• THE SMALLEST ONES, two sisters' escape from DRC rebels and their pursuit of freedom

THE SMALLEST ONES, two sisters' escape from DRC rebels and their pursuit of freedom

: Khumanda (P.)

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212pp., map, paperback, Penguin Books, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781776392209

 

In 2000, when Popina Khumanda was five years old, rebel soldiers attacked her village in the northern region of the DRC and took her, her 18-year-old sister, and many others captive. After five years in captivity, where they were subjected to torture and rape, Popina and her sister managed to escape and walked 6000 km to South Africa. Popina ended up in a children’s home in Despatch in the Eastern Cape.

Popina Khumanda (b. 1995) began going to school at the age of 10 and completed matric in 2013. She has a degree in IT from Nelson Mandela University and a specialisation in cybersecurity from the University of Cape Town. Currently she lectures in cybersecurity at Eduvos in Cape Town and works as a cybersecurity and IT support engineer.