
The Haitian-American Diaries
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The Haitian-American Diaries
Episode 24. For the Love of L’Azile
It’s been a pretty difficult summer for the people of Haiti . On August 14, 2021 Haiti was hit by a 7.4 magnitude Earthquake. The epicenter was 94 miles west of Port-au-Prince and damaged many of the towns along the western coast and in the mountains. This earthquake really hits home for Jenny and I since our fathers town L'Azile was very badly affected. In this episode we share audio of a close family friend who experienced the earthquake first hand.
We are asking our listeners to consider donating to a family in L'Azile to help them buy the necessities that they need. Please follow the link to our
Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/f378aab3
All of the proceeds will go directly to the families.
Special Thank You To:
Junior Bel Artist for sharing his poetry, music and most importantly his story.
Anthony Price for lending his voice to translate for our listeners.
Follow him on Instagram @mindfulrhythmcoaching
Cody Haynes for our transition music.
Follow him on Instagram @GumboRivers
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Oh Sekou Lyrics Translation
Artist *Drihana*
We see too much in front of us
Even The people close to us are dying
We don’t have enough strength we Have to keep running
We need relief
(Refrain)
We need relief were asking for a relief
Artist: *King C-Mo*
January 12 past and now there’s another hit
We We feel the most when it happens to us
Haiti is on its knees and wants to stand
If yours can’t Boil it will cut blank blank**
Bring a tent to live under
Medicine so We can stay alive
You don’t have to be from the nip to bring help
Just think you could have been here too
(Refrain)
We need relief were asking for a relief
Interview
How many of you were in the house?
It was five of us that were in the house
We are hungry we don’t have water
I have many children With me
I have nowhere to put them we are sleeping under the open sky
Artist: *Junior Bel Artist*
January 12 at past on us and we were terrified
There wasn’t a person that was exempt
In August it happened again
Cities (Nip, the south, Grandas) let us stand up
We are asking for relief for the victims
You could be the richest or the poorest
Let’s work together
No matter how it is we can’t give up
Artist: *Dritchy*
When you help you don’t lose
You’re lucky if you weren’t touched
There are people who are sick
Who can’t eat
there are people who are laying in hospital beds
You could be in their place
It’s not because you’re better
You could’ve been in their place
Let us cry for help
(Refrain x4)
We need relief were asking for a relief
This episode was recorded LIVE on the Stereo App