From Son Jarocho to Hip Hop: Cultural Afromestizaje Symposium and Concert

UTSA’s Mexican American Studies, African American Studies, Office of Student Activities, Consortium for Social Transformation, and Olaju Art Group present: “From Son Jarocho to Hip Hop: Cultural Afromestizaje Symposium and Concert” w/ Bocafloja (Mexico) and Krudas Cubensi (Cuba)

This event seeks to uncover overlapping African and Indigenous cultural expressions as points of decolonial praxis within readings of Black, Chicana/o, Mexican American, and African American culture and history.

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | All Ages
********* LIGHT REFRESHMENTS *********

WHEN: Wed June 29, 2016
TIME: 5PM-8PM
WHERE: UTSA Downtown Campus 501 César E. Chávez Blvd.
BUENA VISTA THEATER (BUENA VISTA BUILDING)

Featuring:
BOCAFLOJA (Mexico City) http://www.emancipassion.com/ and   KRUDAS CUBENSI (Cuba) http://www.krudascubensi.com/

Krudas Cubensi (Havana, Cuba) are a Black feminist, queer, and vegan political activist hip-hop group formed in Havana, Cuba. The group challenges imperialist colonial ideologies with a focus on combating oppressive patriarchal, racist, and colonial paradigms. In resistance to a straight, male dominated hip-hop climate, the group founded the first vegan and queer activist art group in Havana called “Cubensi,” and in 1999 they formed Krudas Cubensi. After building an extensive career as hip-hop pioneers in Cuba, Las Krudas moved to Austin, Texas to expand their sound through live music channels and community and university workshops.

PANEL:
Obafemi Ogunleye, President of the Olaju Art Group
Kinitra Brooks, UTSA English Department, scholar of African American + Afro-Caribbean culture and literature
Keli Rosa Cabunoc, founder of Tallercito de Son, UTSA BBL MA Student
Bocafloja, activist, scholar, and hip-hop artist, founder of Quilomboarte
Margarita Machado-casas, UTSA BBL Department, scholar of Afro-descedants and Latina/o education

OPENING PERFORMANCES:
El Tallercito de Son SATX and Jose Méndez-Negrete

For more information contact Marco Cervantes at marco.cervantes@utsa.edu
or
MariAna Marquez
marianarene13@gmail.com