Revolutionary poetry by Alessia.Colucci

Malang Barry

POETRY

Malang Barry

Revolutionary poetry

Malang Barry

The bullet

Racism

After the independence

Vision 2020

Black is violent

About the author

Malang Barry Malang Barry was born on the 12 of january, 1999 in Sukuta, Gambia, west Africa. He attended the St. Augustine’s Senior Secondary School in Banjul, Gambia and then migrated to Italy in 2016. In the 2018 Malang started to study at the Hannah Arendt school in Bolzano, Italy. From the 2019 till now he works as a social and sanitary assistent. During his life he gets passionate about photography and poetry. Through the lattest he tries to represent his feelings and the things he went through during his life. His poems doesn’t follow the ordinary rules of poetry. The stanzas have not a fixed length, meter and rhyme scheme. All is based on his mood. He also doesn’t always use the punctuation.

The

Bulle I do not know if I did not dive it The butchering surfs in the domicile Biting by the length of sleep The wicket memory I sobbed to keep

Nights are for sweet deaths and dreams Mine was bitter below the eyes of the sky Smoke in a fluted metal grinding its sound A horror show on a dance to the ground Two hands held the world on my broken shoulders One left a load on spine on a bent black back A vein got a break and gave a running nose Mustarded in the wild blood redder than rose The minute was like a century In the war among trees and forests The clannish bed had needles and nails Poised to mutilate without fairy tales

I saw fire in a laughter with the beast In my fright I grasped a stab coming I asked if nights are known to be kind Why were they then different from mine? The thunder shot in a break agape Thunder was lion, thunder was brave Ribbons spread for the light of the tunnel The controller to my hand to choose my channel The bed left the screen to shriek in regret To reverse the past and give a better sleep But storms prostrated to hail the Champion The stars sang in synergy “the Champion is the Lion” and the lion is the “Prince” and the prince had conquered them...

The bullet

Racis Oh people My heart groans and scream. My eyes in open horizon,canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reflect. Myself is no longer self. In the open horizon, I passive In the schools, cities and offices, In churches and mosques. Racism spreads. Spreads its wings and claws To snatch all as prey.

Oh people, I can remember, You can remember We can remember, When the days were Golden, When people were one. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claws never grew. To prey on any. I,you and we can remember so vividly. When the bed rock of society was unity. When people envied society. Oh people Bring back those days. Where I,you and we can be treated as one. Oh people. Give Racism a kick, A kick that leads it to doom, A kick that sends it crashing. Crashing like a falling giant To once again live with days we all yearn for.. Oh people Why should we allow the colour, I mean just an ordinary colour of our skins to divide us, Why should we allowe people that we choose to lead to divide us,

Oh people Let’s break down those borders, let’s come together as one, Oh people why should we take religion and cultures to divide us Oh people why cant we make the best use of our time instead of fighting one another Just because I’m African and you’re European an he is an American and she is an Indian, because they’re Asian Oh people why should we let division passive us...

“ Why should we allow the colour ”

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endence

Can you hear me, Can you hear my tiny voice trying to survive in a world separated by black and white,

A world where the white man is always right, A world where black lifes don’t matters neither does their fight, A world covered in darkness and hatred, You came into our countries, Rode gracefully on the backs of those beautiful brown horses, You met our people, you told them that you’re white and they’re black, You told them like the colour of their skin, their hearts and minds are also dark, See, you’ve circled our freedom, Enslaved our men and raped our women, Raped our motherland of her resources in broad day light, Raped her of her children, her dignity and her pride, But we fought back, fought back for the deprivation of our people and our continent, And now years later here we are still trying to fight for the system that doesn’t care about us, Leaders that have failed us in a world that has nothing but hatred for us.

