Sabuni ya Roho

"Sabuni Ya Roho" soothing to the Soul Music,Poetry,Stories,Proverbs Convergence of African Oral Tradition

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Maasai Marriage

Location: Kenya

Language: Maasai, English

Credits: youtube

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Powerful!!

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Woɗaaɓe Marriage Traditions

Woɗaaɓe are subgroup of Fulani groups of Mali. They speak Fula and have no written language.

They were among the first Africans to embrace Islam in the 17th Century and used to "spread/force" Islam to other African communities.

Language: Fula

Credits: Beetina Hassen

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Speak like South African?

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ORAL TRADITION

Story Telling

Teller: Giriama Community

Story: Mekatilili wa Menza - African female warrior

Language: Kiswahili, Giriama & English

Credits: Ndungi Githuku & Alex Kamau

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In the evenings, an old man plays his flute to invert the sunsets.

By Manoel de Barros.

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Short Film: Native Sun

Credits: Blitz the Ambassador & Terrence Nance

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“I am an invisible man. 
No I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe: 
Nor am I one of your Hollywood movie ectoplasms. 
I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids
 - and I might even be said to possess a mind. 
I am invisible, simply because people refuse to see me.” 

Invisible man by Ralph Ellison

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Story Telling

Story: Baobab

Teller: Tartar

Location: Sudan

Credits: Amin Albahari

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This is a pretty sobering reminder this Labor Day Weekend.

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Poetry Reading

Poet: Mduduzi Masilela

Location: Zimbabwe

Language: Ndebele

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HOW TO WRITE POETRY IN SWAHILI

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Song & Poetry Listening

Artists: Spirits Indigineous

Location: Swaziland/Mozambique

Language: Setswana & English

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"If a man sees a snake, and a woman kills it, what matters is that the snake does not escape."

Yoruba Proverb

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African Saying

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African Love Song

Artist: Lira

Song: Phakade

Location: South Africa

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Poetry Listening

Artist: Abu-sense

Poem: Girl with the white shirt and blue pants/jeans

......bwoy o bwoy!