Originally posted on Allegra Lab on October 18 2016
Photo by Bea Mahan
By David Bukusi
No one’s gonna talk to me
Coz I’m The Daktari,
Get an appointment
Yeah, get in line!
Yet here I am in Amsterdam
Where the Sun don’t shine,
Men are in Trouble
Men are on the line!
There is a Prozac bubble
Some call it mental Health
But when you want to kill yourself
It may be lack of wealth
20 years of HIV
And nothing new coming through
I’m kinda tired of WHO
Telling me what to do
I’ll be replacing objectivity with reflexivity
I’m sorting out my psychiatry with anthropology
I don’t want to continue talking about myself
No no no, let’s focus on mental health
I want to get into the field
To make sure I get the yield
I want this info
To help figure out why
Men do as they do
And why sometimes they die
How do I do this?
Through Ethnography
With all its ways, means and methods
It’s great for stories, tales and records
How will I report it,
I ask myself softly?
I do have some clues,
I’ll work them out nightly
But others here are telling me
To take some liquor
Coz this will help the lines
Flow faster and quicker
Now I really need this info
Do you get my drift,
Coz I’m the Daktari
And I’m on my shift!!!