The spoken words in Portuguese from Brazil, sounding different but feeling the same, offer us the joy of existing in a plural and multi-layered world. A human voice giving voice to the non-human manatee or, as it is called locally, peixe-boi or manati or goaragoá. 

Manatee / I want to swim with you / In our environment / In the territory of the Potiguara / Don't ever run away / From this mangrove Manatee / I want to coexist with you / ... Oh Goaragoá manati 

Poem by José Romildo Araújo da Silva Potiguara. Text & Curation by Cristina Brito. Cover by Catarina Garcia.