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Child of Darfur

Child of Darfur
2016
Wild Horse Running Free
(words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 2012)

written in response to a photograph taken in 1993 by the late photojournalist Kevin Carter of a starving little girl in Sudan

Haunted by the horrific images from Sudan, Carter committed suicide in 1994 soon after receiving the award.
Looking at a photograph of a child born in this tragedy:
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/3/25 - 17:22
Song Itineraries: Child Abuse
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In Quarantine

In Quarantine
2016
Wild Horse Running Free
(words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 2012)

addressing the global apathy to the 2014 Ebola epidemic
In places of such poverty, lives are claimed by this disease –
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/3/25 - 17:17
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Apartheid

Apartheid
2016
Wild Horse Running Free
(words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 2012)
Sleeping in a white bed, safe within a big house…
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/3/25 - 17:13
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Madiba

Madiba
2013
(words & music by Nicolette Aubourg © 2012)

2016
Wild Horse Running Free

I did not feel worthy of honouring the great Nelson Mandela with a song, however, while reading his autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom", the words for this song kept coming to me, relentlessly and chronologically as each chapter of his life was revealed to me in the book. They would not stop, neither would the words get ahead of me till I had finished the lengthy and brilliant book. The last verse literally fell into place as I finished reading the final chapter, and the song was complete. This is my small contribution to fighting racial prejudice and spreading Nelson Mandela's compassion and wisdom. A portion of profits will be donated to Nelson Mandela charities in South Africa.
A wise man plants a garden where there is bloodshed.
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/3/25 - 17:09




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