Current commentaryFitsari ′dan Duniya: An African (Hausa) praise song about vesicovaginal fistulas
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Fitsari ′Dan Duniya (Urine, the Oppressor of the World)
Fitsari ′dan duniya. Fitsari ′dan Dandi.
Urine, the Oppressor of the world. Urine, who has forced me from my home.
Muna neman lafiya; sun ce mu tafi Dandi.
We went out looking to be healed, but they said we were all whores.
Ciwo ya same ni tun ina yarinya ta.
This sickness “caught me” when I was only a young girl.
Ina zauna a gida na ji labari mai kyau.
I sat confined at home until I heard the good news.
Na ce: Wayyo, iya! Sai ki ba ni ku′di.
I said, “My word, mother! Give me the money!”
Zan je Jos
Acknowledgements
The author acknowledges the assistance of Mrs. Justina Kuzasuwat, chaplain to the vesicovaginal fistula program at Evangelical Churches of West Africa Evangel Hospital, in transcribing and translating the Hausa text.
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