Dit Sorcier" ("Child Accused of Being a Witch") Music Video
In 2003, Internews produced two videos to raise awareness
of the plight of Congolese children accused of witchcraft.
The first video was a documentary, "Enfant
Dit Sorcier" ("Child
Accused of Being a Witch"). The second video, co-funded
by USAID and Search for Common Ground, uses pop music to spread
a similar message to Congolese society. It features the musicians
of L'Orchestre Lachytoura, most of whom were once street
children, some accused of sorcery. They perform their own
song "Enfant
Dit Sorcier." Internews created and inserted a narrative drama
to help illustrate the story of an innocent boy accused and discarded
by his family. The song is in Lingala. Subtitles are
in French. The music video has been shown
on television in Kinshasa and Kisangani.
The videos were part of a project funded by the United States Agency
for International Development that trained journalists from Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) to report on peace talks (The Inter-Congolese
Dialogue) and social issues.
The videos were filmed, directed and produced by Angela Nicoara, former
Internews Rwanda Country Director, and Mike Ormsby, former Internews
DRC Project Director.