Journey to the Origin

I find myself in the world above

Where the gods blow

Breath

Converse

From the clouds

Rivers of gold coagulate

The earth scar

Hatun Amaru (Great Serpent)

You have no borders

Nor shapes that contain you

Free as the water

That filters from the walls that are imposed on us.

From the beginning of your days

Your children amalgamate.

51 years ago in the South Bronx, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, an eternal culture would originate that spread throughout the world and be adopted by various communities to express themselves and tell their own stories.

Hip = Knowledge; Hop = Movement

Hip = Knowledge; Hop = Movement

The sound of Boombap, free expression and community work awakened the sense of belonging that I had never found before and it manifested itself as I toured the districts of the capital Lima

Visceral

Hated

Loved

Paqarina (place of origin)

that I traveled with friends, children of migrants like me...

We broke the silence

We liberates through song, rhymes, dance, music, coexistence...

Claiming our dreams 

 shaped by our wounds that scars

with rebellion through collectivity and art.

A photograph of the chain with the image of the historic indigenous leader Tupac Amaru II on the chest of the Quechua rapper Cay Sur hangs on the fence of a “Project” in the South Bronx, as part of the 7th Latin American Photography Festival organized by the Bronx Documentary Center.

Afeni Shakur, Black Panther activist and mother of 2Pac, one of the most influential rappers in hip hop culture explains:

“I wanted him to have the name of a revolutionary of the indigenous peoples of the world. I wanted him to know that he was part of the world culture and not just a neighborhood.”

Shining Serpent / Tupac Amaru

Transcends space and time

Your children will take your name

And make it their own