LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

It's Our Anniversary

It's a beautiful day.

We're packing boxes, moving office.

St. Ann was our anniversary celebration, I think, just as it was Vaquero's birthday.

And now we've had dinner and champagne and dessert, and watched some Abukuá ritual and music from Epke in the Calabar, and are checking facts for an AFRO POP radio program, and all and all, feel this was a great one too.

We've had so many different great anniversaries.

One I recall with great vividness, was in Santiago de Cuba, my first trip to Cuba, which fairly coincided with Carnival.

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