Voces de Mompox/Voices of Mompox
La Corraleja/The Bullfights of Mompox
Francisco’s article about the bullfights of Mompox was published recently on The Washington Times’s travel blog. The English version can be read here, y la version en espanol se puede encontrar aqui. Below is a video Francisco shot on the first day of the Mompox bullfight, or la corraleja. If you are sensitive to animal … Continue reading
Take One: “Don’t You Know the Whole World Will See This?!”
The video below, “Tu no sabes que este va pa’ todo el mundo?” or “Don’t you know the whole world will see this?”, was the kids’ first experience conducting on-camera interviews. In “Tu no sabes…” Miguel Davila, author of “Bienvenido a Mompox/Welcome to Mompox,” interviews Julio Zambrana and Hernando Sanchez Villalba, author of “El Otro … Continue reading
8 Easy Things You Can Do to Help Mompox
After a month in Mompox, we became aware of at least 100 different kinds of needs. Some days, we felt overwhelmed and just wanted to shut the door and take a big, deep breath. We did something better, though: we invited people to sit down and tell us their stories. Based on what we learned … Continue reading
Voces de Mompox: An Update & The Dollar Challenge
The Update Everything seemed to come together at the last minute. We found a house for rent that would serve as the ideal space for Voces de Mompox to continue as an after school program. With a large living room (that’s PART of the living room, in the photo above–to be repurposed as a computer/multi-media … Continue reading
To Mompox, With Love
As we scrambled to finish projects with the kids, leave them some lasting skills, and explore the possibilities of creating a permanent space for the Voces de Mompox project, getting articles on the website fell to the wayside. This week and next, we’ll be catching up on stories collected in Mompox… some written and produced … Continue reading