“Let Gratitude Rain” - DFL Scholars thank their sponsours, partners and helpers with a poem
December, 10, 2010 - Drama for Life scholar Benne Erasto Banda thanks the generous DFL sponsors, partners and helpers such as the Goethe Institut, GTZ, DED, UCLA, PEPFAR, Art/Global Health Centre, Make Art/Stop Aids, The Wits School of Arts, Wits Transformation Office, SLDU, CCDU, UCT- Drama Department, University of KZN, Durban University of Technology - Drama Department, National Research Foundation, PANSA, Phakama, BASA, in the name of the the DFL scholars 2010 with a creative poem at the DFL scholar farewell.
Who knows what these innovative scholars will be doing in the future. We are grateful to have such ingenious students and are hoping for minds as bright and inventive as these in our following DFL years.
LET GRATITUDE RAIN!
Kuyewa Lusizi Kwausaza
Kokula Komezya Mwito Kumwambo
MAKEWANE!
The Rain-Making Shrine Of Our Forefathers
Let It Rain!
NO! Let it Pour!
Pour Gratitude upon The Goethe Institute
Let Gratitude Rain upon GTZ And DeD
Who Pull Up the Blinds
When Intellectual Darkness Engulfs the Continent
And Not Chase Shadows On Lonely Sea Shores
MAKEWANE!
Let It Rain!
Rain Gratitude upon UCLA
Let Gratitude Rain Upon PEPFAR, Art/Global Health Centre
And Make Art/Stop Aids
Who Pull Up The Blinds
To Let The Light Shine On, Towards Curbing The Scourge
And Not Sow Hope Where The Wind Blows
Kuyewa Lusizi Kwausaza
Kokula Komezya Mwito Kumwambo
MAKEWANE!
The Rain-Making Shrine Of Our Forefathers
I Say Let It Rain!
Rain Gratitude Upon The Wits School Of Arts
Let Gratitude Rain Upon Wits Transformation Office, Upon SLDU
And Upon CCDU
Who Drench Us Daily In New Gusto Of Enlightenment
To Resurrect Our Hopes When Our Hearts Run Feeble
MAKEWANE!
Let It Rain!
Rain Gratitude Upon UCT- Drama Dept
Let Gratitude Rain Upon University of KZN,
Upon Durban University Of Technology - Drama Dept.
For Lending A Hand When We Stand in Limbo
And Not Let Us Wallow In A Sorry State Of Disrepair
Kuyewa Lusizi Kwausaza
Kokula Komezya Mwito Kumwamba
MAKEWANE!
The Rain –Making Shrine Of Our Forefathers
Let Gratitude Rain!
NO! Let It Pour!
Pour Gratitude Upon National Research Foundation
Let Gratitude Rain Upon PANSA, Upon Phakama, Upon BASA
And All Partners & Funders Committed To Healing Our Continent
For Shining The Light When We Walk Into Unsign-posted Alleys
So We Do Not Wander Aimlessly Into Oblivion
MAKEWANE!
The Rain-Making Shrine Of Our Forefathers
Let Wisdom Rain Upon Us, Drama For Life Scholars
So When The Curtain Falls, With Our Open Palms
We Will Offer Humanity A Healing Hand
Before Lives Slip Through Our Fingers … Like Water
Let Our Gratitude Pour Upon You All
Knowing That Your Support Heals Our Continent
MAKEWANE!
Let It Rain!
Our Heartfelt Thanks From Across the Continent
Represented Here
From Ghana – Oyiwaladonn & Cameroon – Beri wo, Miyaka
From Kenya – Asante Sana & Tanzania – Ndaaga Fiijo
From Zambia – Ta tamya & Zimbabwe – Tatenda, Ng’iyabonga
From Botswana – Ka re bogha & Mozambique – Kani Mambo, Kushu kuro
From Lesotho
And South Africa Our Host Country!!! Nkosi, Dankie
By Benne Erasto Banda
DFL Student