The lyrics of resistance in Tambores en la noche by Jorge Artel
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.elc.n47a01Keywords:
Afro-colombian poetry, Jorge Artel, identity, resistance, memoryAbstract
This essay explores the mechanisms of textual construction of the Afrodescendant resistance in Tambores en la noche, a collection of poems by the Colombian writer Jorge Artel. I try to show how the persistent memory of the past, the proud lyrical reappropriation of the biological legacy, and the struggle against the policy of amnesia or any other strategy of distortion are key instruments for Artel’s claim for a more integral negro racial identity. Thereby, the work thereby underlines the topicality of Artel’s lyrical work which coincides with the persistence of racial issues in the social, political and cultural agendas of the contemporary Latin American nations.
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