Tears Of Darfur

The story of the Darfur genocide is one not told often. It is the story of a war, in a South African country where around half a million people died. This war began in 2003 and continued until 2010. Many people have tried to get the word about the dying country out to other countries and people who can help through the means of poetry, song, photography, and videos. All of these means of communicating have advantages and disadvantages to them, however the video communicated the information the best. The poem “Tears of Darfur,” was written by Mahnaz Badihian, an American poet. This form of communication has more advantages than disadvantages. It contains a sorrowful mood, one that turns hopeful in the last two stanzas. It shows the conditions of those living in Darfur, saying “Can your simple dreams/ Of having a/ Loaf of bread and a roof above/ Come through?” and meaning that many people are both starving and homeless (Badihian 1). This poem cannot however say the straight, cold facts. The facts are wrapping in rhyme and can be hard to dig out. However, this is an emotional poem, that can give the reader a strong idea of how critical the situation in Darfur is. The image shows two young …show more content…
Written and composed by John Mucci, the singers blend the words together, overpowering the words with their voices. Without a copy of the lyrics, one would be completely lost and would have no idea what the song was even about. It was incomprehensible. However, the lyrics themself were extremely powerful. Saying that “Our moon is the same moon/ You see in New York/ The sun is the same sun/ That shines in Paris” and that Darfur shares this Earth with many other countries that help each other, so why was nobody helping Darfur (Mucci 1)? But, even without the lyrics, the singers voices show extreme emotion, and show sadness so powerful the listeners could be moved to