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De donde vengo yo, ChocQuibTown

De donde vengo yo, ChocQuibTown

Oct 3, 2021 | Social Justice Text

“De donde vengo yo” is a song by the Afro-Colombian group “ChocQuibTown”. Their lyrics and images as seen in this song is a form of protest that deepens our understanding of the inequalities still suffered in the Chocó region of Colombia....

La Rebelión, Joe Arroyo

Sep 15, 2021 | Social Justice Text

The song tells the story of a slave who rebels against a Spanish slave owner who hit the slaves’ wife. The song repeats that in the streets to this day, you can still hear the slave shout “no le pegue a la Negra”, which roughly translates to “don’t hit the black...