Listen to this when
Mothers of the Disappeared
For the ones still searching for answers 🕯️
Who it's for
Bono wrote it after meeting mothers whose children were forcibly disappeared by dictatorships in Argentina and El Salvador, as a tribute to their search.
Bereft and searching→Honored and held
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Mothers of the Disappeared" is the closing track on U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree. Bono wrote it after learning about Argentina's Madres de Plaza de Mayo, whose children were forcibly disappeared under the dictatorship, during the 1986 Conspiracy of Hope tour for Amnesty International, and after meeting members of COMADRES, a Salvadoran group of mothers of the disappeared.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Political violence and disappearances.
Age: Suggested 13+
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
