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Krikati Empowerment Mix
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This track features the indigenous Krikati people who live in Maranhão,Brazil . They were involved in direct action resistance against state authorities when IR recorded them on their territory in Brazil.The lyrics which are in the indigenous language Je ,means" The resistance underground continues " when translated into english.
This track "Krikati Empowerment Mix" was part of a larger collaborative project done in 2009: IR 14 Direct Action Dubmissions (available as a Free Dub download at www.dubdem.com.br). The collaboration featured the dub mixing techniques of Jamaican studio production legend Steve Stanley (best known for his work with Black Uhuru, Tom Tom Club, Grace Jones and more), the Detroit techno frequencies of Underground Resistance’s Mad Mike Banks, the militant basslines and tabla samples of Aniruddha Das, and resistance vocals from the Indigenous Krikati people of Brazil.
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We send this out to the people of west papua
who are experiencing current modern day colonisation
Indonesian transmigration
Let's rewind in time
When our melanin
Became a synomn for evil
under those who would have us despise ourselves
To further their own selfish methods of
exploitation
Domination
Subjugation
From this poison there was no rapid wake up
Abandoned abundance
Life turned into ever sharper cruelties
We see you
Those with
Fidelity to those who spit on you
Dirtied with the ash of the oppressors context
Those who killed their own mind
were spared their body
A people deaf to purpose are lost
From maafa to present day Chagos islands
The poison still continues today
West Papua Highlanders suffer
As phosphorus dropped from the air
Our ancestors cry out
Where are the guardians of the way
Where is the respect for life today
Where are the people content with the simplicity of their lives
Where are the people at ease with silience

A people deaf to purpose are lost
Hurrying on the rush to destruction
The noise the hypnotised zombies make
Transmigration policy designed to displace us
But our spirit knows
The land is ours
Not by murder ,theft
By way of Violence
Or any other type of trickery
This land is ours!
This has always been our land
Where we began
With its sweet waters of welcome
Here we continue to flow from
And it is here we return to
Foundation restoration
Joining earth and sky again
This is what we fight for
This is what we sacrifice for
Where are the guardians of the way
Where are the people content with the simplicity of their lives
Where are the people at ease with silience
A people sure of the past
Unhurried by the present
A future where the unadorned present is cherished
The way is creation
Avoiding the temptations to just become takers
Reciprocity the key word in any deed
Healers seers imaginers rememberers utterers
Called to link memory with prophecy
Called to pass on the truth of our origins
Called to transmit dub visions of purpose
To those struggling for survival
The way is creation
The beautiful music of revolt
The utterers transmitting seen visions of purpose
Midnight voices from the source
In memory of greg young ing
As bonus tracks as tools for djs we are including both the english and amharic accapella vocals for this track.
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Witness The Insurgence Lyrics
This is future dub for the liberation of the people of West Papua
Coming to you in front for Lake Nalubaale, Uganda.
This has always been our land, where we began ,with its sweet waters
sweet waters of welcome
here we continue to flow from
and it is here we continue to return
to foundation restoration
joining sky and earth again
“where are the people at ease with silence?” in english and then again in swahili
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Stand Together
09:00
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Anarchist Africa
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Anarchist Africa Lyrics
sometimes its necessary to question.
the paradigms that have been implanted in our minds
so we ask you to be pensive
as opposed to defensive
those who seek to reclaim our African glory
so often put
centralised african kingdoms
like kemet mali kush
at the center of their story
name checking kings and queens
to add to the sheen
but Africa was more than those
anarchist examples more common than we suppose
in fact
these centralised kingdoms were a minority
instead we can look at the igbo
a federation of autonomous communities
without kings queens chiefs
dont shake your head in disbelief
at one point 4 million people
organised into 2000 separate villages
should the presence and existence of a
Kingdom, empire, nation or state
radiating immense material wealth
be the yardstick we use to contemplate
our self worth
for this time we spend on earth
are we not detracting from those who did not choose to chase that
particular vision of glory?
Are we not detracting from African indigenous peoples
who chose instead to humbly respect and flow with the earth
acting as caregivers of this land
on which we stand!
Many will acknowledge on our African continent
we live within imposed colonial boundaries
artificial state constructs
Geographic lines drawn by others
which interfere with people's lives
while simultaneously
being a constant cause of strife
most African peoples were stateless prior to colonialism.
this stateless presence
often referred to as a sign of our so-called underdevelopment
a barometer of lower intelligence
but what if it was a conscious rejection of
Kingdoms, empires, nations, states,
And other political forms of centralized hierarchy
refusing to live a life of subjugation
insisting on African mutual aid
created by those unafraid
of social living,
communal living.
Peoples like
The Shona of Zimbabwe,
the Mano of Ivory Coast,
the Kusaasi of Ghana,
those of the highlands of Madgascar
and other African peoples
with anti-authoritarian philosophies of living together
yes indeed time to reshape the historical algorithm
do your on research
reach your own conclusion
and always be ready to shatter any illusions
as we challenge the framework
we ask you to be pensive
as opposed to being defensive
sometimes its necessary to question
the paradigms that have been implanted in our minds
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