Daily News | The Haitian American musical performance that’s connecting Black resistance in Haiti and Philadelphia
The singer-songwriter was born in Haiti, but was raised between her birth town and Philadelphia her entire life. And while these two cities are thousands of miles away from each other, speak different languages, and have different cultures, the parallels between the two are glaring to Cerin: particularly that, she said, they “are both undeniable beacons of Blackness.
“It’s important to know … these resistance movements, but also to be able to contextualize them within how far-reaching white supremacy and the institutionalization of it really have been,” she said. “I hope when people see those connections, it will start to make disparate communities think more about solidarity.”
But Cerin loves the metaphorical connections, too, such as both places’ symbolism of Black freedom: Philadelphia was a destination on the Underground Railroad, and Haiti — the first independent Black republic in the Western Hemisphere — was also a destination for enslaved people in the South seeking liberation.
Cerin’s music is focused on those parallels, both in style and storytelling. Her songs are ancient folk music with elements of soul, drawing from both Haitian and Philadelphian music scenes. Her lyrics are in both Haitian Creole and English. On Tuesday, she’ll be performing folk songs in addition to her original music, with some storytelling as well.
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