Brasilia will host this Saturday (26) a powerful meeting of female black voices outside the National Museum. From 19h, Zezé Motta, Malía, Isa Marques, Larissa Luz, in this prepapy, Duchess, Luedji Luna, IAMDDB and Karol Conká score, with music and activism, the 18th Latin Latin festival – the largest in Latin America focused on black, latinas and Caribbean women.
More than a show, the meeting is also a cry of resistance. The artists who rise to the stage represent different generations and trajectories, but have in common the use of art as a political and pedagogical tool. They make music a language of denunciation, belonging and social transformation.
The singer and songwriter in this prepapy, born in Trinidad and Tobago, brings in her songs an engaging mixture of punch, Dancehall and Afrobeat – and carries the strength of those who learned early to face racism.
“I was treated differently on countless occasions and, as always the kind of person who speaks what he thinks, faced these situations immediately,” he told Agência Brasil.
It pointed out that structural inequalities remain on several fronts. “Women have always had to strive more to prove their value, and there are still huge wage inequalities and differences in the required standards of women compared to men,” he says. For her, the disparity in access to platforms and tools between men and women is still frustrating and revolting.
Even within spaces considered progressive, the artist warns of the negative reaction to identity struggles. “I think it’s a false choice to put identity struggles against broader social issues. Identity is not distraction – it’s a lens that helps us build more inclusive and lasting changes.”
Latinities, according to this, play a crucial role in bringing together different generations of black, Latin and Caribbean artists. “The work that the festival does is very impactful and significant. I am happy to be part and to be able to share some of my culture with the wonderful people of Brasilia,” he says.
Even without self -defining as an activist, the singer believes in the power of what she does. “I tell stories through music, focusing on women being authentic and faithful to themselves. I want to encourage women to continue talking about their challenges and sharing them shameless or fear,” he says.
For this, despite cultural differences, many of women’s experiences – especially black women – are universal.
Tickets for the show are free and should be rescued on the platform Sympla.
