They say Nairobi is a
fad-city; where changes of scene and taste occur almost by the week. We caught
up with the Kenyan Poet Lounge at the Fatuma’s Voices event at the Pawa254 hub
on Thursday 25th July.
Poets; bands and
friends of the Kenyan Poets Lounge were all here for an evening of poetry. The theme
revolved around “education and what we learn in school.”
The event brought
together both the urban legend generations of spoken word and slam poetry. There
was music meeting poetry and even theatrical performances.
Fatuma is the
society- you and me! And this was an n opportunity to venture around the public
debate of what is affection us as a society honestly; without biasness.
The poets touched on
good governance; recent bestiality events rocking the nation; teacher’s strike;
unemployment and even sex.
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For those asking about
Fatuma; well… read on…
Fatuma is an underprivileged 50-year-old woman. She was born dumb which means she has over 22,000,000 Million words still trapped within her and yet she has not eaten for days…
However, Fatuma has hope!
She has found new friends who are willing to speak on her behalf. Friends who
are willing to speak on her behalf without expecting anything in return…
Will her dream of speaking
out finally come true or is this just a dream?
Well, you decide because
you are one of the friends who Fatuma’s future relies on!
Here is a poem about
Fatuma:
FATUMA’S VOICE
Fatuma
is crying.
But,
Fatuma is still trying…
To
push the right amount of air through her voice box so that she may speak,
However,
she can’t, you see she was born dumb…
Two
healthy women speak an eigth of 50,000 words a day,
Since
she is now 50, you decide how many words are still trapped within her,
Words
that keep accumulating, just like air into a balloon,
She
has not been eating well,
But
you can almost see the words making her tummy swell,
Ready
to explode, she is now a time bomb, that is why they are afraid of her,
She
is becoming dangerous and they know it,
But
she has no clue…
To know more about Fatuma,
check out the following Kenyan Poets Lounge link:
