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agosto 07, 2003
OS TEMAS DE ‘OUMOU’ (1):
‘MAGNOUMAKO (AGONY)
Magnoumako means extreme suffering, agony. I wrote this song about my mother. About how she wept, how she was marginalized by society, how she was ignored, how she struggled. How can African woman hear this song without crying?
Women pass their entire lives suffering, they become pregnant in suffering, give birth in suffering, the child crawls in suffering, the mother suffers the upbringing of the child all on her own, then the child turns into a well-brought up adult, the mother is told to stay out of the child’s affairs, not to interfere with this marriage. Any money he earns goes straight the father not the mother. If she wants even a penny of it, she has to beg her husband. She has done everything for this child, but all the rewards and honour go to the father.
My mother was her own, struggling to make ends met, to bring us up well. Her tears were always running. There were six of us in one room. Sometimes at night she would look at us, and she’d begin to weep, because she had no means to feed us the next day… This is what I describe in the song. Then I address all the women of Africa, I say, you tighten your belt, you endure the pain, you become lost in dark thoughts, but hold on with both hands, because one day, there will be light in your life.
My mother can’t listen to this song, if it’s playing on the radio she says, OK turn it off now!! That’s enough!!! (Oumou Sangare entrevistada por Lucy Duran)
Publicado por Luís Rei às agosto 7, 2003 02:44 AM