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Let
It Be Known – Internally Displaced Colombians Speak Out
IDMC is
pleased to present Let It Be Known – Internally Displaced Colombians Speak
Out , a compilation of life stories narrated by people displaced by
Colombia’s decades of internal armed conflict and widespread human rights
violations. The book has been translated from the original Spanish version Para
Que Se Sepa.
These real stories let people who have been forcibly displaced speak out in
their own words, through a process which empowers them and complements
traditional analytical studies. They help the reader to understand the drama
which millions of Colombians live, without discrediting other more quantitative
analyses.
“In these 19 interviews, peasant farmers, Indians and Afro-Colombians relate
the great drama of forced displacement which they themselves have lived. Some
of them have been displaced more than once, and all have them have left behind
children, brothers, dead and disappeared spouses in the journey of their
flight. They were born in isolated regions, very distant from each other and,
nonetheless, all the testimonies have something which identifies them: terror.
To abandon one’s roots, the labour accumulated during years, one’s family and
throw oneself into the abyss, is one of the most difficult torments and
uncertainties that a human being can live through.”
Alfredo Molano Bravo, Colombian writer and social critic
Download the full book (PDF) here.
These stories deal with the real lives of real people. Through this book and on
the IDP Voices web site, the narrators share their personal experiences, their
sensations, hopes and dreams, and the impact for them of being forced from
their homes. Read and listen to the life stories of displaced Colombians at www.idpvoices.org.
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