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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Haven't been on one in more than two years. Getting on one Saturday. Wish me luck.
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Good luck!
The SOTD is from the gifted South African singer with the beautiful voice, Miriam Makeba. Known for her “hit” song “Pata Pata,” I have instead chosen another song from that album, Ha Po Zamani. I love the lilting melody, and wondered when I head it what she was singing that had her so full of emotion that her voice was almost cracking. So I looked for a translation. Like many of Makeba’s songs, the uplifting music disguises lyrics of defiance:
I am drunk because of the Afrikaner white man
I am homeless because of the whites
I am a hobo because of the whites
Run, white man
We’ll come back
We’ll come back for our homes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNg3l_hTauE