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See what was our crime? We didn’t choose to be black like you didn’t choose to be white, We’re black and we ain’t no slaves, We’re free people so you can’t sell us, beat us, kills us, rape us, or treat us like your heart craves, See, enough, Enough with the murders and the shootings, Enough with the insults and the hate, Enough with the discrimination against our black race, Can you hear me! We are black and we ain’t no slave and never will we allow you to band our freedom with chains,

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“ We’re black and we ain’t no slaves ”

â&#x20AC;&#x153; Is it because you think you

Never again would we allow you to put us in so much pain, See we will not just sit down and let the cry of our innocent brothers and sisters to go in vain, The days of black slavery are pass and gone, We are human just like you, Not a properties that you own,

more human than we are? ”

See, what was our mistakes, what was the crimes that we have committed, Why should we go through all this pain, Is it because you think you more human than we are? Is it because the colour of our skin is little too dark? Or is it because you think you’re more powerful and we ain’t gonna fight back.?

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It is not a crime that our black brothers and sister in libya wanted a better life Instead Instead blame our african leaders for they failed us and put us through shame, They all the same.. Bragging of independence and freedom when our people are still in chains, See black people we are not free, We are locked in a world where nobody care about our plea

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A world where white policemen can gun down a black man and nothing will happen because they says it’s a misunderstanding,. See, this is the time where Africa and African should stand together and be united as one, It’s time to let the world hear out voice, we are tired of crying... We are tired, Tired of mourning and crying, Let’s paint this world with our voices and writings, There’s no love from the other, the world is so cold...

ision 2020 I’ve heard of wind blows More titanic than a sinking boat Its cuts not radiated in winter snows The heat it charged, more fire in the coat

365 365 built us castles on the ground

Sweats in painstaking glory, lessons and cries A new favor that would freshen the tone of our ties More motivated, more inspired, more thoughtful and wise We got served, the bitterness of existence And they called it “COVID”. Covered with crumbs from grinds of sacrifice Death, worries and sorrowful departure of fellows Fueling the chaffs of depression, in unforeseen smiles

We bathed in the sea of torments Droplets deceiving comfort as we dry the hay We still cherish the journey and its fancy moments To labor in lessons every new night and day We’ve laid a strong foundation, it’s time to construct on it In hard towers and long rocks, expel what we forbid We will work and pray, in spirit and belief To live against surviving this “Panicdemic”, the new form of relief Dubai is a reality, but a reality afar Pillared on the wings of a greeting Singapore The road is still rough but we will move the car To crash or pass through Tanzania, so we won’t remain poor I’ve viewed the stars and its fluttering light In their cheering dances and hopeful merriment That we will increase glory and lengthen our height For bitter or sour, there will be betterment The past is a book, written and read The future is a library to be written and read Don’t rest on the couch and pack on the laurel

youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re your next new novel 366 366 May be scary, especially this unusual Read next and be read,

situation, But mountainous achievements ahead Marked on the footprints of our efforts in fruitful thunder To live by love, to love how we live A nitro towards the finish line, faster than the American rocket to Russia and greater than Buckingham palace and Elizabeth the second...

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I don’t know,

I don’t know how to start this, I don’t know where to start it, I don’t know if I have to write it, I don’t know if they will understand it, I don’t know if it’s worth writing it, I don’t know if I have the right idea to write this, I don’t know,

But the truth is, we need to understand or we will have to fight to understand the equalities between us. When I say "fight" I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean physically, I mean mentally!, When I say us, it includes you, me, and everyone else. Not only the white people or black people, or muslims or Christians or Asians, no Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about the human race. Humanity came first before any religion or color or whatever we relate our differences to.

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RACE

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen or heard that, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no peace in this world. And there will be no peace unless we accept each other as one people.

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We’ve to learn to accept the fact that we are from one RACE. Let’s embrace each other as one people. Let’s stop building walls, But now it seems like been born with a dark brown skinned color which we all labelled as "BLACK" is a crime under the eyes of the rest of the world . I mean black is always brutal under the eyes of others. It is those people who says black people destroyed neighborhoods, But they pretend to forget that white people destroyed continent, You came to us claiming to be explorers while you were exploiters. You slaved us for "four hundred" years . But your history writers don’t write that, Instead you portray "black society as violence". You pretend to forget about all the catastrophes and the atrocities you’ve cursed on Africa. But still black society is violent!

