Ribka Sibhatu Tour
20th June
Join us online for readings, talks and a children’s storytelling event celebrating the publication of Aulò! Aulò! Aulò! by poet, writer and refugee-rights activist Ribka Sibhata.
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Introduction
The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best contemporary poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance.
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Mother Africa
Cradle of mankind
baobab of the soul,
in your savannahs
and sacred forests
death dances.You hear the echo, the scream
of the mother
who delivers diamonds
and receives armoured tanks.O…
Madre Africa
Culla umana!
baobab dell'anima,
nelle tue savane
e sacre foreste
danza la morte.Si sente l'eco, l'urlo
della Madre che
consegna diamanti
e riceve carri armati.
Oh moribonda
terra, per decenni
saluta gli anziani
che portano con…