The Song of the Women of My Land By Oumar Farouk Sesay
“The Song of the Women of My Land” -Oumar Farouk Sesay Like a sculptor chipping away at bits of wood Time chisels away bits of their memory It strips away Lyrics of the song of the women of my land Leaving only a fading tune echoing the song They sang in the forlorn fields About their lives; songs Of how they ploughed the terrain of their minds-cape For memories of Lyrics lost in the vast void of time In those days when a song beheld their lives: When servitude cuffed the ankles of their souls, And dereliction decapitated the epic of their lives. With a song, they sponged off their anguish, To behold their collective p...
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