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SUMMARY:From Son Jarocho to Hip Hop: Cultural Afromestizaje Symposium and Concert
DESCRIPTION: \nUTSA’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) \nThis 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. \nFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | All Ages\n********* LIGHT REFRESHMENTS ********* \nWHEN: Wed June 29\, 2016\nTIME: 5PM-8PM\nWHERE: UTSA Downtown Campus 501 César E. Chávez Blvd.\nBUENA VISTA THEATER (BUENA VISTA BUILDING)\n\nFeaturing:\nBOCAFLOJA (Mexico City) http://www.emancipassion.com/ and   KRUDAS CUBENSI (Cuba) http://www.krudascubensi.com/ \nBocafloja (Mexico City\, Mexico) is a multi-disciplinary artist\, filmmaker\, and founder of the Quilombarte collective. He has completed five professional music albums\, published two books\, ImaRginación and Prognosis\, and has toured internationally throughout 20 countries. His work focuses on race relations\, decolonial narratives\, and the African diaspora in Latin America. His most recent documentary\, Nana Dijo/Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness\, has been recognized as a brilliant contribution in the analysis of the body of the oppressed. Bocafloja has been featured in: BBC\, NPR\, MTV Iggy\, NACLA\, and many other newspapers\, magazines\, and media outlets globally. \n\nKrudas 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. \nPANEL:\nObafemi Ogunleye\, President of the Olaju Art Group\nKinitra Brooks\, UTSA English Department\, scholar of African American + Afro-Caribbean culture and literature\nKeli Rosa Cabunoc\, founder of Tallercito de Son\, UTSA BBL MA Student\nBocafloja\, activist\, scholar\, and hip-hop artist\, founder of Quilomboarte\nMargarita Machado-casas\, UTSA BBL Department\, scholar of Afro-descedants and Latina/o education \nOPENING PERFORMANCES:\nEl Tallercito de Son SATX and Jose Méndez-Negrete \nFor more information contact Marco Cervantes at marco.cervantes@utsa.edu\nor\nMariAna Marquez\nmarianarene13@gmail.com \n
URL:http://www.sanantoniopeace.center/event/from-son-jarocho-to-hip-hop-cultural-afromestizaje-symposium-and-concert/
LOCATION:501 W. César E. Chávez Blvd.\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="UTSA%E2%80%99s%20Mexican%20American%20Studies%2C%20African%20American%20Studies%2C%20Office%20of%20Student%20Activities%2C%20Consortium%20for%20Social%20Transformation%2C%20and%20Olaju%20Art%20Group":MAILTO:Marco Cervantes at marco.cervantes@utsa.edu
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