Cumbe – Black and Chicano Movements in Latin America

Cumbe is an expression of hope and self-empowerment and the title of the recently translated graphic novel from Marcelo D´Salete and the new album of Bocafloja.

Book launch: Marcelo D´Salete: Cumbe. bahoe books, Wien 2017

Marcelo D´Salete erzählt in fünf Kurzgeschichten in poetischer Bildsprache über den Widerstand gegen die Sklaverei in Brasilien. Eine Übersetzung aus dem Portugiesischem.

Screening: Nana Dijo. Documentary, D: Bocafloja, 40min, ARG/HND/MEX/URY/USA, engl./span. with subtitles

Nana Dijo is a cartography of the Black experience through a collection of narratives in first person, which opens a crucial platform of discussion about race politics by deciphering hegemonic constructions of Latinidad.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3EYzEs5K8

Talk with Bocafloja, filmmaker, rap-artist, author, founder of Quilomboarte collective, Mexico City, Mexico