Quechua Hip-hop: A Musical Performance and Conversation on Indigenous Urban Movements with Liberato Kani

Musical performance and conversation on Indigenous urban movements with Liberato Kani, Quechua hip-hop artist, and Jorge Luis Astovilca, a master of traditional Andean scissor dancing. Both the performance and conversation will offer an opportunity to learn more about the relevance of Indigenous urban music and dancing in the Andes. Quechua is the most spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas, with almost 10 million speakers in South America, and with significant migrant communities in the U.S., Spain and Italy.

Speakers Liberato Kani (née Ricardo Flores), a Peruvian Quechua rapper and composer. Jorge Luis Astovilca, a master of traditional Andean scissor dancing working as a supporting dancer for Quechua Hip-Hop artist Liberato Kani. 

Moderator Américo Mendoza-Mori, Lecturer in Latinx Studies, Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR). 

Presented in collaboration with the Harvard Andean Working Group, the Harvard Department of Anthropology, theCommittee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights (EMR), and Quechua Initiative on Global Indigeneity at Harvard, Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative.