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Audio Recording Wayuu teacher Rafael Segundo Mercado Epieyú reading from his work

Wayuu author Rafael Mercado reading from his work

About this Item

Title

  • Wayuu teacher Rafael Segundo Mercado Epieyú reading from his work

Summary

  • Mr. Mercado introduces himself and reads his story "Tayakai wayuu" ("Soy wayuu") both in the Wayuunaiki language and in Spanish. The author is a member of the Wayuu Indigenous community from the Guajira Peninsula in the northernmost part of Colombia.

Names

  • Mercado, Rafael
  • PALABRA Archive (Library of Congress)
  • Instituto Caro y Cuervo
  • PALABRA Indigenous Voices Project

Created / Published

  • 2023

Headings

  • -  Colombia--Prose and oral literature

Notes

  • -  Prose in Wayuunaiki and Spanish.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape.
  • -  Recorded for the PALABRA Archive
  • -  This session was made possible thanks to our curatorial partners Adriana Maria Campos Umbarila and Angie Katherine Cardozo Veloza (Caro y Cuervo Institute, Colombia).
  • -  In collaboration with the Caro y Cuervo Institute (Bogota, Colombia).
  • -  Recorded on February 17, 2023, at the author's residence in Riohacha, Colombia.

Medium

  • 1 sound file (59 min.) : digital, WAV file (24 bit, 96 kHz)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AHLOT0209

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021759413

Access Advisory

  • Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Hispanic Reading Room.

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Hispanic Division

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Chicago citation style:

Mercado, Rafael, Palabra Archive, Instituto Caro Y Cuervo, and Palabra Indigenous Voices Project. Wayuu teacher Rafael Segundo Mercado Epieyú reading from his work. 2023. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021759413/.

APA citation style:

Mercado, R., Palabra Archive, Instituto Caro Y Cuervo & Palabra Indigenous Voices Project. (2023) Wayuu teacher Rafael Segundo Mercado Epieyú reading from his work. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021759413/.

MLA citation style:

Mercado, Rafael, et al. Wayuu teacher Rafael Segundo Mercado Epieyú reading from his work. 2023. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021759413/>.