Congo's Angels
© 2008 Compilation (700261255507) (format: CD-R)
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Women singers, songwriters, and poets join a global initiative to
raise awareness about violence against 200,000 women and children in
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Grammy winner Irma Thomas, country noir singer Neko Case, and pop
icon Susan Cowsill join forces with noted women singers, songwriters
and poets to benefit rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Contributors include Eliza Gilkyson, Caroline Aiken, Karen
Protti-Bailey, Claire Holley, Kim Carson, Theresa Davis, Mary LaSang,
Ruby Rendrag, Gospel Gossip, Sonia Tetlow, Herman Put Down the Gun,
Karen Garrabrant, Dede Vogt, Caroline Herring, Janet Bean, and Leilani
Rivera Bond
Women singers, songwriters, and poets have donated 20 tracks for
this limited edition compilation CD to raise awareness about violence
against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Congo's Angels" is
scheduled for release during Break the Silence Congo Week, October
19-25. Congo Week is a global initiative led by students throughout the
globe to raise awareness about the escalating violence against women
and children in the Congo and provide support. Students and community
organizers in at least 100 countries and 1,000 campuses are expected to
organize an activity or event in solidarity with the people of the Congo
All proceeds from the sale of "Congo's Angels" will go directly into
a special account, designed to offer transparency in accounting.
Friends of the Congo,a U.S. based tax-exempt non-profit, will manage
this account. No monies, except minimal distribution costs, will be
taken from sales.
Carrie Crawford, Chairperson of Friends of the Congo pledges, "All
proceeds from Congo's Angels will raise awareness, fund independent
media, and support women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
CDBABY has waived their percentage of sales from Congo's Angels as a
gesture of solidarity with Congo Week. The CD manufacturer, Oasis, has
given a deep discount for the production of Congo's Angels. Atlanta
based Earthshaking Music donated studio and production time for the
mastering of Congo's Angels. A group of emergency room doctors in
Brainerd, Minnesota donated toward the environmentally friendly
packaging of Congo's Angels.
1.1 million people are displaced in North and South Kivu provinces
and living in unspeakable conditions in refugee camps. 200,000 women
and children have been raped and brutalized. It is estimated 1,200
people die every day, and it could be stopped tomorrow with enough
international will say human rights groups.
Anneke van Woudenberg, the Congo specialist for Human Rights Watch,
has urged independent journalists to explore the reasons behind the
violence. "Things have gotten worse in the last few months," she said.
"We desperately need firsthand reports of what is happening here."
In response to his story and the plea from Human Rights Watch, women
artists from the shores of Hawaii to the banks of the Mississippi Delta
immediately offered the gifts of their art and song. From a Hawaiian
hula master to a Grammy-winning New Orleans soul singer, and a rising
Americana singer, the compilation is a celebration of compassion, love
and understanding.
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