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A Love Letter to My Trini-Vene Tribe… #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Today’s La Vida En Black History Month moment comes in the form of a love letter. A love letter written through history, by our ancestors, by our Great Grandmothers and Great Grandfathers…today’s Post is dedicated to mi famila. Born in the “in between” time my Mummy, Josefa Machado was a bright daughter in the Luces family. …
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La Vida En Black; El Negro Primero #BlackHistoryIsGlobal
Afro-Venezuelans were a vital part of the struggle for independence. One of Simon Bolívar’s most famous lieutenants, Pedro Camejo, is legendary in Venezuela’s history as “El Negro Primero,” who was always the first to ride into battle. In the final battle of Carabobo, Camejo was mortally wounded but survived long enough to utter one infamous phrase: “General, vengo decirle,…
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There’s Nothing Wrong With Her… #AutismAwareness
There’s Nothing Wrong With Her… by Mimi Machado-Luces #MimiTVA #LaVidaEnBlack #BlueDivaDesi My mother droned this into our heads when we confirmed my daughter’s autism. “That child is brilliant you know, Mimi,” she repeated in her sing song-y West Indian accent, “you ent’ have to worry about she, Desi goin’ an’ change dee world you know.…
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An Angel Formed Today
Trini-Vene Tribe, Today Today, March 15th ; I honor the making of our personal familia Angel, the woman who formed our being, the Madre We are blessed to call our own… I cannot begin to describe the level of blessing we all have had by being a part of her beautiful family. I can however…
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Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, Dancing En Clave
#BlackHistoryIsGlobal Today’s La Vida En Black History Month message hails from Bayamòn Puerto Rico… A Boricua who influenced ballroom dance so much that his signature moves are now Latin dance competition standards, Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar was the original Mambo King. Crowned in 1952 as the “greatest Mambo dancer ever” by Tito Puente and Life…
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The Baby Catchers, Las Parteras, Doulas, Midwives… “Aminata Diallos” of the Americas
#BlackHistoryIsGlobal Today’s La Vida En Black History Month features the Baby Catchers, Las Parteras, the doulas, the midwives. These women keep our people alive… they do the work of nurturing our women through the single most important event of their lives: dando luz a un ser humano or bringing to light another human being. On…
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