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Remembering

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Untimely events

Heartache Sizzle of pain A pang A ping in your chest Longing yearning For home Rest

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Blue flags

No Sun…. Light…. Questions from Above Soft blue Soft girls in an era of artifical intelligence Can we ask Gwen? Or will it always be Ken? United Nations meeting on Slavery…what happened? Will we live on the Moon?

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Into the unknown

Into the unknown No one knows That is growing Maturing Watching life changing Dreams fading Re-emerging This is my journey Into the unknown

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Whisper the things You cannot say Life is this way. Sway Sway Laid to rest The best years come after After that earthquake shock you to your core I adore your resilience It makes you beautiful This is the African

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How does it feel to come back from Africa?

You never just come back Is there a coming back from Africa? Memories Places i can’t see Living inside me These memories let them be Let them change me I bleed memories

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Loss

Rain dropsI never talk about lossBooks, furniture, thingsPlants die and they grow backMeLiving through loss like its nothingBut its somethingIt pains deeplyIt hurts to the coreI never talk about lossMaybe i used toBut i don’t anymoreMove through this lifeKeep goingGrowing, glow, blowSearch for the flowYou know what to do

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In between Senegal and Guinea Bissau

I am alwats writing Always reflecting Something.something on my mind all the time. In between. In between thoughts.this and that. Where am i How does it feel? Is there an answer. Oh Africa. In the hq i wonda. How does it feel to hold you so close. We sat together in Bakau. Sandy dirt roads with asphalt at Cape Point , sheeps and goats, gazelles, African gazelles, plastic everywhere,…

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The year always starts like this

The year always starts like this

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Hamilton Goome-Have faith

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Thoughts about art while working in Bakau, Gambia, West Africa

Book Cover Thoughts about art while working in Bakau, Gambia, West Africa is a forthcoming publication which features a collection of reflections i shared with subscribers to my mailing list in 2025. Order your copy at [email protected] for a special price of $50usd. Subscribe to my mailing list using djafifa.art

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Why Collect work by Sounds of Life

Fi Dunia is the latest  release by Sounds of Life Sounds of life is a record label that started at the SOUL HQ in 2018. Sounds of Life produces and distributes sound art and audio documentaries.  Between 2024 and 2025 we completed 5 sound projects; Mohammed, Djinn Jinn Genies, A view from Ghana, Fi Dunia and As Salam Alekum.  Fi Dunia is a creation story told in Wolof. Wolof is only spoken in…

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The Time Machine Installation

Begining the Time Machine An installation is a work that creates an experience by using a combination of objects or sculptors, sound, or video in a space. The installation is meant to bring the viewer into a sensory experience stimulating and generating wonder and awe. The Time machine is a sound system made from second-hand speakers connected to a music source. It is a place to remember. I am…

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The Sacrifice?

West Field Gambia Tabaski Market 2024 June’s broadcast on Art Radio features “Sacrifice”, it is inspired by Tabaski or Eid Al Adha the annual Muslim celebration that commemorates the prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his only son Issac to God.  Individuals and families kill at least one ram and share the meat among friends and neighbours. This broadcast of Art Radio reflects…

The Sacrifice?

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What is Religion

What is Religion? I watched the wood carvers movements on the wood. I listened to the sound of each strike from his tool. The wood was solid mahagony. The wood carver was Leboh, an expert at what he was doing. Each strike revealed more and more, this was a woman carrying something on her head, hands at her side. How long would it take him to complete this transformation. In Africa the Wood…

What is Religion

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Uncle Bai

How are you? he said. I am a little okay I replied. My name is Uncle Bai. He was buying donouts from my friend. She sells donouts and fish in the  Bakau Fish Market. Uncle bai like “Mambai” she added. I used to sell these things, I sell to all the boys here, real silver, my woman sent them to me from Germany. He had two chains around his kneck with some rings on one. He was trying to take…

Uncle Bai

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What is art in Africa?

Bakau fish market sunset feb 2025 I watch the sun set at the Bakau fish market.In the evening many birds flock to the market. It is beautiful to see. I come here to get my cafe touba. and sometimes connect to the internet. Then i leave at about 6:30 or 7pm. My friend sells fish here and this is the first place i came when i arrived in Bakau. Looking for food to eat, i bought fish from…

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Time really does fly. I have been living and working in West Africa for the past 7 months. I am currently based in Bakau, the Gambia and I work from my studio, the Sound Culture University. My explorations in art started 20 years ago. After obtaining a PhD in Sustainable Development i began to fully pursue art, now my work seeks to unearth the ways music can inspire, connect and transform us. I…

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