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--Posted By johannes to <http://www.monochrom.at/english/2008/05/eric-nyandu-kabongo-boatmans-story.htm>monochrom at 5/17/2008 03:46:00 PM
Eric Nyandu Kabongo is a singer and artist from the Democratic
Republic of Congo. The violence that has engulfed his country forced
him to flee his home. He moved to Gabon, where he was attacked, then
to Benin, where he didn't feel at home, and then, like many
sub-Saharan Africans, to the northern coast of Libya. There, living
in a cramped room with five other migrants, he faced daily hostility
from a suspicious local population. For him, like many others in his
decision, Europe became the "Promised Land" - the land of milk and
honey. And that's why he got together the money to pay for a 300
kilometres trip across the Mediterranean in an open fishing boat.
