| La mia casa è così piccola
Soumaïla Diawara
La mia casa è così piccola (Disse l’Europa all’Africa) |
My house is so small
Soumaïla Diawara
My house is so small (Said Europe to Africa) Translation © Matilda Colarossi |
| Domani
In un domani, molto prossimo,
|
Tomorrow
One day, not very far from now,
Translation © Matilda Colarossi |
From “La Nostra civilità” (Our Civilization) by Soumaïla Diawara.
Soumaila Diawara was born on February 4, 1988 in Bamako. He has a degree in Legal Science, specializing in International Private Law. At the age of three, following his parents’ divorce, he goes to live with his paternal grandmother. During his studies in university, he becomes involved in politics and the struggle for social justice. After terminating his degree he becomes a leader of the “Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l’Indépendance” (SADI) and travels through Africa, South America, Europe, and Canada to promote the cause. Through his party, he collaborates with the Malian Party of Labour and ALNEF. In 2012 he is forced to leave Mali because he, along with others, is wrongly accused of violence against the President of the National Assembly. Like so many others before and after him, he is forced to undertake a tremendous journey across the sea on a rubber dinghy. Thanks to the Marina Militare Italiana, he reaches Italy in 2014 where he still lives today, a political refugee.
You can find the book in Italian here: https://static.lafeltrinelli.it/libri/soumaila-diawara/nostra-civilta/9788831600880
More about the author here: https://www.facebook.com/soumaila.diawara.3

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