Yet one group of artists and activists has spent years trying: Congolese slam poets, whose verses have become tools of resistance and release for a new generation of young people in the country. A rapper, poet, and singer, Ombeni is a member of the main slammer collective in Goma, known as Goma Slam Session. He is the winner of multiple music and slam poetry awards, both within DRC and worldwide. He is the co-founder of the Goma Slam Session collective and an active member of La Lucha, an activist group, and Extinction Rebellion Goma. English | FrançaisHe said: “‘To Believe (in) it’ is a resistance slam poem born out of the chaos currently engulfing the Kivu region (the M23’s main area of operation), where writing becomes an act of survival and freedom.