Revolution, liberty!
We'll continue fighting. Our martyrs are not dead. They live alongside us. Traitors have no mercy. And we swear revenge. Our martyrs are not dead. They live alongside us. Traitors have no mercy. And we swear revenge. Professor Ahmed
has given us his history. Written with his blood. He showed the greatness of his soul giving his life to his country. – A government of thieves.
– Let them all fall! – A ruthless government.
– Let them all fall! – A government with no plans.
– Let them all fall! – A government of lies.
– Let them all fall! – A government of thieves.
– Let them all fall! – Wedad the traitor.
– Let them all fall! – We have understood their game.
– Let them all fall! – The assembly of tyrants.
– Let them all fall! – The members of the Council.
– Let them all fall! Revolution! – Our land protects us.
– Revolution! – And if a martyr falls.
– Revolution! – The youth will build anew.
– Revolution! – And if we only have one hand left.
– Revolution! – And if we only have one hand left.
– Revolution! We will continue the struggle.
Faith is with us. We are here
to change the future of Sudan. To teach resilience
and reconstruction. We are tired of chaos. We came in peace. And you say that
we are dangerous. And you kill us with
with bullets in the head. You dare to strike us. Impure soldiers. You kill our children. By shooting them in the head. Just because of their smile. My name is Enas. I am a musician. Drummer. And I'm an artist. I grew up in a musician family. My father is a singer and my sibling also. I opened my eyes to the world finding my father play the Oud. I remember after the evening prayer every Friday my father grabbed his Oud
and we had all the sound system of…
The parties actually were in our house. When the revolution started a lot of parents had a different mentality
than their children. Many had spent their lives
under the regime of Omar al-Bashir. This has created a generational gap
in our vision of the future. Did Mabruka tell you that she was coming
to the Omdurman event? No, she's not coming with you! Well, only you can come with me then. My mom used to say:
"No, you cannot go out there". We were sneaking,
I was just… sneaking out to go and protest. Now my mom actually goes with us. Bye bye Ahmed.
See you later. Baby, bye! No impunity for the military! The gallows or the prison! Before the revolution started it was unexpected actually to grab your instrument
and just go down the street
and just start playing. Are you going to follow the procession
with Mudathir? What? Will you follow Mudathir? Can you take me
with my djembe on your bike? Are you going with the procession? Yes! Can I come with you? From here to Omdurman. Alright, great! A lot of moments
I feel really frustrated and I feel like I'm not just going
there again, no.
Nothing is just going to happen. A lot of friends remind me why we took to the streets
for the first time. During the events,
my friends don't spare their efforts. Most of the time
I take my energy from them. When comes the day of the protest, there is no going back. We're just hitting the streets. I believe that music… has a long history with wars
and with revolution. And to make this link between
what is possible and what is not actually going to happen. The djembe was
an instrument that existed to announce
something announce war and
ceremonies centuries ago. Now when we drum,
we announce the revolution to give our voices. I feel me, my hands… I feel the link between
the energy of the protest and the energy of the drumming.
I believe somehow
I am the link between the energetic feeling
that comes from the people and the one that comes
from the djembe itself. It's something spiritual. The power or the energy I feel
when I'm in the middle of a crowd, it's something I believe
that comes from Mother Earth. O land of our ancestors. We will redeem you with our souls. O my land. O my country. The revolution definitely changed
so many people's lives, including me and a lot of my friends. Back in those times we could never stand on the street
and say our own opinions. What was gained
from the revolution, something that we could feel… our freedom. We tore our freedom
from that regime, we can't lose it again.
That was our first victory
but there will be others. That's what could have happened
after the coup d'état… Are you talking about losing our freedom
to the military? Yes! Do you think we can go back
to the way it was before? No, but that's what
they're trying to do. This was the objective of the coup. I think they want to
go back to the time where they could control
your appearance. I mean, after the coup, the military arrested me
and shaved my head. He was cute. I will never let something like that
happen again. They used to
control everything. The way we dress. Even our personal lives,
it was really hard. We glorify you. We celebrate you. From inside our cells. We glorify you. We celebrate you. Every drop of our blood
belongs to you.
Oh my beloved. Our generation,
that of the revolution, we had no connection
to politics. We knew nothing about politics before the revolution of 2019. But the revolution pushed
people to educate themselves to learn more about
other revolutions and politics. It was the late afternoon
when we arrived in front of the army headquarters
on the day of the sit-in. They started to shoot
tear gas at us. They didn't stop,
it was chaos. They firehosed us with colored water. I think it was to
recognize the protestors. I remember,
we were surrounded by smoke and that's when
we sat down. At the beginning of the revolution,
when we went out in the street, we relied on our dreams,
our hopes and ambitions which were far from reality. But these dreams came from the confidence
that we had in ourselves. Part of us knows that
Sudan cannot stay like this forever. Something will happen. We've come out of our silence.
And when we came out
of our silence, we felt that our dreams
could become reality. Things have changed. I am truly optimistic. I am optimistic. Truly. December 19th,
protest..