The term “Loisaida” was first recorded by Bimbo Rivas in an unpublished 1974 bilingual poem. “En mi mente, mi amada,/ yo te llamo Loisaida/ Increible/ una mezcla, la perfecta,” he writes. (English: In my mind, beloved,/ I call you Loisaida./ Incredible/ a mix, the perfect one.) Rivas continues the poem by demonstrating a quixotic love…
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