{"id":52,"date":"2001-02-15T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2001-02-15T14:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=52"},"modified":"2001-02-15T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2001-02-15T14:13:33","slug":"20010204-walking-through-the-glaring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2001\/02\/15\/20010204-walking-through-the-glaring\/","title":{"rendered":"20010204 Walking through the glaring"},"content":{"rendered":"

20010204 Walking through the glaring heat<\/p>\n

Osu, Accra,<\/u><\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\nthe smells are different,
\nthe sounds are different,
\nthe people are the same.<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\nless lively,
\nless of a big city.
\nbut the people are the same.<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\nthe multitude of churches resound with the songs and prayers of the people
\nAfrican songs, and african prayers
\nfor african people<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\nEven the smell of open sewers
\nthe incessant honking of free taxis
\nand the playful yells of “obruni, obruni”
\nseem to have faded with the people<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\nA much quieter city
\nA reminisence to a time
\nnot too long ago
\nwhen Osu was indeed a village on the outskirts
\nAnd not the city full of people it has become today<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\ndifferent in so many ways.<\/p>\n

yet in so many more it is all the same
\nthe humid heat,
\nso oppresive to my scandinavian sensibilities
\nis relentless, unpausing,
\nbut also infinitely beautiful in its overwhelming power<\/p>\n

in so may ways it is all the same
\nwherever i turn, i am met by the intense smiles of the people<\/p>\n

the jestful, communicative body-language
\nreminds me of the richness of the culture<\/p>\n

the wooden shacks,
\nnext to the splendid colonial mansions,
\nand the multitude of signs
\ndirecting me to the multitude of internet cafes
\nremind me of the complexity of yesterday
\nthe complexity of the today
\nand the complexity of tomorrow<\/p>\n

but mostly of the lines:
\n“If your mind can conceive it
\nand your heart can believe it,
\nthen you can achieve it”<\/p>\n

It’s different on a sunday
\nyet in so may ways it is all the same
\nwherever i turn, i am met by the intense smiles of the people\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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