This Way To Timbuktu
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Mas Maker, Designer, Writer |
| Location | Arima, Atlanta, New York, Trinidad & Tobago |
| Introduction | Kush and Kemet Mas is an exciting, pioneering approach to Carnival. We are dedicated to harnessing the extraordinary potential of Mas to be an instrument of individual and collective upliftment. We at Kush & Kemet view ourselves as artists immersed in an amazing multimedia art form. Through dynamic design, conscientious choosing of materials, keen craftsmanship and social partnerships, we offer a wonderful alternative: a conscious and captivating Carnival experience! |
| Interests | Making Mas, Playing Mas & Feting in Trinidad & Tobago, Chanting for Peace in Mogadishu, Skanking @ a Jr. Gong Concert in Ghana,Licking Mango Juice Off My Elbows in Toco,Practising Kiswahili in Zanzibar Afrobeating it in Lagos, Being Schooled by the Pharaohs in Egypt, Trekking the Kilamanjaro & much more... |
| Favorite movies | The Bandit Queen, Glory, Black Orpheus, Malcom X, Hotel Rwanda, most Spike Lee movies, Water (by Deepa Metah), Chocolat |
| Favorite music | Kaiso (sweet Kaiso-Calypso for the unitiated): (Black Stalin, Ella Andall, Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Sparrow, Lord Pretender, Singing Sandra, Duke, Shadow, Rose),Steel-pan,Soca:Destra Garcia,Machel Montano, Faye Ann Lyons-Alvarez,Alyson Hinds, Chutney, Bhangra,Afrobeat:Fela & Femi Kuti, Amadou & Mariam, Youkia Traore, Youssou Ndour, Baba Maal, K'naan, Gigi, Ubax, Les Nubiennes, Lauryn Hill,Cessaria Evora Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, James Brown,Al Green,Robert Nesta Marley & his GORGEOUS, talented-in-his own right son, Damian,Dennis Brown, Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller,The Skatalites and much more |
| Favorite books | Wow, they're inumerous... I'll try. V.S. Naipaul Books (my favourites being Miguel St. & a house for Mr. Biswass). The Black Jacobins (by C.L.R. James). The autobiography of Malcom X. Chinua Achebe, Nuruddin Farah, Frantz Fanon,Salman Rushdie,Charles Dickens,Tony Morrison & Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. Progress & Poverty. The Destruction of Black Civilisation. Guns, Germs & Steel. How Europe underdeveloped Africa...... |