Poetry
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The Collapse of a Titan by Rais Neza Boneza
Near madness, Strangled in the North, the Equator– Ngbadolite, Ngemena, to the Ubangui border– In the center, Tetela land– Kisangani, Bunia– In the south, the land of copper, Katanga, Cornered on all sides, deprived country, Following the indomitable flows of its destiny. Screams are so deep, Yet the silence around, so guilty. Today, his ride is clothed With the … Read the rest
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LUO NYATITI MUSIC FROM KENYA
Nyatiti is an eight-stringed plucked lyre from Kenya. It is a classical instrument used by the Luo people located in the Nyanza western region in Kenya. It is about three feet long. The player of Nyatiti holds it to his chest, seated on a low stool, with the base firmly to the ground. Usually it is played together … Read the rest
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Impisi
Her heart empty of vitality She succumbs with her tragedy Taken out of her territory She thinks about her history From her despair, she is withering From the time, she waits for the grave Far from her shelter, she lives as renegade From the pack, she is the survivor Queen of emptiness Her sentiments confounded to … Read the rest
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Dinanga, the Ark of Refuge
Eighteen days since the ship began its voyage toward the distant capital town of Kin-Malebo; On the majestic river Congo; sailing slowly and hesitantly on the vicious liquid leaving behind the foretold fall of a regime in disarray. We have tamped everything down under the bags of cassava; the life conditions are unimaginable on the barges. Solitude! When the shadow … Read the rest
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Lyrics: We’ve Had Enough By Michael Jackson
Love was taken from a young lifeAnd no one told her whyHer direction has a dimlightFrom one more violent crime She innocently questioned why Why her father had to die She asked the men in blue How is it that you get to chooseWho will live and who will dieDid god say that … Read the rest
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Le déserteur – Johan Galtung sings Boris Vian
The Artwork was done by the one and only: Xiaonan -get ready to want one- Sun: http://www.theportraitart.com/video_i… Pioneering founder of the Academic discipline of Peace Studies, Prof. Johan Vincent Galtung turned 80 on Sunday 24th of October 2010. Here is a recording of Prof. Johan Galtung performing the famous anti-militaristic ode: Le déserteur by Boris Vian. Song: Le Déserteur Lyrics … Read the rest