2026-02-23.12_J M Bihamba - the river metaphor

“When the survivor finishes a statement, the listener tries to reformulate it. We use a lot of metaphors. The best known, in our ranks, is that of the river after a heavy rain. The water carries mud, tree trunks, leaves, dirt, but continues to flow and gradually deposits these sediments on the banks.”

• Justine Masika Bihamba, Women Resist War, pg. 86, emphasis mine