Bembé
Landa wo
Now that the universe has taken sides
And my land smothered by the rolling waves
And I watch for the weight of rancour, far away
In your breath the liberating thunder
the poisoned arrow that will find
my conquered Cabinda heart and flesh
but free at the foot of the ancestors' tree.
And my land smothered by the rolling waves
And I watch for the weight of rancour, far away
In your breath the liberating thunder
the poisoned arrow that will find
my conquered Cabinda heart and flesh
but free at the foot of the ancestors' tree.
Landa wo is a poet from Angola, Cabinda and France. His work has appeared in Bellingham Review, Colorado Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Missouri Review, Nashville Review, Poetry New Zealand, The Common, and Raleigh Review, among other publications. Politically engaged his work deals with prominent issues of social justice, discrimination and cultural strife.
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