All !Habesi Lyrics
!Habesi - Praise Song to Queen Katrina | lyrnow.com
You rise in the Kalahari In blue, in orange and yellow A San shining words A love-song to your ancestors You grew out of hardship Sailed the red sand Took refuge
!Habesi - Matriarch | lyrnow.com
Matriarch, unelected but not rejected Not nominated but chosen You don’t have to say a word Your presence is a command You may not be seen but you are felt You may not have
!Habesi - TranceMute | lyrnow.com
(Diana Ferrus) Harde, skurwe paaie Onwelkome vyandige draaie Die land lê nog styf Vas onder 'n gebalde vuis 'n pistool-swaaiende heup 'n
!Habesi - Porcupine Feathers | lyrnow.com
Crackling yellows Warm oranges And flickering reds Something of the fire speaks my heart All around us Dancing shadows And unfurling smoke rising
!Habesi
This sound journey explores the medium of archiving ancient consciousness. Through a week of communion, a group under the guidance of |Kx’am spent time digging into the narratives and stories of Queen Dr. Ouma Katrina Esau. The project sought to venerate a living archive and consciousness of the N/uu cosmology. Thus, a series of sounds was produced through the sitting with the vibrations of her story. Each word, song and sigh held a universe of linguistic beauty that the world hopes to see once more. This body of work gives life to the multiple genocides, epistimicides and violence’s inflicted on indigenous communities everywhere. It gives an ancient future into how we can express our knowing, and it forms part of a sacred anthology of knowledge keepers that set to inject consciousness through the alchemy of Art.