Germando Barathi . The sun was blazing and the cars and taxis were crisscrossing between the potholes in the red dirt road .
” Wouldn ’ t it be good with a song about the TTT ?” Germando asked .
“ What a brilliant idea !” I replied with my experiences from how TTT was turned into a song in Sierra Leone fresh in mind .
“ Everybody loves singing here in Congo . That will make it easier to remem- ber the Trauma Tapping .”
“ I will write one today ”, he promised .
We decided to meet the following day at the rehabilitation center for child soldiers where Germando works , to practice .
Germando was already rehearsing his TTT-song when I opened the red
iron gate and entered the rehabilitation center compound . Some of the former child soldiers had joined him in the singing . The song was simple and easy to remember . We formed a circle and started following Germando while tapping and singing over and over again . One of the boys ran to get a drum . Finally the young boys knew the lyrics and the gestures well enough for us to film . You can check the result on our website .
We have used this song many times since , especially for trainings but also projecting the video at conferences to show ways to spread TTT . We have also found new ways to develop the combination of Trauma Tapping and music .
We have encouraged those who are musicians to compose Trauma Tapping songs , and more songs have been created since . In Africa , like in other places , people love singing . We have never heard anybody say “ I don ’ t know how to sing ” there , which often happens in Sweden . Therefore Trauma Tapping songs are attractive and give good results .
Another colleague , Ajing Chol Giir , did a song during a training we had in South Sudan . He is using it to spread TTT in Dinka-speaking communities . After Ajing started using the song he wrote :