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Learning by Ear competition Top 10

September 6, 2012

The authors of this story are Alain Maboko, Yvonne Igega Chizungu, Gilbert Bandu Bitasimwa, Muhindo, Princesse Maboko, Me Salleh et al. from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Yvonne, Julien and Feruzi are members of the Deutsche Welle listener's club in Goma.Image: Alain Maboko

The father in this story is a successful businessman who regularly travels abroad. Being busy all the time, he seems to have forgotten about his family. When his daughter tries to make a little money, she starts an affair with a sugar daddy, a man who is much older than her and who gives her money and presents in return for sex. When she becomes pregnant, she tries to abort several times without success. To conceal the pregnancy from the father, her mother sends her to live with her aunt. But when the aunt sees the pregnant girl, she calls the girl's father who immediately abandons his family.

The years pass. One day, the father comes back to his country for business. He books a hotel room in the city and parks his car in the street below. Nearby, some bedraggled and neglected children are playing. During one of their games, the children accidentally smash the car's windscreen with a stone. The kids run off but one boy is caught and charged with vandalism.

The boy's mother accompanies the boy to court. When the businessman enters the court, he sees his daughter who he had left high and dry several years ago. And the kid from the street – his grandson!