UTSA’s Mexican American Studies, African American Studies,
Office of Student Activities, Consortium for Social Transformation, and the Olaju Art Group
present:
From Son Jarocho to Hip Hop: Cultural Afromestizaje Symposium and Concert
Wed June 29, 2016 UTSA Downtown Campus
Featuring Performances by : Bocafloja (Mexico City) and Krudas Cubensi (Cuba)
Opening performances by
Tallercito De Son and Josie Méndez Negrete
This 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.
Panel includes:
Obafemi Ogunleye, President of the Olaju Art Group
Kinitra Brooks, UTSA English Department, scholar of African American and Afro-Caribbean culture and literature
Keli Cabunoc, founder of Tallercito de Son, UTSA BBL MA student
Bocafloja, activist, scholar and hip hop artist, founder of Quilomboarte
Margarita Machado-Casas, UTSA BBL Department, scholar of Afro-descendants and Latina/o education