ECHO: I hear my ancestors
As I stand here today, 
I pay homage
A visceral call and response system of creativity, remembrance and the request for spiritual wisdom
 
 
MEMORY: The great Elégua, the guardian of the gates, advocator for those who suffered injustice
Cultivated on plantations, offerings of rum­ and tobacco are for you
I hear rhythms produced from the forced labour of slavery
 
 
RENEWAL: O’Elégua, open a door for me as I tell a story
The notion of belief
and the power of recovery through creative process
The process of change through renewal observed 
through death, determination and spirit  
 

 

- ​Artist