"orisha songs for celina" PUBLISHED

"ORISHA SONGS FOR CELINA"

U are not latino

U are not latino

U are not latino

u are not latino

revoke papal bull

remember ancestors

gave pitch

so raleigh could repair

his leaking ships

after his failing

to locate

a city of gold

up de orinico

instead he got tobacco

smoked in bath

so his servant

doused him with agua

she thought he was on fire

u are not latino

u are not latino

ancestors shared

with all

maize

pineapple

tomato

papaya

potato

cassava

cotton

cocoa/chocolate

u r not latino

u r not latino

recognise roman domination

reject heresy & colonisation

columbus day

forced un cat-holistic conversion

u are not a cannibal people

rich diverse heritage

noble sophisticated cultures

u are indigenous

u are indigenous

u are indigenous

you are first nations

cultured long before

conquistadors’ bloody

occupations
pour libations

consult piyeman
u are indigenous

u are indigenous

u are indigenous

hiya hiya ho hiya
ayeaye oui oui
woooopw

simon bolivar

zapatista

che guevera

tupac

pedro campos

zapotec

yocahu

dioarima casaripo

mucurapo calls

tulec/aztec/mayan/incas/waiwai/

warahu/taino/gallabi/karifuna

first nations

arise as condor

call as coqui

trod as ocelot

bite as caiman

walk as tapir

dance like blue crab

slide like a coral snake

wade as anaconda

hide as a chameleon

hunt as leopard

dig deep as an anteater

swim deeper as manatee

run like agouti

hide like opossum

levitate as kolbriu

are not alatin/sic/american INDIAN

U ARE FIRST NATION

here comes hurrikan

yaya'a

roi kwabena (from Orisha songs for Celina)