Fanklub meets at Posthof on June 21:
photo by Maria Schamberger
PICTURES: Shows Bad Ischl, Linz, Gaspoltshofen, Graz,
Kasumama Festival Moorbad Harbach,
Floridita Vienna
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lyrics MAGOU:
MAMA AFRICA
Sie waren schon da, um dich auszubeuten, auszuplündern, dich zu zerstören.
Sie nahmen auch die Bibliothek von Alexandria.
Sie haben deine Söhne und Töchter angekettet,
um sie als Sklaven zu verkaufen.
Sie kamen zurück, um dich zu kolonisieren.
Jetzt kommen sie und sagen, du seist verschuldet.
Sag mal, was soll Afrika noch alles zahlen?
Afrika, Mutter dieser Welt,
Wiege des Wissens und der Zivilisation,
Afrika ist nicht verschuldet.
Text/Musik: MAGOU
von der CD "AFRICA YEWUL" 2006
English translation:
They were here once already, to exploit,
plunder, destroy you.
They also took the library in Alexandria.
They chained your sons and daughters,
to sell them as slaves.
They then returned to colonise you.
Now they come and say you are in debt.
Just a moment, what else must Africa pay for?
Africa, mother of this world,
Cradle of knowledge and of civilisation,
Africa is not in debt.
Here MAGOU focuses on a major theme that constantly recurs in conversations with him: the history of a continent exploited by slavery - even on the part of Africans themselves - and colonisation and which today stands, unjustly as a debtor and a victim of globalisation.
"I could cry when I look at the continent of Africa. Despite its riches, which end up in the hands of the few, the majority of its peoples live in poverty. Day in, day out, they invest all their efforts into making enough to just about survive, and then share what little they have with people who are even poorer.
In my view, Africa has no debts at all. On the contrary: Mama Africa has a lot to give to humanity: raw materials and fruit - grown in the traditional manner and not in destructive mono-cultures - and above all, human warmth. And as an utopian I say: Mama Africa is the mother of humanity!"
from CD booklet Africa Yewul 2006 - Networkmedien.de
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more beautiful music of MAGOU & DAKAR TRANSIT?
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more samples (45 sec.) of CD AFRICA YEWUL:
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01 Africa Yewul (Africa Wake Up).mp3
Free file hosting from File Den 08 Youmilé (Hey, You).mp3
Free file hosting from File Den 06 Souf (The Earth).mp3
Free file hosting from File Den 03 Ling Ling (Womaniser).mp3
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R.I.P. Joe Zawinul - jazz legend from Austria
founder of "Wheather Report"... and
BIRDLAND - best Jazzclub in Vienna
where MAGOU & DAKAR TRANSIT performed
in November 2006
Joe Zawinul, you will not be forgotten!!
Rest in perfect peace, Lucky Dube!
You will forever stay in our hearts.
FANKLUB MEMBERS of
MAGOU & DAKAR TRANSIT:
MARIA - founded Fanklub in March 2007
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ELFI - blessed one! Look at her space
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WERNER PUNTIGAM
Multimedia artist from Linz
www.servus.at/pntgm
photo: courtesy Werner Puntigam
ADI NIMMERFALL ("Adito")- SMARAGD, Linz - Altstadt
www.smaragd.cc
HUBERT VON GOISERN
www.hubertvongoisern.com
MAMADOU DOUMBIA
MOUSSA KEITA, Linz & Senegal
http://moussakeita.com
AMINATA with her mother MICHAELA
ABDUL RAHMAN BOUSSOU
GERHARD UEBERBACHER
Karin from Linz
ANTONIO PORTO
www.antonioporto.com
ROBERT and Annika, Wels
SANDRA from Wels - vamos a bailar!!
MARKUS from Linz
BERNHARD SCHIMPELSBERGER - great drummer!
www.taalis.com
DJOUTALA
great dancer & artist from Senegal & Vienna
www.afrodance-djoutala.com
ALIOU DIONE - percussionist from Senegal
Klaus from Linz
RENATE
LOUIS SANOU, Djembe & Balafon
www.mamadoudiabate.com
MARGOT from Freistadt
HARALD - KATHI - CHRISTINE
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TINA, Tirol
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LUZIA, Linz
BAMBO SANE - artist from Senegal, living in Graz
www.teranga.mur.at
visit Bambo at Auschloessl, Graz, Augartenpark!
fine African food... nice people...
Mag.(FH) Gottfried Reyer, Caritas - MEGAPHON Graz
megaphon.at
CHRISTOPH from Graz
FRIEDERIKE from Graz
GORDAN, from Styria
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MAMADOU DIABATE - balafon
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http://www.myspace.com/mamadoudiabate
LEK from Bangkok & Hongkong and Wels
ILSE
MAMEBIRANE M'BOUP ("MAMBI")
www.afrodance-djoutala.com/tily-boo/a mamebirane.html
MARIEME DIA
NINA, taking care of the falcons - flyin' high..
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HUBERT from Schwaz (il Tirolese) - Respect!
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MICHAEL from Vienna and
ELISABETH from Salzburg
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they travelled far to see MAGOU in Linz!
ELKE-M.
"NOZINYANGA" is her ZULU SANGOMA name
- thanks for yr great hospitality!
www.schule-mia.at
PEARL from Ghana
you gonna make it!!!
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ANITA
GASPAR from Angola and Linz
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KABA from Senegal
MARIA from Gaspoltshofen
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HANNES from Gaspoltshofen
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REINI von der wooky family - Graz
www.tschebberwooky.combr
nice 2 meet ya!
OMARU from Senegal & Graz
at 2007-07-18