show a little faith there's magic in the night
Seeing one’s mother cry
Is never a good sight;
You begin to wonder
How bad things really are.
Thursday, October 10: Wales-African Film Festival, Pierhead Building, Cardiff. 7pm
Friday, October 11: Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Time 6pm
Friday, October 18: Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. 7pm
December 4: Cameroon High Commission, Holland Park, London TBC
December 5: Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm
I grew up in Cameroon
Where on the wall
Of my mother’s living room
A gecko waited
Patiently
For the moth.
THIS IS NOT A POEM a hymn to tolerance and understanding, written and spoken by Eric Ngalle Charles, directed by Greg Lewis. A Pegasws Production.
Read all about this new short film here.
Today I drown in my sleep
Here in exile
While strangers build thrones on my father’s grave
Greg Lewis 