66 Square Feet: Hamba Gahle Mama Afrika

Monday, November 10, 2008

Hamba Gahle Mama Afrika

Miriam Makeba died last night.

She was in Italy, backstage, far from home.

One of the comments on one of her videos on You Tube said, "When you see him, tell Biko that Obama is president."

4 comments:

AnonymousNovember 10, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Hamba gahle Miriam.
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JaneNovember 10, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Ooops,that was me, not anonymous.
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moreidlethoughtsNovember 10, 2008 at 3:29 PM
From a troubled life she gave so much.I am proud to have met her.
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BeenceNovember 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I love the comment. It's funny and so sad at the same time. Touching.
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Afterwards in the street, she looks around the neighborhood. "Yes, it is certified now."

She refers to a phenomenon of moviegoing which I have called certification. Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will expand until it evacuates the entire neighborhood. But if he sees a movie which shows his very neighborhood, it becomes possible for him to live, for a time at least, as a person who is Somewhere and not Anywhere."

The Moviegoer, Walker Percy

"Die kierie kom uit Indonisie, gesny van 'n tak wat van jongs af omslinger was deur a wildevy se rank. Hulle het saam grootgeword, en die rank het sy spoor op die tak gelos. Daarom is die slinger ook oneweredig, en hier,"se hy, "by die punt van die kierie moes daar iets gebeur het - die slinger en die tak het inmekaar gevleg en 'n knoop gemaak. Die natuur het die kierie so gemaak."

"n Kieriemaker sou dit eweredig gedoen het," se ek.

"My kind," se meneer Boje, "vermy die reguit lyn."

Petra Muller, Koendoes