Around the world communities that have suffered the trauma of
unspeakable violence--in Liberia, Somalia, West Africa, Columbia,
and elsewhere--are struggling to recover and reconcile, searching
for ways not just to survive but to heal.
In When Blood and Bones Cry Out, John Paul Lederach, a pioneer of
peace-building, and his daughter, Angela Jill Lederach, show how
communities can recover and reconnect through the power of making
music, creating metaphors, and telling their extraordinary stories
of suffering and survival. Instead of relying on more common linear
explanations of healing and reconciliation, the Lederachs
demonstrate how healing is circular, dynamic, and continuing, even
in the midst of ongoing violence. They explore the concept of
"social healing," a profoundly important intermediary step between
active warfare and reconciliation. Social healing focuses on the
lived experience of those who have suffered protracted violence and
their need to give voice to that experience, both individually and
collectively. Giving voice, speaking the unspeakable, in words and
sounds that echo throughout traumatized communities, can have
enormous healing power. Indeed, the Lederachs stress the remarkable
effects of sound and vibration through tales of Tibetan singing
bowls, Van Morrison's transcendent lyrics, the voices of mothers in
West Africa, and their own personal journeys. And they include
inspiring stories of transformation: a mass women's protest
movement in Liberia that forces leaders to keep negotiating until a
peace agreement is signed; elders in Somalia who walk between
warring clans year after year to encourage dialogue; former child
soldiers who run drum workshops and grow gardens in refugee camps;
and rape victims in Sierra Leone who express their pain in poetry.
With equal measures of insight and compassion, When Blood and Bones
Cry Out offers a promising new approach to healing traumatized
communities.
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