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Desapariciones
For everyone still waiting for answers 🕯️
Who it's for
Rubén Blades sings of the people "disappeared" under Latin American regimes, through the voices of families still asking where their loved ones went.
Anguished and uncertain→Held and remembered
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Desapariciones" is the third track on Buscando América (1984), the debut album by Rubén Blades y Seis del Solar, and is about people who vanish with no explanation. The song gives short portraits of ordinary people who have disappeared, among them a watchman, a student, a pre-med student and a woman taken in for questioning, each introduced through a relative still searching for answers.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Lyrics about political disappearances.
Age: Suggested 13+
I’ve got out at last,Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper
