Cosmas Mairosi
Zimbabwe
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Cosmas Mairosi
With vigor and dramatic vocal cadences in the tradition of griots and praise poets of old, this new generation African poet asks...how shall I answer to Africa's children? What do I do when the African drum goes silent, no longer calls or when its call has lost its meaning? Such questions posed by Africans themselves gives poignancy to the issues they highlight and an initmate understanding of what has been eroded in our societies as well as what remains under increasing threat. Experience this heartfelt appeal and lyrical call to action!
BIOGRAPHY
A qualified primary school teacher, Cosmas Mairosi was born in Mudzi and grew up in the rural area... More >
Which Way Africa?
which way my peoplewhich way Africawhat song shall i singwhat dance shall i dancewhen i hear the thunder of the African drumbut the celebration drums have gone silentthe voices of the oracles have diminishedthe gods of the savannahhave turned to drinking children's bloodthe children of NeHanda are deserting their homesand is it easy for them to hunt in an alien junglewhere they can easily become the hunted!was colonialism a blessing or a curse to Africadecades after the whiteman's colonial legacyhas democracy failed Africaor is Africa a failed democracyis tribal esteem fuel enough to trigger ethnic dissentare differences in political affiliation a reason to cut a brother's throatare religious differences a reason enough to draw battle lines in Africaawake my people, awake my Africathe Supreme Being loves us all in our different waysit is time to preach the gospel of sanity!