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When the white people came to Africa we give them names like tourist, explorer, humanitarian, etc you name them! You don’t need approval to come to Africa, With all the crimes you committed against us, You’re always welcome with open arms and hearts, This is not bragging but the truth! But black people in white man’s country is given names like an illegal immigrant or a refugee, nigga, etc But still black is violent!society is violent! But stillsociety black My grand parents were slaves and that shit is against me, Even though we were not there picking cottons physically that doesn’t mean we are not affected by the history, I’m a descendant of a slave and that fucking hurts! You all say slavery is over and hell yes it is over, we agreed on that. You claim you’re not racist but you use "Nigga" every day But still black is violent!society is violent! But stillsociety black

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ew acirfA ot emac elpoep etihw eht nehW What Is white privilege? ropower lpxe ,tsover iruotAfrica ekil seand man meht evig It is the acceleration,reof !meht eman uoy cte ,nairatinamuh Africans! ,acirfA ot emoc ot lavorppa deen t’nod uoY ,su tsnbeen iaga dlearned ettimmin oc auo y semirc eht lla htiW The western history Africa d n a s m r a n e p o h t i w e m lew syawla er’uoY schools is a major concern, but Africanochistory in just 15 days and I’ll be like what , am I not a ,straeh hturt eht tub gniggarb ton si sihT black boy in an African !school? nevig si yrtnuoc s’nam etihw ni elpoep kcalb tuB egufer is a rviolent! o tnargimmi lagelli na ekil seman But still black,esociety cte ,aggin I’ve been folding my tongue beneath it self while !tnecan’t loiv sibe ytesilent icos kcalb llits tuB there is riot in my heart, I just anymore, si tihstruth, taht dna sevals erew stnerap dnarg yM I’ve to spit the naked Don’t you dare close your eyes, look at me and,em tsniaga snoyou ttocsee. gnikcip ereht ton erew ew hguoht nevE tell me what t o n a ewwith naeso m much t’nseod ht yllacisyhp Tell me you see a blackerboy totabe ,yrotsihit.eht yb detceffa afraid of but still trying to live through nikcuf tafull ht dofnawhite evalsjudging a fo tname dnecsed a m’I While living in agcountry !struh by my skin color. ew ,revo si ti sey lleh dna revo si yrevals yas lla uoY .tahda t no deerga "Se I miei capelli crescono così, è natura che "agsono giN"nato esu uinoyAfrica tub tsavevo icar tobisogno n er’uoy mialc uoY ogni uno, io yad yreve i capelli resistente di sole ecco"

But still black society is violent! !tneloiv si yteicos kcalb llits tuB

nk elc oivasilyb teiclols ikis ltliu ts tB uB But !tneBut lostill ivblack still si society ytblack eiiscviolent! os!tsociety tcaslbviolent!

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What Is white privilege? It is the acceleration of power over Africa and Africans! The western history been learned in a Africa schools is a major concern, but African history in just 15 days and I’ll be like what , am I not a black boy in an African school? But still black is violent!society is violent! But stillsociety black I’ve been folding my tongue beneath it self while there is riot in my heart, I just can’t be silent anymore, I’ve to spit the naked truth, Don’t you dare close your eyes, look at me and tell me what you see. Tell me you see a black boy with so much to be afraid of but still trying to live through it. While living in a country full of white judging me by my skin color. "Se I miei capelli crescono così, è natura che da ogni uno, io sono nato in Africa avevo bisogno i capelli resistente di sole ecco" But still black is violent!society is violent! But stillsociety black

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When the white people came to Africa ?egwe elivirp etihw sI tahW give them names dna aclike irfAtourist, revo reexplorer, wop fo noitarelecca eht si tI humanitarian, etc you name them! !snacirfA You don’t need approval to come to Africa, With all the crimes acirfyou A a committed ni denrael nagainst eeb yrous, tsih nretsew ehT You’re always yrowelcome tsih nacirwith fA tuopen b ,nrearms cnocand rojam a si sloohcs hearts, a ton I ma , tahw ekil eb ll’I dna syad 51 tsuj ni This is not bragging but the ?lotruth! ohcs nacirfA na ni yob kcalb But black people in white man’s country is given names like an illegal immigrant !tneloor iv sai refugee, yteicos kcalb llits tuB nigga, etc

!tneloiv si yteicos kcalb llits tuB elihw fles ti htaeneb eugnot ym gnidlof neeb ev’I

