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“Finally at peace”, the last bullet will let you fly high in the sky

3 Agosto 202231 Agosto 2022"Finally at peace", mental health, Reem Yasir, Sudanese poetry, Sudanese women poets, suicide, women poets

Reem Yasir, Sudanese poet, opens her poem “in medias res”. The protagonist has a gun in her hand, it’s loaded. There are three bullets, three chances of ending it. Of silencing that evil voice in the head that has always commented every action and thought insulting and belittling. But the protagonist misses and the voices becomes even more cruel. The final lines of the poem portray all the contrasting emotions that can be felt in such a desperate moment: the exasperation of a soul that can’t find any peace and the unspoken, touching desire for a different life.

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“Poetry, Pain, Blades And Grace” a night of silence and screams

20 Novembre 202115 Settembre 2022"Poetry Pain Blades and Grace", Brian Kipruto, depression, Kenyan Poet, Kenyan poetry, mental health, suicide, Young Nino

Day follows night incessantly and with no mercy for those who don’t see the point of this alternation. Society crashes – with its questionable demands – the frailty of those who feel inadequate compared to the world around them and to others. When these feelings become overwhelming, there seems to be only a solution: suicide. But society labels and judges even this extrema ratio. So, in the words of Kenyan author Young Nino, what is left is “drinking your soul away” or anything that can soothe that pain “that takes away your will to live“.

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“Mental 360”, in Kenya against youth depression and suicides

29 Dicembre 202029 Dicembre 2020anxiety, Art therapy, Bright Shitemi, dance, depression, kenya, Matshidiso Moeti, meditation, Mental 360, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, physical wellness, suicide, survey, trauma, Who, World Health Organization, yoga

Mental 360 is a non-profit mental health awareness organization that has been active since 2016. Among its activities there are physical wellness, counselling, art therapy, yoga and dance, all aiming at promoting mental health and emotional stability. The end goal is to establish a society where mental illness is not stigmatized and treatment is affordable to the common citizen everywhere in Africa. We talked with Bright Shitemi, co-founder of the organization, who explained us the inspiration behind the NGO and the objectives, obstacles, results achieved to date and future goals.

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“Living Death”, a hopeless life with sadness weaved into the bones

4 Dicembre 202014 Settembre 2021Botswana, depression, Living death, Maipelo, Maipelo M Zambane, poetry, suicide

One Global Voice reaches Botswana with this poem dedicated to the fatigue of living. When not engaged in her work, Maipelo M Zambane dedicates herself to reading and above all to writing: she keeps a very active profile on Twitter and collaborates with the digital magazine Afrolutionist, which aims to contribute to inclusive development in Africa and in the African diaspora through the perspective of human rights. “I don’t remember the day i stopped embracing hope,” thus ends this painful piece from her recent Life and Everything in Between collection.

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“Like a candle in the wind”, so we blow out the flame of our life

27 Novembre 202027 Novembre 2020Like a candle in the wind, mental illness, South Africa, south african poetry, suicide, vangile gantsho, women poets

“It’s so difficult, this living thing / two decades sometimes / are more than one can bear”, this is the beginning of this moving poem composed about the sudden death of a very young and talented poet. It is the author herself to explain it, vangile gantsho, South African poet and healer who started to write and create at a young age and developed an interest into confessional and political writing. Although “some scars are too deep / even for poetry”, this poem enlightens the darkest emotions of the human soul that can lead to suicide, a choice no one should quickly label as coward and selfish, the author says.

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