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Ep. 48 Boricua heroes you should know: Vidal Santiago Diaz -- How now barber stood up to US colonialism (NOW AVAILABLE IN VIDEO FORMAT)
THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE OF VOICE OF THE WATERLILY TO BE AVAILABLE IN VIDEO FORMAT.
Vidal Santiago Diaz was the most famous barber in Puerto Rico, he even authored a book about his trade, ‘El Texto de Barberia Practica y Cientifica’, but, that was before the October 30th, 1950 incident, that made him into a legend throughout the island. Salon Boricua was Barrio Obrero’s neighborhood centre; a constant hub of activity, music and fierce debates; hated by Luis Muñoz Marin, and constantly surveilled by the FBI. But why were this barber and his little shop hated so much? Well, Vidal was no regular barber, he was a nationalist, president of the Santurce Municipal Board of officers of the PNPR and Pedro Albizu Campos’ personal barber.
Listen to his-story here on Voice of the Waterlily.
Read it HERE
Watch it HERE
Songs:
Mi Patria O Muerte Empieza — Andres Jimenez ‘El Jibaro’
Coño, Despierta Boricua — Andres Jimenez ‘El Jibaro’
Despierta Borincano — Bobby Capó
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THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE OF VOICE OF THE WATERLILY TO BE AVAILABLE IN VIDEO FORMAT.
Vidal Santiago Diaz was the most famous barber in Puerto Rico, he even authored a book about his trade, ‘El Texto de Barberia Practica y Cientifica’, but, that was before the October 30th, 1950 incident, that made him into a legend throughout the island. Salon Boricua was Barrio Obrero’s neighborhood centre; a constant hub of activity, music and fierce debates; hated by Luis Muñoz Marin, and constantly surveilled by the FBI. But why were this barber and his little shop hated so much? Well, Vidal was no regular barber, he was a nationalist, president of the Santurce Municipal Board of officers of the PNPR and Pedro Albizu Campos’ personal barber.
Listen to his-story here on Voice of the Waterlily.
Read it HERE
Watch it HERE
Songs:
Mi Patria O Muerte Empieza — Andres Jimenez ‘El Jibaro’
Coño, Despierta Boricua — Andres Jimenez ‘El Jibaro’
Despierta Borincano — Bobby Capó