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The Death of a Mozambican Rapper and Revolutionary
Thousands take to the streets of Maputo to celebrate the life and lyrics of Azagaia, one of Mozambique’s most beloved cultural icons.
Music
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Everything U Want
Track 8 from Travesti Biológica features vocals from multidisciplinary artist Ivy Monteiro.
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enTR4V4
With enTR4V4, Mavi takes us on a voyeuristic tour of various bedrooms to an insistent four-on-the-(boudoir)-floor rhythm.
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Treasure in My Mouth
With spacey synths and a disco dance beat, “Treasure in My Mouth” is an intimate portrait of self-care and resistance.
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Names
The fifth video from the album Travesti Biológica celebrates the cultural turn when we claim terms that once were used to oppress.
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Biological Tranny
This propulsive anthem acts as the title track to Mavi Veloso’s album, and asserts Mavi’s identity as a woman…and a real bitch too.
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In D Meantime
Mavi awakens in an alien landscape in the third music video from her album Travesti Biológica.
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Postiços
Stark lighting and minimal drum lines define the second music video from Mavi Veloso’s Travesti Biológica album.
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“¿Quiénes son?”
Oaxacan hip hop crew Juchirap has gained acclaim as one of Mexico’s up and coming acts, earning praise for their old-school rhythms and performances in their native Diidxazá (Zapotec) language.
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High Tide: Reflections on Music, Isolation & Catharsis
In a time of unmediated isolation, loss and heartbreak, perhaps rediscovering our artistic passions and tapping our creative impulses can offer some respite.
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Tomson Highway and the many languages
Tomson Highway (Cree/Dene) enjoys an international career as playwright, novelist, and pianist/songwriter, widely known for his plays The Rez Sisters, Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing, Rose, Ernestine Sushwap Gets
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Experience vs. Magic: Improvisation and Civic Action
A review of The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Co-creation (Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice) by Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, and George Lipsitz. 2014. ISBN: 0822354780.
