A Taina/Boricua Youth's perspective. Keeping the memory of the ancestors alive.
A national guard removes a puerto rican flag from building. In late October and November, 1950, the Partido Nationalista de Puerto Rico, (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) led uprisings and rebellions all over the island. The US national guard and insular police’s response was brutal. Many nationalists were killed and thousands were imprisoned on false and …
Continue reading The Utuado Uprising/Massacre you don’t hear about in school.
Anani Kaike 11.13.19 Many see ex-governor Ricardo Rossello's behavior as appalling however it is not something new. This behavior started with the first governor the Spanish appointed to the island, JuanPonce de Leon, however here is Charles Herbert Allen’s plan to turn Puerto Rico into a sugarcane plantation. “In less than ten years, Allen built …
Continue reading Charles Herbert Allen and his plan to turn Puerto Rico into a sugarcane plantation.
(Click photos to enlarge). Atabey, Taino representation of Mother-earth A Conuco is a Taino gardening practice. They are mounded gardens, however they were not considered just gardens, they were living spirits, alive. This life is evident, just look under the soil and there is a world of life. While this life may be disregarded by …
Continue reading Conucos in the Modern Day: Our Ancestors Living On.
Anani Kaike March 25, 2019. For decades Puerto Ricans were subjected to the medical experiments of Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads and other Frankenstein like “doctors”. He was not brought to justice for his evil actions and in fact was promoted and allowed to continue “medical work”. This history is usually not taught in school. …
Anani Kaike February 26, 2019. In Latin/Caribbean/Salsa music there are few women who broke the barriers that surrounded that genre. One of the women who definitely broke that barrier was Myrta Silva, La Gordita de Oro. Not long ago, my father was talking with me about music and mentioned Myrta. He had mentioned Myrta before …
Continue reading Remembering Myrta Silva, (La Gordita de Oro).
Anani Kaike February 15, 2019 Bolero singer Santito/Santos Colon, ‘The Man With The Golden Voice’ is(was) one of the greatest voices in Latin Music and Boleros. Santito recorded more than 47 albums throught his 60 year career. Santito was truly a bolero singer, not just someone who could sing boleros. Even though he was influential and …
Anani Kaike Febuary 16, 2019 Hatuey was a Taino Cacique (chief) of the island of Quiskeya, (now the Dominican Republic). He never surrendered, and saw through the evil of the spaniards immediately, telling the people of Cuba that the gold was all the Spaniards care for. With a basket of gold he said the following to …
Rafael Hernandez was the most popular Boricua singer of the 1940’s and 50’s. He composed as many as 3,000 songs (some number were never recorded). Some of the most famous songs he composed are Lamento Boricua, Deselvo de Amor, Preciosa and Perfume de Gardenia. While some of his songs were upbeat and danceable like El Cumbanchero, (which was made popular by …
Continue reading Rafeal Hernandez and the little known anti-colonial messages of his music.
Febuary 5, 2019 Anani Kaike Today Febuary 5, 2019 would have been Daniel Santos’s 103rd birthday . I feel that it is very important to acknowledge him and his music today. Daniel Santos was another singer I have always heard the voice of. He was also another one of my grandfather’s favorite singers so his …
Anani Kaike. February 3, 2019 “El cuatro vivir en mi. Y yo vivire en el cuatro.”“The cuatro lives in me. And I live in the cuatro.” El maestro de Cuatro Maso Rivera. The Aguinaldos and jibaro music of Borinquen have always been very close to my heart. I always heard them and loved them. Their rhythms and sounds …
Continue reading “Los Hermanos Morales” and “El Musica Jibaro de Borinquen”.
Voice of the Water Lily 