tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202442529910541076.post7432688728953347166..comments2014-08-06T22:01:46.343+04:00Comments on MIvoice.blog: AFRICAN ART/CAMEROONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202442529910541076.post-77999673210718251782009-08-15T15:10:21.289+04:002009-08-15T15:10:21.289+04:00Here is an attempt of translation
FEMMES d’AFRIQU...Here is an attempt of translation<br /><br />FEMMES d’AFRIQUE<br />Donne-moi assez de temps<br />le temps pour trouver le chemin<br />le chemin qui mène jusqu'à toi<br />toi source, racine, mère terre<br />terre fertile, terre promise qui renferme d'infinis mystères<br />mystères de l'univers; femme noire, parle-moi encore<br />et encore des larmes versées seule dans le silence<br />silence doux et amer; parle-moi des colères<br />colères étouffées, sueurs de rage, raconte-toi<br />toi qui est aussi sourire et bonheur, toi qui est fière<br />fière d'être femme d'Afrique. Mère courage<br />courage encore et toujours tout au long de ton parcours<br />parcours de femme, d'épouse, de mère<br /><br />mère amour, amas de force, exquise beauté<br />beauté dont on ne peut se passer, j'aime tes mouvements<br />mouvements à travers lesquels tu deviens monument<br />monument de la terre<br />laisse être un moi pour un toi<br /><br />toi, ne t'en va pas.<br /> <br /><br />WOMEN OF AFRICA<br />Give me enough time,<br />The time to find the way<br />The way that leads to you,<br />You the source, the roots, the mother and the ground,<br />Fertile ground, Promised Land with infinite mysteries,<br />The mysteries of the universe, black woman, <br />tell me again and again of the tears shed alone in the silence,<br />the bittersweet silence, tell me about angers,<br />your stifled angers, rage sweats, tell me everything,<br />you who is also the smile and the happiness, you the proud,<br />Proud to be a Woman of Africa woman, you the mother of Courage<br />Always courageous as you follow your path,<br />As a woman, a wife, and a mother<br />Mother of Love, exquisite Beauty, loads of of strentgh<br />Necessary beauty, I love your way to move<br />As you move, you become a monument<br />Monument of the earth<br />Let be a “me” for a “you”,<br />Please don’t go<br /><br /><br />ANGELE ETOUNDI ESSAMBAramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461777436027897538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202442529910541076.post-17792033942553005982009-08-14T17:25:27.407+04:002009-08-14T17:25:27.407+04:00Her work looks amazing. She also has poems and vid...Her work looks amazing. She also has poems and videos on her site. Worth a look. I find it interesting that all her exhibitions are in Spain and Belgium etc. Brain drain is always a touchy issue, but especially delicate when it comes to art, and even more so with photography that uses black subjects...not sure where I'm going with this.<br /><br />P.S. Rama, veux-tu traduire son poem "Femmes d'afrique" pour nous?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011067202178905890noreply@blogger.com