Lament for the Fallen

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by Gavin Chait


  ‘Talibe’, The Balladeer – Ismaël Lô [Song for the Fallen]

  ‘Mabemba’, Rising Tide – Mokoomba [The Balladeer’s song of thanks in the market]

  ‘No Ballads Ballad’, Spirit – Geoffrey Oryema [Samara and Joshua talk along the river]

  ‘Dionysus’, Untold Things – Jocelyn Pook [Mama’s tale]

  ‘Makambo’, Exile – Geoffrey Oryema [Setting out on the river to Calabar]

  ‘The Wife of Usher’s Well’, Broadside – Bellowhead [Samara in the bar in Anacostia]

  ‘Njoka’, Rising Tide – Mokoomba [The Song of the City in Calabar]

  ‘Ndayaan’, Ndayaan – Omar Pene [Man singing in the road on the tour of Calabar]

  ‘Dem Bobo’, Africa For Africa – Femi Kuti [Farinata Uberti’s party]

  ‘Rero’, The Balladeer – Ismaël Lô [After the massacre]

  ‘Happiness Is’, Coming Home – Yungchen Lhamo [Song for the Leaving medley]

  ‘Lubara Wanwa’, Laru Beya – Aurelio [Song for the Leaving medley]

  ‘Hard Times’, Stone Cold Ohio – Little Axe [Song for the Leaving medley]

  ‘The Rhythm of the Heat’, Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel [Song for the Leaving medley]

  ‘Dragonfly’, Music Food and Love – Guo Yue [Song for the Leaving medley]

  ‘Nabou’, The Balladeer – Ismaël Lô [Song for the Return]

  There was no ‘her’ when I began this tale, but she was always there and she always knew. I am grateful.

  @GavinChait

  started 1986 in South Africa, completed, by way of Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines, 2015 in England.

 

 

 


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