(For Toumani Diabate, kora virtuoso) Seventy one generations, Twenty one strings. Eyes close. Old fingers Swim the deft air, in perfect freestyle. Like long distance runners Strumming gazelle legs on earth. Pluck – let – go, Joy and sorrow. Ripple...
Weh! Nduna Elah! Monna Kgagamatso ya methleng, Thlaga ya konkrete, Manong le di Phiri di i phula melomo, di i tatola nama ya ma loba e jelweng. Kebo tshelo jwa matsatsi le matstsi, motabogo le metabogo ya tlala di tlaleng…...
And sure, his eyes were as bright as the city lights, And his smile was simply the sweetest delight, But inside he was as hollow as an abandoned casket, As meaningless as the sky on a starless night, It’s the...
last i was little but now i am grown i am high in height i am bigger and i am stronger i didn’t believe that a person can grow but now i can see life can sometimes surprise you believe...
Hanging on this landline Rolling joints with newspapers cunning heads in headlines A colony walking in deadlines Drafted in statement underlines Solutions not underlined Souls unlined Tilt bottles under underlie vocal cord lines Drunk voices striking painting red lines Ranting...