The Women who Dance Under Bombs
Céline Lapertot
When words cut like blades…
Somewhere in Africa, civil war rages. The militia opposes the armed forces. Seraphine is a young girl who witnesses the massacre of her family before being raped in front of her agonizing father. Nerine, a widowed peasant, owes her dignity to Seraphine, who stabs a mercenary about to rape her. And Blandine is a division chief, who immediately recognizes in Seraphine a future recruit for the armed forces.
These women are in turn victim and executioner, enemy and accomplice. Their voices alternate and form a moving chorus. They proclaim their hatred of men’s violence and a rediscovered strength among sisters, and give voice to their song of fury which will not easily be forgotten...
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