The Poetic Rhetoric of Mom'a Njoku a.k.a Simon Mol (Moleke Mo-Njie)
By Bate Besong (Senior Lecturer in Drama & Critical Theory - University of Buea, Cameroon) In the Second Annual World Poetry Day sponsored by UNESCO and organised by the editors of Poetry Today,...
View ArticleStand-Still Moment: Poland Mourns the Death of its Greatest Son
By Simon MolWe saw the flaming Hand of God descend on St. Peter’s Square to lead home His Son… who became Our Father; Suwe’lele (farewell)Pope John Paul IIMourners stand outside a packed church in...
View ArticlePoland: Spiritual Funeral for John Paul II
By Simon Mol Poland has declared two weeks of mourning to mark the passing away of its holy son Pope John Paul II. Though he is lying in state at the Vatican, in Poland it is obvious that his spiritual...
View ArticleAfrican Pope
The Cardinals have spoken and we have a new Pope. Tough to tell if a better choice could have been made. If I were one of the Cardinals voting for a new Pope, perhaps my vote would have been for...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS OF THE WRITER ("Mission to Venice")
By Simon Mol (Venice, Italy; May 4, 2005)REFUGE IN A SHADOWDo you see the Ant in the City’s heart?Perhaps it is perching on the Palace’s hat?It was well when last seen; crawling, searching by the...
View ArticleV’WAKO AMA TATA VWE (Mount Fako Is Angry Again)
…Communing with the GodsPenda Ndale was already in town for a grand performance. He had mounted his gears and was fondly putting together his trumpet as he prepared himself for a short rehearsal before...
View ArticleKFC Attack Aftermath: A Diplomatic Apology
An article titled "How Foreigners Are Doing in the Mazowiecki Province" appeared in Gazeta Wyborcza last Wednesday May 25. The article opened with the following sentence:A Cameroonian, Emmanuel Bianda...
View ArticlePress Release: Racial Attack at the KFC Rotunda
Sunday May 22 at 7.30 p.m. A Cameroonian refugee Emmanuel Bianda was rushed to the hospital in Lindleya Street for an urgent x-ray of his head after being attacked by a racist in KFC Rotunda (Warsaw)...
View ArticleD’s DAY (Remembering DJ Daniel Feist)
Moleke-mix; your choice for mein ‘God’s playground’ will play on—for you, me and all touched by your risen sunYou saw it all under the Sun, D…things that totaled to mark your DayPlus twenty-five...
View ArticleObituary: DJ Daniel Feist
News of Daniel’s Death robbed me of strength. A dear Friend, seasoned journalist, collector of African music and artifacts, DJ Daniel Feist retired last February 11 in his native city of Montreal of...
View ArticleAFRICA.... MY AFRICA: A Theatre Performance
A Simon Mol ProductionAuthor and director: Simon MolLength of the play: 30 minutesIn corporation with the Marki Town Council (Warsaw) and the Literary Association of Marki, Migrator Theatre (The...
View ArticleOn Justice and Tolerance
By Moleke Mo-Njie (Simon Mol)Paper presented at the World Forum of Ciphermatics (Tolerance in the third millennium: The other, time, difference, Villa San Carlo Borromeo, Senago, Milan: 10th-12th June...
View ArticleRefugees in Poland bring attention to plight of asylum seekers with theatre
Michal Zajac (Radio Prague, 24.6.2005)"Journeys in a New Homeland" is the title of a play written by a Cameroonian refugee, Simon Mol, and shown to Polish audiences by a team of refugee-actors seeking...
View ArticleCall of the Jungle
Simon MolNumber. Back to numbers;One to Infinity‘Now’ to the beginning lost in countlike a string of silk blown by the wind that falls—winding its way through grass.Rain—sound of Rain,reign nonstop.How...
View ArticleWojcieh Albiñski: A Literary Ally
Simon Mol In an age where one could postulate that the media has evolved into a form of popular religion, people read and react to what they read. The mind thrives on information, the body reacts to...
View ArticleHas the African Woman a Voice?
With over 200 people in attendance, the debate 'Mama Africa: Has the African Woman a Voice’ went underway at Cafe Kulturalna, Warsaw, July 20th. There was a compelling representation of the African...
View ArticleMy Humanity under Siege
By Simon MolSeptember 9, 2005 pressed me to a crucial battle against forces plotting to snatch my humanity from its sacred sanctuary in my personality. About a month ago I ran into two individuals at a...
View ArticleStand-still Moment: A Review
Author and Director: Simon MolLength: 1 hourActors:Exile Masters (Theatre group of the Association of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Poland - Actors are drawn from over seven different...
View ArticleBeauty and sorrow in the city
By Joanna WoŸniczko (Gazeta Wyborcza, 23/09/05)‘Joy and sorrow are international languages’, says Simon Mol, director of the play ‘Standstill Moment’, which was staged yesterday in Victoria hotel....
View ArticleI Dance
By Simon MolI dance, watching others dance I dance seeing them tell their stories in the language of the joyous spirit weeping withinI dance, I dance,I dance knowing it’s all too brief the dance of the...
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