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Monday, July 29, 2013

FATUMA’S VOICES: KENYAN POETS HIGH ON ALPHABETIC VODKA




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.



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:


































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