Miriam Makeba Died at 76 years..

Message from Mr Nelson Mandela on the passing of Miriam Makeba
Foundation mourns the death of MaMiriam

November 8, 2008 – The sudden passing of our beloved Miriam has saddened us and our nation.
For many decades, starting in the years before we went to prison, MaMiriam featured prominently in our lives and we enjoyed her moving performances at home. Despite her tremendous sacrifice and the pain she felt to leave behind her beloved family and her country when she went into exile, she continued to make us proud as she used her worldwide fame to focus attention on the abomination of apartheid.
Her haunting melodies gave voice to the pain of exile and dislocation which she felt for 31 long years. At the same time, her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us. Even after she returned home she continued to use her name to make a difference by mentoring musicians and supporting struggling young women. One of her more recent projects was to highlight the plight of victims of land mines.
She was South Africa’s first lady of song and so richly deserved the title of Mama Afrika. She was a mother to our struggle and to the young nation of ours.
It was fitting that her last moments were spent on a stage, enriching the hearts and lives of others – and again in support of a good cause.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCc61z9IFu4

The Independent

Tallal what do you think about this article ?
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-obama-has-to-pay-for-eight-years-of-bushs-delusions-1001092.html

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Victory speech

Listen to part of the historical victory speech at this link :
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0811/slideshow.obama.speech/index.html

International Day for Mahmoud Darwish

The Berlin international Literature Festival is appealing for a worldwide reading of Mahmoud Darwish' s poetry on October 05,2008. This appeal is directed at cultural institutions, schools , radio stations ,universities , theatres and all other Darwish enthusiasts the world over.

Check on the website of the festival where is the reading will take place in your city:
www. literaturfestival.com
And definitely the world is less beautiful in your absence..

Latest of Coelho

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE

Words and music by Pete Seeger

performed by Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the flowers gone?

Girls have picked them every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the young girls gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the young girls gone?

Taken husbands every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the young men gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the young men gone?

Gone for soldiers every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the soldiers gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the soldiers gone?

Gone to graveyards every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the graveyards gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the graveyards gone?

Covered with flowers every one

When will we ever learn?

When will we ever learn?

" Kalma " 5 years