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Hua Kerekere

I te rongonga tuatahi ki te Strange Fruit na Nina Simon, ka whakautu taku tinana ma te uhi i a ia ano ki te kuihi i te kati o oku kanohi i te taumaha o te pouri i te wa e marama ana nga waiata ki roto i taku hinengaro. I nga ra i muri mai i muri mai i te whakamaarama i te wheako, ka rangahau au i te hitori me te rongo i te korero taketake na Billy Holiday. Ka totohu ake te karere ki roto i toku tinana, ka mohio ahau ka tata te tipu o te hanga. I hiahia ahau ki te mohio ki te ahua o te waiata ka kitea na Abel Meeropol i tuhi i te tuatahi ko "Hua kawa", he kaiako kura i tuhi rotarota. Na Abel i tuhi te rotarota (1937)  i muri i te maataki i tetahi whakaahua o te lynching. I muri mai ka tapirihia e ia te waiata me te ingoa  ko "Hua kerekere". Ko ia  whakatangihia  mo tetahi rangatira karapu o New York City nana i tuku atu ki a Billie Holiday  ka waiatatia i te tau 1939, ko te toenga e kii ana  ko  hītori.   
 

He kite ahau  tera  tenei hanga  ka whanake  ki roto  whakairo kaua ki te peita. I muri i te tohatoha i etahi whakaaro ma te tuhi tuhi, ka hangaia nga mea e whai ake nei.

Ray Rosario

 Abel Meeropol                   Billy Hararei                            Nina Haimona

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Billy Holiday

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Nina Simon

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He hua ke nga rakau o te tonga,
Te toto i runga i nga rau me te toto i te pakiaka,
Te tinana pango e piu ana i te hau tonga,
He hua rerekee e iri ana i nga rakau papara.

                           He tirohanga minita o te tonga toa,
                           Ko nga karu puhoi me te waha kopikopiko,
                            Te kakara o te magnolia he reka me te hou,
                            Me te haunga ohorere o te kikokiko wera!

                                                             Anei he hua ma nga kakao hei kohi,
                                                             Mo te ua ki te kohi, mo te hau ki te ngote,
                                                              Kia pirau te ra, kia taka te rakau,
                                                              Anei tetahi hua kee, kawa.

Lynching
Ray Rosario

I whakahuahia e Abel tenei whakaahua o te whakahekenga o Thomas Shipp raua ko Aperama Smith , i te 7 o Akuhata, 1930, i whakahihiko i tana whiti, "Strange Fruit".

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