Few days ago, most Cameroonian were choked and terribly surprised by the revelations made by njie efunden daphne commonly known as DAPHNE, the female urban pop singer about the trauma she has been carrying for several years now caused by the sexual abuse. She encountered when she was a kid. Daphne explains that she has been raped by a man she is un abled to recall back the image nor identify and that ever since it’s quiet difficult for her to have durable relationships with men, and that she can not sleep with them just because she constantly have flashback episodes of her rape.
Due to that terrible experience she has received much stigma from her partners who usually thinks that she sold her private parts to acquire success and celebrity in her carrier. Depressed, traumatised, it is due to the support of her family members that she was able to almost complete her treatment and improve on herself. This explains why the young lady of 27 years old shaved completely her hairs. A means for her to prove to herself that she can move up and be stronger than rape. This made her to create her foundation BEWOMANBYDAPHNE a foundation that assist and gives help to young ladies in the society, who unlike daphne have experience rape. Her post has made so much artist and individual in the society to react positively in support an admiration to her ; charlotte dipanda, Jossey, blanche bailey, Stanley enow and others.
The fact that such artists gives such testimony on her personal experience, have made so many person to talk about their own painful experience, and the fact that she is a notorious artist. It will make victims of rape to gain much more confidence, power and assurance to say notorape especially in our traditional society were rape is considered as a taboo and a shame. Thus, rendering victims to stay silent. This give power to the weak, voice to the voiceless to stand and say no to sexual abuse and to make them feel free and denounce their aggressors.
Leandra WATAT