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Mali Kings  A Folkoric Expression Into the History of Mali, Afraka

By Baba Jamal Koram    © 2002 Baba Jamal Koram

Part I

 (Wit Riddem)

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali

Empire Ghana  was a good start

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali

Mali Empire Afraka's heart 

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali                                               

Songhai Empire fell apart

 Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali

 

Gold in Mali  

Salt in Mali

Cloth in Mali  

And Afrakan folk.

 Dogon people

Afrakan Root

Bamanan people

Afrakan too

Berber people

Afrakan Root

 Dyula people

Afrakan too

Malinke people

Afrakan Root

Fulbe people

Afrakan too

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali

 Tukulors people

Afrakan Root

Songhai people                                             

Afrakan too

Soninke people

Afrakan Root

And Tuareg people

Afrakan too

Senufo people

Afrakan Root

And Bobo people

Afrakan too

Fulani people

Afrakan Root

And Bozo people

Afrakan too

Forests, Mountains, Deserts and Plains

Mali, Mali, Mali, Mali

 

PART 2

In Modern Times

 In modern times 

Eurasians came

And Mali was part of

Their invasion game                                        

Looking for land

Looking for gold

Looking for people to be bought and sold

 In modern times Mali

Lost faith

In the things they loved

 the things they created

 forgot their religions

kith and kin

death increased

with war and sin

In modern times

 

Mali fell prey to  

Filth and greed

Modibo Keita 

A UNITY seed

Modibo fell and

Traore came on 

A new government and economy were born

 In the years 2000 Mali still tries

To restore the greatness

Of years gone by

With faith in Afrikanity

They’ll rise once more in dignity

And everyone  in awe to see

Sundiata smilin’ 

Kankan stylin

Wealth be pilin' 

lifting up heaven's door

Door open  wide with ancestral pride.                         

Felt on de shore of de western side

and  In future times

work, story and song

will remind us of 

 where we come from

Reclaiming our future

with what we've done

in the harvests of life

The Unity of ONE

In future times

   

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