Join us for musical performance and conversation on Indigenous urban movements with Liberato Kani, a distinguished Quechua hip-hop artist, and Jorge Luis Astovilca, a master of traditional Andean scissor dancing. Both artists are traveling from Peru to share their work, which highlights Indigenous urban music and dance traditions.
Harvard University. Cambridge, MA (Fong Auditorium)
Cost: Free and Open to the public.
About the artist:
Liberato Kani is a Peruvian Quechua rapper and composer. His music fuses the global rap/hip hop genre with the Andean, Amazonian, and Afro-Peruvian culture sounds in the Quechua language. He has performed globally, including Chile, Cuba, Germany, Spain, and the United States. As an educator, he has worked giving multiple workshops in Quechua and Indigenous cultures for children and young people.
Currently, Liberato Kani performs in different cultural and educational spaces and gives talks as part of his social commitment to fight for a Quechua-speaking people and for a multilingual Peru. His latest music album Pawaspay, is available on Spotify and other music platforms.
