LEAVING
LEAVING
LEAVING
LEAVING
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Chapter 1: Leaving

A violent break. Not a planned journey, let alone a choice: the young people who cross Africa, then the desert and finally Libya, had to leave everything behind in a matter of minutes, with no possibility of returning.  The overwhelming majority were kidnapped, thrown into trucks and taken to torture camps. Bailo was leading a peaceful life in Guinea. He had only two hours to flee. He had participated in an anti-government demonstration.

Click here to read the rest of the story, written and sung by the young survivors of Limbo.

 

LEAVE OR DIE
Text Bailo, music Mathias Duplessy

I was 18 years old in Guinea
Yes, my life was mapped out
My school, my family, my job 
I was happy thereOh my Guinea 

No justice in GuineaNo security
I go down to the streets to demonstrate
They beat me
My Guinea broke me

Leave or die 
These were my only options
As my father used to say:
My son, you have no choice

Leave or die
I no longer have a place
Where I feel at peace
Where I feel at home

Leave or die 
These were my only options
As my father used to say:
My son, you have no choice

Leave or die
I no longer have a place
Where I feel at peace
Where I feel at home