Mama Sranan - Wan Ma Aisa

Tribute to Mama Aisa, Mother Earth Mama Sranan, Suriname our mother Performed by NAKS Makeda and Natasia Stork as Mama Aisa Poetry written by Elfriede Baarn Dijksteel aka Jenge from her book of poetry "son ten na mi" Songtext by: Armando Baag Production by Fawaka Creations SONG WAN MA AISA Mother Earth, Mama Aisa We are praying for rain For our farmland should flourish The fish swimming in the rivers Our cattle in the field For our farmland should flourish We are falling on our knees in prayer Mama Aisa For our farmlands should flourish Wanaisa hear our plea Spirit of the earth hear our plea You are our nurturer, our mother, we are your children Wanaisa hear our pleas POEM MAMA SRANAN BY ELFRIEDE BAARN DIJKSTEEL AKA JENGE at times I wonder if only I could be a Kankan tree scattering my might into the farthest corners or could I be the breadth of the river mouth that swallows all the struggles that would otherwise smother us Ooh Mama Sranan share a sense of the wisdom of your darkest forest with me and just a sheer bit of the strength of your rapid flows that grinds the rivers, grin grin at times sometimes I wish for another wind to blow Copyrights: Cultural and Community Organisation NAKS Thomsonstraat 8 Tel. +597 499033 / +597 531968 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.naks-suriname.com/organisa... When sharing this video acknowledgement of the NAKS organisation and performers is mandatory