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George Telek, Giraun Em I Laif (This Land is our Life), from the 2022 album Kambek (I Lilikun Mulai).
George Telek is one of the few Papuan singers and songwriters to achieve international renown. He is «a father figure on his country’s artistic horizon and remaining a loyal son of the Tolai people. On Kambek, backed by long-time musician-friends, he sings in Kuanua (language of the Tolai) and Tok Pisin (his country’s lingua franca), focusing on personal and communal joys and struggles, embracing advocacy, homage, dietary advice and the spirit world». (From the site of World Listeining Post). The 2022 album marks the singer’s return after a devastating mouth cancer that, however, left his voice intact.
Kambek means “Coming Back” in Tok Pisin. Both the lyrics and the music are by George Telek. The song says: « So much bad attitude / It’s happening now / We have to look after the land / God gave this land to us / The blessing is here, the blessing is everywhere. / Don’t put up with corruption / We have to look after our rights and develop our country / Only then will we be okay. / (Chorus) This land is our life / This land is our life. / We have to think of next generation / Otherwise we will left out / And be slaves in our own country.»
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