![]() ![]() Even as Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel slowly dissolved, communist guerillas continued displacing families in the countryside, cultivating cocaine, and kidnapping the rich in purported Robin Hood endeavors to return money to the masses. ![]() Colombia in the '90s was a bed of political turmoil. What made Shakira so special was that her music added optimism and unity to a nation that was breaking at the seams. But beneath her gritty layers laid a soulful intelligence that held her country, and perhaps all of Latin America, in the palm of her hands. Her soft-spoken Barranquilla accent contrasted the heavy eyeliner cradling her eyes. Leather pants tucked into clunky black boots that vibrated against the floor as she strummed her guitar and blew life into a harmonica. Her mercurial hair was as dynamic as her music, one day a weeping black that melted into a burgundy red, another day braids woven with baby blue and ruddy fuchsia threads. This is the Shakira of my Colombian childhood, back when I was five years old and Bogota trickled into the year 2000. ![]() Instead of a blonde pop icon with fleshy body suits, you’ll find a disheveled poet with mud crusting her hands, producing '90s alt-rock miles away from the reggaeton collabs and pop bangers that awarded her a spot in the 54th Super Bowl. The Most Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Showsīut if you scour the niche corners of YouTube, digging into albums of the '90s, you’ll come across an altogether different artist. ![]()
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