Bernadette Chatles (Kulanga) Welcome!

Author's Note:
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Since the onslaught of the Iron Age, many religious and historic references have suggested that an “active white-male-Principle of a God in Heaven” was solely responsible for the act of creation. To me, this prospective was at least incomplete, and at worst, distorted. Because I was born from a mother, it was not very difficult to envision the prime creative principle in female form. From this prospective, I could not doubt the existence of women as equal… Continue

Why do we need to give thanks... (This is a gift from an unknown author, permit me to share it with U... )

I AM THANKFUL: FOR THE WIFE
WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT,
BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME,
AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

FOR THE HUSBAND
WHO IS ON THE SOFA
BEING A COUCH POTATO
BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME
AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.

FOR THE TEENAGER
WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES
BECAUSE IT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME,
NOT ON THE STREETS.

FOR THE TAXES I PAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS
I AM EMPLOYED.… Continue

I am Kulanga,
I am what I am.
I invoke my Shhhhh story,
That’s what I do.
I give it life, I give it sound,
I am a stream through which it flows.
I am a river through which it runs.
I am a voice through which it sounds.

My heart beat is an African drum.
My feel is a vibrational sound.
Eternal conscience, is what I am.
A captive audience, that’s what I need.,
To be full flavored
Like an eternal hummmm...

Shhhhh listen!
Can you hear it?
An African spirit has awakened the drums.

Creativity is my… Continue