Hugh Kinsella Cunningham was named the winner of the documentary projects for his series “The Women’s Peace Movement in Congo”

Peace activist Liberata Buratwa poses for a portrait in her garden. Rutshuru, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC, May 31st 2022.

“I have been working for peace since I was very young, she says. In 2008, at the height of a spate of massacres, Liberata led a delegation of women to meet Laurent Nkunda, the leader of CNDP. We told him, my son, rebellion will lead you nowhere, the bush is for the animals, not for the people.”