But still black society But still isir siviolent! tn elisblack ebist’violent! nac tsusociety j I ,traeh ym ni to ereht ,eromyna My grand parents were slaves and,hthat turt shit dekaisn eht tips ot ev’I against me,dna em ta kool ,seye ruoy esolc erad uoy t’noD Even though we were not there picking .eescottons uoy tahw em llet physically that eb odoesn’t t hcum mean os htiwweyoare b kcnot alb a ees uoy em lleT affected by the.tihistory, hguorht evil ot gniyrt llits tub fo diarfa I’m a descendant ofdu a jslave em gnig etihwand fo lthat luf yfucking rtnuoc a ni gnivil elihW hurts! .roloc niks ym yb You all say slavery is over and hell yes it is over, we agreed onathat. d ehc arutan è ,ìsoc onocserc illepac ieim I eS" You claim you’re ongosinot b ovracist eva acbut irfAyou ni ouse tan"Nigga" onos oi ,onu ingo every day "occe elos id etnetsiser illepac i

But nk elc oivasilyb teiclols ikis ltliu ts tB uB !tneBut lostill ivblack si society ytblack eiiscviolent! os!tsociety tcaslbviolent! still

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I’ve a heart and its beating like yours is, It doesn’t matter where Racism take me to, I’m alive and that means something, It means I’ve made it this far before racism could have made me. But still black society is violent! Warning to all the future leaders, please don’t treat the youths as a different creature. But still black society is violent! I also want to tell you, It’s sad that some people find is very hard to accept the flaws they’re making,

Isn’t a poetry but acknowledgement for you! Be grateful and sincere and always be ready to appreciate adjustment from other people, But the concept of I’m better than you, Or I’m richer than you, Or you’re from this race and I’m from that race And I’ll be like what da fuck We are from one race and that’s call human race. You see the inability of appreciation, You cannot appreciate people for who they’re, if you do not appreciate your self for who you are. Because if you accept the fact that you are white or black then you should accept others for been black or white. But stil black society is violent!

But still black society is violent!

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With all this I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blame the west. Instead I blame me, I blame we, I blame you I blame Africa and Africans I blame us I blame the black society But above all I blame the African leaders I blame those idiots we choose to leade us I blame those leaders who sell Africa and her children to the western countries, They are busy signing international agreements putting Africa in depth.

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With all the natural resources Africa had, we are still the poorest continent in the world, With all the natural resources Africans are still dying of hunger, We are still dying in the Sahara desert, We are still dying in the Mediterranean sea, Just to make it to the west in search of a better living including me! FUCK! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so fucking disgusted! But why is this happening to Africans? A simple answer, Africans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in what we have, The leader donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider the potential the younger generation has.

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I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high time Africans make proper education as a requirement to presidency.

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Credits Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Faculty of Design and Art Bachelor in Design and Art – Major in Design WUP 20/21 | 1st-semester foundation course Project Modul: Editorial Design Design by: Alessia Colucci Magazine | Revolutionary poetry Texts by Malang Barry Supervision: Project leader: Prof. Antonino Benincasa Project assistants: Andreas Trenker, Emilio Grazzi Photography: Malang Barry (5, 6, 24) Kalz (8, 9) Mathias P.R. Reding (13) Bankole Ade-Oni (4) Zachary DeBottis (17) Brett Sayles (19) Dapo Abideen (20) Muhammadtaha Ibrahim Ma’aji (27) Fotografierende Sarah (35) Teddy Tavan(36) Fillipe Gomes (40) Raphael Brasileiro (46) Lisa Fotios (48) Format: 117 x 190 mm

Fonts | Font Sizes & Leading: Body Text ITC New Baskerville Std 9/13 pt Introduction Text Futura Bk BT 9/13 pt Index Text Futura Bk BT 12,5/15,3 pt Caption Text Franklin Gothic Demi 18,5/22 pt Title Text Franklin Gothic Demi 76 pt 120 pt 41/39 pt 65/72 pt 214/198 pt Layout Grid: 6 Column Grid Module proportion: 1,327:1 CPL | Character per line - Body Text: 47 characters including spaces Printed: Bozen-Bolzano, January 2021 Digital Printing