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| Bi Kidude of Zanzibar |
Bi Kidude in Zanzibar, Tanzania,
oldest singer in the world
at one hundred years,
stands proud in her long silk scarf
and wails her song.
A song for the girl, the innocent girl,
dragged into the bushes and raped.
“Her innocence he abused,”
she sings over and over,
and the choir echoes her call.
Bi Kidude wails, loud,
drums, fiddles wailing too,
her love, her pain, her clear-eyed gaze
nailing the perpetrator to the wall.
Wail on, Bi Kidude, speaker of the truth,
carrier of wisdom, calm in your knowing,
standing there, plain, plain in your truth,
wailing for you and for me.
Annelinde Metzner
Inspired by Youtube
oldest singer in the world
at one hundred years,
stands proud in her long silk scarf
and wails her song.
A song for the girl, the innocent girl,
dragged into the bushes and raped.
“Her innocence he abused,”
she sings over and over,
and the choir echoes her call.
Bi Kidude wails, loud,
drums, fiddles wailing too,
her love, her pain, her clear-eyed gaze
nailing the perpetrator to the wall.
Wail on, Bi Kidude, speaker of the truth,
carrier of wisdom, calm in your knowing,
standing there, plain, plain in your truth,
wailing for you and for me.
Annelinde Metzner
Inspired by Youtube
Watch Bi Kidude's inspiring performance of the song "Kijiti" here.
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| Bi Kidude sings |
Discover Bi Kidude's amazing life story at this blog.
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| Bi Kidude's kiss |
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