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Champeta w/ Edna Martinez - Lokassa Ya M´Bongo special

Berlin, 08.10.24

Focus on Lokassa Ya Mbongo

Curator and DJ Edna Martinez explores the champeta, an underground musical genre and dance that originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia in the early 1980s. The rhythms and influences are said to have arrived with the sailors from West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. We will get to know in each episode its specificities and the relevance of this scene.

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