Nebur's World

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

My Family

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by Nebur

mamacita
Angela Deago con El General

Over the last week, three stories have been written about my elders. They were all well written, and have great photos, including one of my grandmother with General Omar Torrijos, who governed Panama until he died in a mysterious plane crash in 1981. I come from a family of poets, but unfortunately, our tradition is oral. In her story of my great grandmother Sabina and my grandmother Mamacita, KJERRINGA MOT STRØMMEN has documented this tradition, and included a poem of her own. Also, Cooking Diva's Melissa De Leòn has written a piece on my Tio Juancho, complete with photos.

Sabina the Wise, by KJERRINGA MOT STRØMMEN
Mamacita, by KJERRINGA MOT STRØMMEN
Latin America's Best: Juan Deago, by La Chef Melissa De Leòn


Mi querido y adorado
recordado general
que me llevaste un día
a flamear mi bandera
en la zona canalera
porque otra extranjera
ay, su lugar tenía......

Arroz de soberanía
cultivaré en Miraflores
el Chagres de mis dolores
me dará su agua fría.
Quiero sembrar un maíz
en la Zona del Canal,
zona de soberanía
la tierra que es tuya y mía
en la Zona del canal.

-From "La Zona Del Canal" by Ángela Deago

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