NAIROBI: Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
Over a soundtrack of world music and rap, Felis Abdi and the group Waayaha Cusub, made up of some 20 young Somali refugees, crudely slam the war that has torn up their country for 16 years, almost all their lives.
“All the people have been killed. Let us repair the country. There is no school, there is no peace,” sings Waayaha Cusub, which means “New Era” in Somali.
“People listen to you more when you sing than when you speak,” says Abdiwali Ibrahim Garyare, one of the group’s singers, who has lived in Kenya for 17 years.
“We can make a difference because the young generation listens to us,” adds 17-year-old Felis, who has a gap between... (Continues)
ETIOPIA: CESSATE IL FUOCO CON LA RIBELLIONE DEL TIGRAY, MA BOMBARDAMENTI SUGLI OROMO
Gianni Sartori
Divisa in 12 stati federali, con la sua popolazione di circa 120 milioni di abitanti, l’Etiopia costituisce un vasto mosaico di gruppi etnici (un’ottantina), situazione che periodicamente ha portato a contenziosi e conflitti con il governo di Addis Abeba.
Risale a circa un mese fa il cessate il fuoco concordato tra il governo di Addis Abeba e gli insorti del Tigray.
Rimane invece irrisolta la questione dell’altra regione ribelle, l’Oromia.
Abitata dagli Oromo (presenti anche nel Kenya e un tempo conosciuti come Galla, termine caduto in disuso in quanto ritenuto dispregiativo) e che sarebbe opportuno coinvolgere nei colloqui peraccordi di pace.
Invece, sempre circa un mese fa (la notizia risaliva al 28 ottobre 2022), il Fronte di Liberazione Oromo (Olf) e l’Oromo Liberation Army (Ola)... (Continues)
NAIROBI: Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
Over a soundtrack of world music and rap, Felis Abdi and the group Waayaha Cusub, made up of some 20 young Somali refugees, crudely slam the war that has torn up their country for 16 years, almost all their lives.
“All the people have been killed. Let us repair the country. There is no school, there is no peace,” sings Waayaha Cusub, which means “New Era” in Somali.
“People listen to you more when you sing than when you speak,” says Abdiwali Ibrahim Garyare, one of the group’s singers, who has lived in Kenya for 17 years.
“We can make a difference because the young generation listens to us,” adds 17-year-old Felis, who has a gap between... (Continues)
Anoo baahidaaydiyo (Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2007/8/19 - 21:26
hey waayaha cusub you are beast in the work you are like song waayaha cusub
(adria )
Presumendo che si tratti di un'espressione di giubilo verso i Waayaha Cusub, forse quel "beast" sarà da interpretare come "best" (almeno speriamo) [RV]
NAIROBI: Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
Over a soundtrack of world music and rap, Felis Abdi and the group Waayaha Cusub, made up of some 20 young Somali refugees, crudely slam the war that has torn up their country for 16 years, almost all their lives.
“All the people have been killed. Let us repair the country. There is no school, there is no peace,” sings Waayaha Cusub, which means “New Era” in Somali.
“People listen to you more when you sing than when you speak,” says Abdiwali Ibrahim Garyare, one of the group’s singers, who has lived in Kenya for 17 years.
“We can make a difference because the young generation listens to us,” adds 17-year-old Felis, who has a gap between... (Continues)
NAIROBI: Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
Over a soundtrack of world music and rap, Felis Abdi and the group Waayaha Cusub, made up of some 20 young Somali refugees, crudely slam the war that has torn up their country for 16 years, almost all their lives.
“All the people have been killed. Let us repair the country. There is no school, there is no peace,” sings Waayaha Cusub, which means “New Era” in Somali.
“People listen to you more when you sing than when you speak,” says Abdiwali Ibrahim Garyare, one of the group’s singers, who has lived in Kenya for 17 years.
“We can make a difference because the young generation listens to us,” adds 17-year-old Felis, who has a gap between... (Continues)
Somali exiles use music to slam war
NAIROBI: Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
Over a soundtrack of world music and rap, Felis Abdi and the group Waayaha Cusub, made up of some 20 young Somali refugees, crudely slam the war that has torn up their country for 16 years, almost all their lives.
“All the people have been killed. Let us repair the country. There is no school, there is no peace,” sings Waayaha Cusub, which means “New Era” in Somali.
“People listen to you more when you sing than when you speak,” says Abdiwali Ibrahim Garyare, one of the group’s singers, who has lived in Kenya for 17 years.
“We can make a difference because the young generation listens to us,” adds 17-year-old Felis, who has a gap between... (Continues)