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By: Rebecca,
on 12/18/2007
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Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Coordinates: 23 0 S 31 45 E
Approximate area: 13,514 sq. mi. (35,000 sq. km)
When it comes to political geography, the twenty-first century has so far been especially concerned with issues of national sovereignty and in some circles, a renewed interest in the old maxim that good fences make good neighbors. Theoretically, those with means are free to move about the globe as the please, but in doing so, these individuals often navigate contentious borderlands. It interests me then, that in Southwestern Africa, three countries have worked together for the last seven years to literally remove physical and political barriers with the goal of creating a viable Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. (more…)
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Once again it is Poetry Friday and this week the round up is over at Two Writing Teachers. Thanks for hosting!
My contribution this week is a bit of one of my favorites, Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua.
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua was an amazing woman and my copy of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color is almost worn thing from so much reading. Anzaldua remains one of my heroes. She fought racism, sexism and oppression and paved roads for Chicanas and women in general. She died in May of 2004 and the world is a lesser place without her.
Borderlands
To live in the borderlands means you
are neither hispana india negra española
ni gabacha, eres mestiza, mulata, half-breed
caught in the crossfire between camps while carrying all five races
on your back
not knowing which side to turn to, run from; To live in the Borderlands means knowing
that the indian in you, betrayed for 500 years,
is no longer speaking to you,
that mexicanas call you rajetas,
that denying the Anglo inside you
is as bad as having denied the Indian or Black;
To read the rest of
Borderlands click
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here.
Your posts always introduce me to folks I don't yet know, and always make me think.
Thanks so much, Gina!
Great post again, Gina. Thanks for sharing.
What a powerful voice. Thank you for posting this.