FRÉDÉRIC IRIARTE
Proverbs
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“I thought we did not have enough proverbs so I wrote a thousand of them.”
Lefifi Tladi
PROVERBS by Lefifi Tladi, Frédéric Iriarte, Erickson Peña and Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells. Inspired by South African traditional spoken words/proverbs in sePedi & seTswana translated into English.
Featuring: Lefifi Tladi (South African author and painter) | Frédéric Iriarte (French/Swedish visual artist/composer) | Erickson Peña (Chile/Sweden) Trumpet & flute | Jair Rôhm Parker Wells (USA/Sweden) Bass, Chapman stick, FX.
The thinker, poet and painter, Lefifi Tladi was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria. The township fell victim to apartheid’s forced removals as a so-called “Black spot”. A Black spot was an area of land that so-called “Black” people bought legally in what the government considered as White South Africa. People who lived in Black spots were told to leave their places and later removed forcefully to make way for so-called “White” people.
Source: South African History Online
1. Intro (Spoken words) 2´34´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02001
2. Proverbs (Spoken words/proverbs) 3´24´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02002
3. Time Africa (Spoken words/proverbs) 3´58´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02003
4. To Study to Learn (Spoken words/proverbs) 3´16´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02004
5. To Be Wise (Spoken words/proverbs) 4´04´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02005
6. Spirit (Spoken words/proverbs) 3´46´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02006
7. Creativity of Nature (Spoken words/proverbs) 2´55´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02007
8. Education & Animals (Spoken words/proverbs) 3´15´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02008
9. Art & Nature (Spoken words/proverbs) 4´18´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02009
10. Sea & Fish (Spoken words/proverbs) 1´53´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02010
11. Africa (Spoken words/proverbs) 3´43´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02011
12. Broken Light (Spoken words/proverbs) 2´15´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02012
13. Strong River Cut (Spoken words/proverbs) 2´12´´ IRSC SE-5YH-21-02013
Interview (25 mn) with Lefifi Tladi (South African author and painter) by Frédéric Iriarte (French/Swedish visual artist/composer) at UNIC6 [Electroacoustic Universal Art Music] about the coming poetry album Creative Confluence as well as about our common friend Harvey Tristan Cropper friend of Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Don Cherry and others. Créative Confluence. A tribute to South African artists. Gibo Phetoe, Jonny Mababa Mekoa, Gorden Mfandu, Gideon Mgibe Nxumalo, Bogard Ngwashane, Zim Ngqawana, Bagaetsho Buland Mahlo.
Official site: IRREALIST ART FILM & MUSIC EDITIONS
Photos of Tladi’s ink paintings courtesy of Sheba Lo.