A West Indian woman expresses to her children the conflict she feels in her roles as a mother and a nanny.

From the musical "Taking Care," about the many aspects of caregiving.

Taking Care

I'm Always Leaving You

Slow-grind bullerengue mashup of one of my favorites off Maria Mulata's Itinerario de Tambores vs Frikstailers Dancehallette. Shouts to Rafa for hooking up an alternate version to make it really work.  I'm currently working on an EP of bullerengue remixes longside my man DJ Reaganomics in preparation for this colombian tour... watch for it!

There's more downloads over here if u missed this http://soundcloud.com/quebajoparty/pa-la-escuela-nene-geko-jones

and feel free to repost
 

2/26 Medellin  @ Vanilla
3/4   Barranquilla @ La Plaza de la Aduana w/Bomba Estereo, Uproot Andy, Toy Selectah
3/11 Bogota @ Latora 4 Brazos con Uproot Andy y el Freaky Colectivo
3/12 Cali @ Mikasa Cafebar

Maria Mulata- Pa la Escuela Nene (Geko Jones vs Frikstailers)

Founded by freed slaves in the early nineteenth century, the candomblé temple Casa Branca in Salvador, Bahia, was the first Afro-Brazilian place of worship in Brazil. But despite its religious and historic significance, the story of Casa Branca’s origins has remained the stuff of oral traditions until the recent discovery of written documents by NHC Fellow Lisa Earl Castillo. Castillo is working on a new book which situates the temple and its founders within the greater social history of Brazil and as a place that offers special insight into the lives of freed and enslaved individuals on either side of the Atlantic.
 
In this podcast, Castillo maps out the process of reconstructing the life histories of nineteenth-century Yoruba- and Gbe-speaking freed people who are remembered today as the founders of the oldest Afro-Brazilian temples. She pays special attention to their legendary return voyages to Africa, where they were not necessarily welcomed “home,” but treated as outsiders. Her work illuminates how Casa Branca is not only an extraordinary story of mobility by freed Africans during the nineteenth century, but also of oral traditions as historical texts.

Lisa Earl Castillo, “Recovering the Story of Casa Branca and Afro-Brazilian Identity”

I built this riddim from a Perez Prado tune and brought it over to the homie DJ N-RON's to put on the finishing touches and arrangement. I had laid a Los Rakas acapella over it for a remix and later, i sent it out to a couple microphone fiend friends and got this back from Boogat. 

I'm Always Leaving You

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