Soy malagueño
Performed by Lorenzo Díaz Gamboa.
Recorded June 9, 2025 in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (acquisition date: October 2, 2025).
Performed with guitar. Recorded by Rowan Glass on behalf of Derek Piotr.
Included below is an edit in which background noise is removed using AI:
"Soy malagueño" is perhaps the most emblematic song in the folk corpus of Bahía Málaga,
expressing locals' pride in their unique identity that sets them apart from other Afro-Colombian communities of the country's Pacific Coast.
The lyrics reference piangüar, the traditional practice of harvesting pianguas—an endemic clam species—as a distinctive element of the cultural heritage of Bahía Málaga.
O yo soy malagueño (x2)
Malagueño soy (x2)
Y aunque no lo crean (x2)
Soy de mi región (x2)
Yo soy del Pacífico (x2)
Pertenezco a Buenaventura
Les vine a contar (x2)
Un poco de mi cultura (x2)
Yo vivo en un estuario (x2)
Donde se mezclan las aguas (x2)
Donde todas las piangüeras (x2)
Se van a buscar las pianguas (x2)
O yo soy malagueño (x3)
Ahora é yo soy malagueño
O yo soy malagueño (x5)
