The Artist Decolonizing the Idea of Africa
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Anjalica Solomon
5:01pm - 5:59pm
If Raveena Arora, Leanne La Havas, and Akua Naru had a musical brainchild, it would be emerging musician Anjalica Solomon. With their debut, “Honey Queen” an erotic, queer love poem written in the spirit of neo soul artists such as Erykah Badu Solomon showcases their talent as a vocalist trained in the classical hindustani tradition and jazz. In a radio world filled with pop songs about love between cis men and cis women, this queer brown anthem is a radical act of resistance.
Solomon is a genderfluid Desi singer, songwriter, lyricist, pianist, clarinet player, loop pedalist, poet, spoken word artist, organiser and multi-disciplinary performer based in what is colonially known as Vancouver, B.C. They live on the stolen and unsurrendered territories of the Coast Salish, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations.
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Universal Hip Hop Museum is passing the mic to the women repping the culture with a powerful new campaign. TheÂ
Fresh, Bold, and So Def Womenâs Initiative (FBSD), led by theÂ
Hip Hop Education Center as the museum announces the kick-off of the plan as part of year-round programming leading up to the 15th anniversary of the Year of the Hip Hop Woman.
Fresh, Bold, and So Def Women (FBSD) began as a Hip Hop feminist intervention project for women of all ages to empower, cultivate, and inspire. The project builds upon the foundation laid by the Womanhood Learning Project launched in 2007 at New York University by the Hip Hop Association and a collective of women who joined forces to tell their story of Hip Hop as they know it. âIn this new era of Hip Hop, women are once again changing the game by building new pathways that empower and cultivate new talent. Iâm elated and applaud the museumâs embrace of our womenâs movement by providing