Simon Mol

Siesta on Stellar fields with the Goddess of Mount Africa: On the Poetry of Simon Mol

By Magdalena Jakubczak - Originally published in Siecmilosci (Translated from Polish by Agata Grabau)

“Africa O! Africa,
When will you rise from slumber to shake
Down dusts from your eyes, Africa?

When will Pharaoh roar,
Or Magi turn bombs into bread Africa?
When will Nubian dance raise the dead,
Or Ashanti drums scare the foe...
O! cradle of creation?”

From Buea in Cameroon to Krakow: Fire-Eating Poet Simon Mol

“Everybody is a poet in Cameroon, just that not everyone writes poetry”, Violetta Zygmunt artistic coordinator of Stigmator Theatre’s cyclic meeting with foreign poets quoted the words of her guest. The poet, who writes under the pseudonym Simon Mol is a political exile from Cameroon . His real name is Moleke Mo-Nije. On Saturday February 25th he came to Krakow from Warsaw, where he lives and works since 1999.