Glean

Bittersweet Pageantry

Glean 2, Winter 2023

Review by Sorana Munsya

Tschabalala Self in CC Strombeek

La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
My Cherie amour, lovely as a summer day
My Cherie amour, distant as the Milky Way
My Cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore
You’re the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine

The romantic and somewhat naïve ‘la, la, la’ of Stevie Wonder’s ‘My Cherie Amour’ (1969), covered by the German-Caribbean disco-pop group Boney M (1985), is one of the connections between the various works in ‘Feed Me, Kiss (…)

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