Inhabiting change: Internal reflections on the transition process.
At MÁS, we are going through a period of change and internal organization. That is why, in this summer newsletter, we are opening a space to share the reflections of...
Pregones for Environmental Justice
Art, ancestry, and Afro-Latin resistance raise their voices against environmental racism in Seattle In the memory of Black and Indigenous peoples of Abya Yala, the pregón is not just simple...
An interview with Otoqui Reyes, a bearer of Puerto Rican Bomba in Seattle
“When our hands connect with a DRUM that vibrates with our energy, vitality, emotion, euphoria, hope, sensitivity, surrender, sharing and unity, we become whole again.” Barry Bittman, MD Otoqui Reyes,...
My dad wants to learn how to do my hair
By: Meyby Ugueto. Insurgent braids collective Capuchinos subway station. A man with a black complexion and afro hair, chats with his partner, a woman with a white complexion and straight...
Cimarrón/ Maroon remnant of scriptural promiscuity.
by Johan Mijail “We have been given many names: illegals, foreigners, temporary workers, border violators, undesirables, exiles, criminals, non-citizens, terrorists, thieves, outsiders, invaders, undocumented…” 1. One of the most...
San Juan de Curiepe
Research: Meyby Ugueto-Ponce Photos: Franklin Perozo The Celebrations that arise around the Catholic image of San Juan Bautista, happen in Venezuela during the month of June. In Curiepe, an Afro-Venezuelan...
Colombian Cumbia
By: Marcela Rosero and Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle The word “Cumbia” comes from the Guinea Valley of West Africa. Cumbia was born in Santa Cruz de Mompox, Cartagena – Bolivar –...
Tamborito
The tamborito is the King dance and musical genre in the isthmus of Panama and is conventionally recognized as the most important expression of Panamanian folklore. Tamborito is a derivative...
