Rechercher dans ce blog

Les mots toujours tres lourds de sens du poete Senegalais Birago Diop a la memoire d'Emmanuel, de Frederic, de Michel, de Jean-Philippe et tous ceux qui nous precedent dans les vents de Dieu. Les morts ne sont pas morts, ils restent aupres de nous si ce n'est en nous ou encore ils marchent parmi les vents du monde selon cette phrase que j'affectionne particulierement du poete Allemand Rainer Maria Rilke. Pour Leopold Sedar-Senghor, dans la preface des contes d'Amadou Koumba , Birago Diop nous rappelle ce Pacte lourd mais essentiel qui nous lie a la vie : " Birago Diop ne fait que traduire, à travers la loi de l'interaction des forces vitales, la dialectique de la vie qui est celle de l'univers. A l'anarchie et à la mort s'oppose l'ordre de la vie. " Ecouter ce poeme. Ecoute plus souvent Les Choses que les Etres La Voix du Feu s’entend, Entends la Voix de l’Eau. Ecoute dans le Vent Le Buisson en sanglots : C’est le Souffle des anc...

Your Name Will Stay Inside The Hearts Of People

mai 16, 2016

Don't write your name on the sand, waves will wash it away. Don’t write your name in sky, the wind may blow it away. Write your name inside the hearts of people you come in touch with. That’s where it will stay. — Unknown Source

Quick hits of the day : 02-07-2007

juillet 02, 2007

Kudos to Mediacity : a new blog started by a friend! As always with Tony, the design is very slick. Check out the quick post on the Africa issue of Vanity Fair Magazine . See in the slideshow all the covers made by the famous photographer Annie Leibovitz. According to Gal Beckerman of the Columbia Journalism Review, in his article entitled the " Obscure continent " this issue of the magazine bridges the " divide between the style of Vanity Fair and the substance of Africa. " " [..]there is one, overwhelming attitude that dominates the way we write and think about Africa in the West: we are the only possible saviors, obligated by our humanity to donate money and urge our government to both increase spending on aid and cancel any debts owned by these poor countries. " I must agree with Beckerman that this issue gives little voice to Africans to narrate their continent, inside it authenticity has given place to glamour. Grandiose Parlor 's take on the Hi...

Fourni par Blogger

Images de thèmes de Michael Elkan

Sanaga Peregrinations Blog