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Toronto writer and cultural critic Prasad Bidaye has this to say about the track:

“I’m really proud of this track by my brother Ukweli and Indigenous Resistance. Imagine a house music record that’s beautifully lush and cosmic, but it also addresses the current genocide of indigenous peoples in West Papua at the hands of the Indonesian government. The spoken word goes deeper though and addresses the West Papuan people themselves through the wisdom of myths, metaphors, and medicine. To top it off, this message is accompanied by a sweet vocal sung in Ethiopian Amharic with touches of dub. #Outernationalism There are a lot of house music records that invoke Africa, but it’s more often than not in a romanticized way. There are very few that invoke indigenous struggles and traditions. "3 Generations" Walking is the only one that comes to mind. But “Displacement” is probably the FIRST that goes beyond invocation and actually intends to speak to the indigenous people outside of North America, let alone in West Papua. I’m pretty sure that this is historically unprecedented."

lyrics

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.

credits

from IR60 Indigenous & Black WisDub :A Soundbook And Soundtrack For Critical And Creative Resistance, released September 3, 2021
This track features Ethiopian Amharic singing by Carlo Ertola recorded at CE Studios Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (@carloertola / #makingdreamshappen). Engineered by Carlo Ertola. Thanks to Abeba Fantahun for the Amharic language translation assistance and Giovanna De Franco for the wonderful hospitality. Music composed, recorded and mixed by Ukweli in Toronto, Canada. Words & music two-track mix and edit by Dhangsha done in U.K. Mastered by Sean Savage at seansavage.ca in Canada. Dub thanks to Prasonik for the dub linkage with Curtis Smith aka Ukweli and Tapedave for the file relaying across borders.

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