"Katrina"
For us, Caribbean People, hurricanes are not para-normal events. You grow up hearing stories about devastating hurricanes and you get to experience a few yourself.
In fact, there have been a few hurricanes that have contributed to the migration of Island People to the States!
True fact is...most hurricanes develop off the coast of West Africa, churning through the Middle Passage. Many an African met their demise along that route of kidnapped and enslaved people. One of my good friends said it was a strange irony that storms come up from this watery burial ground to reek havoc on the Americas.
"The Invisible made Visible"
Katrina stripped America naked, exposing the world to the stark realities of an invisible economic underclass that toils within the shadows of America's opulence. Many people navigate the daily treachery of Urban America with profound ingenuity but "the roof was torn off the house" and even the strong could not survive!
"The Rain Does Not Fall On One Roof"
-Ewe (Ghana) Proverb
African Wisdom reminds us that we are all subject to the sovereignty of the Earth's Elements.
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"Hurricane on the Horizon" was inspired by Katrina and some other world issues. Unlike my last few CDs this CD will be entirely in English.
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