2 comments:

solo said...

I ning baara


Kabaa yaa diataa, baari, aaa

Thanks for that

17 May 2009 00:47

SUNTOU TOURAY said...

A brief explanation of the poem for non-mandingo speakers.
The poem is adapted from the 'old mandingo secret soceity song'. it is not A sukuwo which is a religious hymms, this is more a 'right of passage' song. i only use one phrase out the right of passage song, which is the first phrase of the poem 'Yinti yonto Kaba'.

Yinti Yonto kaba: is a polite words for testicles. Old boys are warn to be careful of their testicles or wellis or mandhood more appropraitely.
There are some mandingo folklure songs which made statement depicting the insignificance of the male testcicles, thus you hear songs like: berekili lamabe- the attendance of a testicle. no need to go any further folks.

The poem is a message to both young boys and girls. to youngs boys becus, the yinti yonto, the hanging mini-stone is a dangerous intsrument if use wrongly. to girls, if they think that the mini-stone is for toying with, they are making a big mistake.
the boys can use their yinti yonto ie testicles to watse and disturb the whole life plan of the girls, through unwanted pregnancies and so on.
so it is for the girls to be strong and refuse the advances of the boys with their weapons the kaba.
A kaba is a wild fruits that people from the provences know more about. its roots is use for curing troublesome stomach pains. it is redish, usually put in bottles and water poured into it. Some us have seen how brothers wasting the time of sisters by inpregnating them, run away and decline to be the father of the child. yet it is the sisters that hold key to all lover-later hater relationship. No man can sleep with a woman if she was not up for it. unless in cases of rape.

How many brilliant sisters do we know lost away due to an idiout inpregnating them and leaving them to pick up the pieces? The poem also highlight the shame and bitterness that parents feel, the disappointment and sorrow. Not to mention the sins. Finally, a beautiful, serious women who ended inpreganated a by foulish man ended beind approached by men with much worst charaters.

Thus Kaba lanitoro.

suntou