Local radio are reporting that Nyamulagira volcano, near Goma, is showing intense activity, suggeting that an eruption may be imminent. Cedric Kalonji shares a neighbor's theory about the cause of volcanic eruptions:
Bien que la ville de Goma ne soit pas directement menacée, tout le monde s’y prépare. Face aux éruptions volcaniques et aux dégâts qu’elles entraînent, chacun a sa théorie. La plus folle, c’est celle d’un de mes voisins, un vieillard qui a vécu plusieurs éruptions. « Les ancêtres sont mécontents, il faut trouver un moyen de les calmer », affirme-t-il. Le vieux va jusqu’à qualifier de maudit le quartier Office, le plus touché lors de l’éruption du Nyarangongo du 17 janvier 2002. « Ce quartier a été totalement rasé et englouti par la lave à cause de la prostitution, des vols, escroqueries, et autres dépravations de mœurs qui y avaient élu domicile. Cela ne plaisait plus aux ancêtres, d’où la décision de le nettoyer », soutient-il.
Suivant le raisonnement de ce vieux voisin, je me pose une question : Si ces ancêtres existent réellement et s’ils peuvent punir ceux qui se comportent mal , pourquoi n’interviennent-il pas afin d’alléger un tant soit peu la souffrance de cette population ?
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The posts on Cédric Kalonji’s Congo Blog « Ba leki » (Lingala = the younger brothers and sisters) are now being written not only by Cédric Kalonji himself but also by 8 other young men and women from all four corners of the Congo. These 8 youths were trained on blogging in Kinshasa and receive a monthly stipend through funding provided by the school of journalism of Lille (France) as well as the British and French government agencies of cooperation. They all write under their “nom-de-plume.”
This post on Goma being discussed here by Jennifer Brea wasn’t written by Cédric but by Bouboul, a “leki” who hails from Goma!
You are incorrect. This article is not by Cedric. It is an author named Bouboul. Cedric does not write on this site. It is a group blog.
And why only the one source? Most of the articles on this Global Voices website always pull from many bloggers and I like that. For truth, the volcanoes around Goma are massive problems to all who live in the area and many more write about them then just this one person. It should not have been difficult to discover other sources, because this “article” is a simple link that is easier to read in completion on the congoblog website.