Seek and find, ok its not a translation but its a snippet and more than I had, "Salif Keita suggests that his choice to revive Folon a song he first made to mark the end of dictatorship in Mali (and much of West Africa) in the early 1990s, contains a subtle political message for today. “ ‘Folon’ is about democracy,’’ he says. “In the past, we didn’t select our leaders. They would come into power and people wouldn’t even know who or how. We paid a heavy price for democracy. We can’t forget that.’’Many countries of Africa (and elsewhere) are nominally democratic today but still highly unstable. Is Keita suggesting they are slipping? Direct as he may have become on some topics, now he answers with a proverb. “The horse is trotting ahead,’’ he says. “But you still have to drive it.’’ See here from the Boston globe, yay: http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/06/13/malinese_singer_salif_keita_takes_up_the_plight_of_african_albinos/ Love it - but look at this clip - his Takamine guitar is just like mine - ooh, I could never have planned that one, though I bet his top of the range - still:
