Video Information

• Choir: Lewis & Clark College Community Chorale
• Piece: Lesklavaj (Slavery)
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Katherine FitzGibbon
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaume.com/produ...  
• Genres: A cappella, Folk/Ethnic, Contemporary
• (La Esclavitud - Traducción al Español abajo)
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  Lesklavaj (Slavery) is part of a 3-movement work titled “Ayiti” (Haiti). (listen to the other two movements at the links below). The first movement depicts the remarkable story of the capt...  more(La Esclavitud - Traducción al Español abajo)
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  Lesklavaj (Slavery) is part of a 3-movement work titled “Ayiti” (Haiti). (listen to the other two movements at the links below). The first movement depicts the remarkable story of the captured Africans who were reduced to slaves by European settlers in the American continent, particularly in the Caribbean. The second movement recounts the indepence of Haiti; and the third movement is about the Perseverance of the country which to this day, Haiti is fighting with fury to keep its freedom.
  “No human being must live on their knees; slavery in all its forms is an affront to the Divine Creator. The sense of wonder teaches us to discover all the beauty and the magnificence of the creation, and the extraordinary richness of our humanity. Diversity and unity, respect and solidarity, compassion and generosity are what makes a free man.”
  
  -Gabriel T. Guillaume (Lyricist & father of the composer)
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  score available at:
  https://sydneyguillaume.com/product/lesklavaj/
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  Links to the other movements:
  https://sydneyguillaume.com/product/delivrans/
  https://sydneyguillaume.com/product/peseverans/
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  La Esclavitud
  
  Vengo de Africa, la tierra de mi padre;
  De los barcos franceses, hispanos e ingleses,
  Llegue a las Américas, tierra desconocida.
  Esto es Haití, esta es mi historia.
  
  
  Venimos de Africa con nuestra fuerte religión,
  Con bambúes, con tambores, con todas nuestras almas.
  Al momento de desembarcar, los villanos nos silenciaron,
  Juraron miles de veces que me convertirían.
  
  
  
  Hicieron todo lo...    less