War Witch

wARwlTCH

You will come out

of my belly one day,

I know you will,

So I have to tell you

how I became a soldier

with the rebels,

Listen good when I talk to you

because it's very important

that you know what I did

before you come out of my belly,

Because when you come out,

I don't know if God will give me

the strength to love you,

I started to make war

when Great Tiger's rebels

kidnapped me from my village,

Kill them.

If you don't kill them,

I will...

with a machete.

They will suffer a lot.

Komona, do as he says.

You are now a rebel

of Great Tiger.

we have 1 0 kids.

Twenty AK-47s.

Hurry.

Sit down.

Take it. This is your mother.

This is your father.

Don't hold the gun

like that.

You have to hold it like this.

Understood?

Don't ever lose it,

ever, ever.

we are rebels.

Respect your guns.

They're your new mother and father.

Look at me. why are you

looking at the ground?

When I started to make war

with the rebels,

I had to work very hard

and I had to fight against

the soldiers from the government,

because if I didn't,

they would hit me with a stick,

And I had to learn to make

the tears go inside my eyes

so they didn't see I was crying,

When my tears wanted to go outside,

I had to go in the forest

so no one would see me,

Give me the cookies!. Give!.

I have not eaten in two days!.

No one must know I gave you these.

I will tell you a story...

that tells how hard

a soldier's life is.

Look. My scar.

Look here.

It's a bullet wound.

we were told not to smoke at night,

but I smoked and I was shot.

Lift the gun. Come on, shoot.

Run!

When we take the magic milk

from the tree, we can see things,

We see ghosts all over,

When I see the ghosts,

it helps me do the job,

because when I see the ghosts,

I don't see the red meat

leaking red on the ground,

All I see are the ghosts

that walk in the forest,

There are many, many ghosts here,

You wouldn't believe,

Too many ghosts,

Even when I sleep,

I see ghosts inside my head,

I don't know if you'll believe me,

but I'm the only one from my village

who survived the bullets

of the government,

That's how they decided

that I was a witch

and that I could tell where

the demons from the government

were hiding in the forest,

we have a witch!

who will help us win

against the government!

My generals liked the things

I could see in the forest so much

that they gave me a big reward,

They sent me to see Great Tiger

so I could meet him

and become his war witch,

They say that you can see

the government soldiers

hidden in the forest.

I have a gift for you.

My wizard gave it magic powers.

When I was at

Great Tiger's camp,

I had to tell the things

I saw in my head

and I had to carry a black rock

that they called "Coltan, "

I don't know what Great Tiger

does with the Coltan,

but I think it is

very important to make war,

I saw a rebel who stole

the Coltan from Great Tiger,

and to punish him,

they dug a hole in the ground

and they put the rebel in the hole

except for his head,

I saw him each day for three days

with just his head

out of the ground,

and he died just like that,

with his mouth open

and the flies that would come

in and out of his mouth,

Don't hit

Great Tiger's witch!

Since I became

Great Tiger's witch,

the ones who tried to hurt me

would risk getting killed,

because Great Tiger

said that, with me,

he would win all the battles

and that I was sacred,

It's time to celebrate!

Ask me better than this!

Tell us!

It's a book about Great Tiger.

when he was saying his prayers

at noon, in the sun,

he came onto 30 elephants.

But because of his magic,

he was able to fight the elephants.

You know why

he's called Great Tiger?

Because his magic is so strong

that he can even eat men.

what are you doing?

Sit down.

what is it?

It's the eye of the night.

He sees everything

that happens in the night.

And that?

Protection by the ancestors.

And the wings?

It's the bird ofthe night.

He takes the eye to the sky.

I have something

that you will always

have to keep on you.

Give me your hand.

Put it in your pocket.

- what are you doing?

- I'm drinking magic milk.

The chief's son

wanted to get married,

so he invited girls.

They put their makeup on

with lipstick...

You are pretty, mademoiselle.

One day, many government soldiers

came to the mine

because they wanted to steal

the Coltan from Great Tiger,

So I took my AK-47

and we won the battle,

even if there were more soldiers

in front of us

than I have hairs on my head,

we're not going back to Great Tiger!

- I am not leaving!

- You're coming with us!

I'm dreaming.

See this grigri?

You're the one who's going to die

if you shoot, not me.

After everything I have

done for you!

I protected you in the camp,

in the river...

- we're going back to Great Tiger.

- No!

You've lost your mind.

They've made you crazy.

Go on, leave.

Come on. Let's go.

- Leave me!

- Come on, I said!

Now listen to me.

The magician spoke to me

for a very long time,

He told me that, one day

or another, I would die,

that the government soldiers

would kill me

or that Great Tiger would make

holes in me with his AK-47,

on the day I would not do

the job well,

He told me that Great Tiger

had already killed

three witches before me,

So I decided to listen

to Magician and leave with him,

Are we moving forward or backward?

Even a pig

rows better than you!

You don't know what you're saying!

we would have tipped the boat

if it wasn't for me!

After we ran away from Great Tiger,

Magician told me he loved me

and he asked me to marry him,

I told him what

my father told me

to answer to the boys

who asked to marry me,

I told him you can't marry me

just like that

and that, if he wanted to marry me,

he had to find me a white rooster,

My father always told me

that the hardest thing

to fiind in my country

is a white rooster,

Give me a white rooster!

Give me a white rooster!

You're making fun of me?

You're in love?

You wanna get married?

Mama Angele!

what's so funny, Papa?

He's looking for a white rooster

to get married.

You are completely crazy!

Magician searched for a

white rooster for a very long time,

- where can I find a white rooster?

- well, it doesn't exist.

Of course it exists.

I'm looking for one.

My father wanted to marry

the prettiest girl in town.

They asked for a white rooster,

but he never found one.

So he married my mother

for 10 cows!

OK, OK, OK. where are

the chickens around here?

There's a henhouse further that way,

but there are no white roosters.

Drop it.

Bastards!

You will get your throat slit

just like chickens!

I don't want to.

we need a white rooster

to be together.

white roosters don't exist.

Your daddy lied to you.

They don't exist.

Everyone I ask

tells me they don't exist.

white roosters only exist

in your village.

And you refuse me for

a white rooster that doesn't exist.

I don't have one for you,

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