Стихотворение о вкладе Жеже Катана

A girl we cannot know
Eyes from the frontline
Eyes that can overthrow
Eyes that see what is
But more what might be
Eyes with vision over visibility

There’s a woman in our midst
That we can never know
A voice from the frontline
A voice that can overthrow
A voice is more than language
A voice is music too
Her voice is whispering, ‘Ubuntu, Ubuntu’

Ubuntu, a spell in Swahili
There’s no me without you
No you without me
I am because we are
We are what we can do
There’s no you without me
There’s no me without you

The voice says love thy neighbour is not advice, It’s a command
The voice says, Africa is your neighbour land
The voice says the sun rises on our great shore first
The voice says dig your neighbours well
And you will quench your own thirst
And if we dig a well together
We will strike a spring of stories
And discover we can’t stand up if she is on her knees

I am because we are
That’s the word ubuntu
I learned this lesson from Africa
There’s no me without you

GEGE, GEGE, iron woman smile
We will walk in your footsteps
And follow your mile
May the dreams you’ve had in darkness
Not leave you when you wake
And like The Morning Tree of CONGO
May you bend and never break

There’s a woman here amongst us
A girl we cannot know
She’s been to the frontline
But today’s she’s home.'