Sách agus Seang

Publication Instance Details #1666

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Natural Disasters Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Health
Irish Context	Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes sitting at a table and eating a meal in front of a young Ethiopian boy, who is starving as a result, most likely, of the Ethiopian Famine, 1984-86. The title, 'Sách agus Seang' means 'The Well-fed and the fasting', and the poem hinges on this comparison between the rich of the Global North, and those suffering famines and plagues in the poorer areas of the world. The speaker of the poem admires the human dignity of the boy, who moves his humanity to act on his behalf.