Sunday, March 18, 2007


HE IS THE HORMONE OF GREED ITSELF!

by Donald Leungo Molosi


blubbery in nature, the grimy hormone drips, sits on our heads from above.

It quivers joyfully and oils itself from your mothers’ blood, my fathers’ sweat.

"We have said we will never collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never ever."

your hunger is different as it is for power.

for too long hunger made me believe.

for too much desperation, i acquired a new faith and

this new religion’s ghost is a large, round and greasy hormone.

whatever shall the ghost answer on that day?

"We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans."

i don’t read the herald anymore.

for too long my hardship made me believe that ndarara kana mararawo. no, robert,

you did not wake up in the night and hear the cries of a pregnant woman miscarrying because of starvation.

"Why foist this food upon us? We do not want to be choked,

we have enough."

tell me, robert, what shall your answer be when you shall walk the land like any man,

when I, my neighbor, and pamwe chete all of zimbabwe shall seek an answer?

HORMONE OF GREED IN BLOOD!

Robert Mugabe



Torture victim of Mugabe's regime
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Friday, March 9, 2007

AFRICAN FILMS ONLINE!!!


Ok, so youtube made it easier to share African music and videos. There's also more resources online such as AfroVision.

Check it out and you won't regret it!

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

ANOTHER BIG AFRICAN FILM


Giving. Is the act of giving good or baneful? Is it the act itself or the ideas behind it, the dependance it breeds? What about all the aid Africa is receiving from outside? Does it do more harm or good? Hold that thought.


You've seen Hotel Rwanda, Catch A Fire, Blood Diamond....and another African movie similar to these three is out. It's called BAMAKO and addresses just the issue of how responsible the WTO and IMF are responsible for Africa's economic quagmire... click on hypertext and check it out.


Next post: Why Do We Need non-African actors to star in African Movies or not?

Friday, March 2, 2007



TURBULENCE!

in the proverbial accord of hand

and glove, does the

sea flirt with you as

i watch from the plane.

- turbulence! -

land of Nkrumah, of gods and gold:

land of Ghana, wonsu saa biom.

your tears salted the sea once when

it beguiled you like a harlot, and

history taught your children to dread ships.

- turbulence! -

it is time for a new thought.

so, yes,

i like flying.

it gives me a mischievous anonymity and places me

above time, above place.

above history’s tears.

GHANA ULULATES AND SO DO WE ALL!


On March 6, the country of Ghana will be celebrating its 50th independence anniversary, and the continent of Africa will be celebrating with Ghana on that day.

Ghana was the first African country to break free from colonisation and thus inspired fellow African states to follow suite. Next, I'll post a poem I wrote about Ghana some time ago as I saw Ghana from the plane.