Cassandra Tesch
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Graduate Student |
| Location | Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Introduction | Like Brecht, I'm not writing poems about the trees while the woods are full of policemen. |
| Interests | Traveling in Africa and Latin America, Learning how to teach creatively, speaking Portuguese, Swahili and Spanish, Pegação, Cracking jokes in different languages/ The insane pleasure of laughter, Vibrant Color, Dwelling outside the box, Spoken Word Poetry, Short story writing, International cinema, Getting my eagle on, Berkeley, Market places, Being proposed to by weirdos, Sharing food with strangers on long distance bus rides, Taking pictures of people when they are not looking, Debating Identity, Listening to Alexis' scary stories, and watching Nasiah grow |
| Favorite movies | ANGOLA: The Hero, Hollow City CABO VERDE: Fintar o Destino BENIN: African Paradise BURKINA FASO: Delwende SENEGAL: The girl who sold the sun, Karmen Gei, Madame Brouette, Black Girl, Moolaade, Democracy in Dakar MAURITIUS: The Cathedral GABON: Dolé, The Forest MOZAMBIQUE: The gaze of the stars, The Great Bazaar, The Tree of Our Forefathers, The Ball, Eclipse, Sleepwalking Land, Tartana, A Trilogia Nova Família, Disobedience, Ngwenya The Crocodile, Another Man's Garden, Tartana, Mia Couto Desenhador de Palavras SOUTH AFRICA: Mama Africa, Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon, Wooden Camera, Tsotsi, Yesterday, Angels in the Dust CHAD: Abouna GUINEA BISSAU: The Blue Eyes of Yonta, Nha Fala, Mortu Nega and I really want to see The Tree of Blood RWANDA: Ras Rwanda, Sometimes in April, Hotel Rwanda KENYA: African Lens NIGERIA: EZRA MAURITANIA: Awaiting for Men, Traces US: Sicko, Babel, Crash, The Color Purple, On The Outs, Set if Off, Palindromes, Girlhood, The Boys of Baraka, Eve's Bayou, Soundz of Spririt, Anne B. Real, Born into Brothels, Inside Man, Momento, Foreign Student, Girl Fight, Bowling for columbine, Boys Dont Cry, Catch a Fire, Woman thou art loosed, Stranger Inside, Middle Sex, If these walls could talk, American History X, Malcom X, The Incredible Story of Two Girls in Love, Juno, Little Children, Momento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Unfaithful, Black Snake Moan, Crooklyn, Slacker Uprising, Our Daily Bread... MARTINIQUE: Sugar Cane Alley HONDURAS: El Espiritu de mi Mama Dance Hall Queen Rabbit Proof Fence East of Havana Todo el Poder, Amores Perros Osama The Dark Side of the Heart Children of Heaven BRAZIL: Antonia, Estacao do Brasil, Cidade de Deus, Cidade dos Homens, A hora da Estrela, Orfeu Negro, Ofreu, Cidade Baixa, Garrincha, Caminho das Nuvens, Terra Estrangeira, Bope, Warrior of Light, Beija-Flor... |
| Favorite music | BRAZIL: Céu, Negra Li, Caetano, Gil, Sylvia Torres, Maria Rita, Natiruts, Geraldo Azevedo, Marisa Monte, O Rappa, Timbalada, Cassia Eller, Djavan, Adrianna Calcanhotto, Carlinhos Brown, Pedro Luis, Fernanda Abreu ANGOLA: Damasio, Bonga, Paulo Flores BENIN: Angelique Kidjo CABO VERDE: Lura, Fantcha, Sara Tavares, Cesaria Evora, Mendes Brothers, Maria de Barros SOMALIA: Saba CAMEROON: Kaissa MAURITANIA: Malouma Mint El-Meidah ETHIOPIA: Gigi, Germa Beyene GUINEA BISSAU: Ze Manel, Bidinte, Manecas Costa MALI: Rokia Traore, Salif, Adama Yalomba, MOZAMBIQUE: Mabulu, Ghorwane, Lizha James, Simba, Dama do Bling, Eyuphoro, Kapa Dech, Afro Mona SIERRA LEONE: Seydu SOUTH AFRICA: Hugh Masekela. Thandiswa PORTUGAL: Malfada Arnauth, Dama Beth IN ENGLISH: MIA, Ms. Dynamite, Lady Sovereign, Morcheeba, Esthero, Lauryn Hill, Bahamadia, Mystic, Northern State, Jill, Guru, Billie Holidy, Ella Fitzgerald, Roots, Blackalicious, Amos Lee, Erykah, Wax Poetic, Lamya, Lina, Jazzyfatnastees. Nikka Costa. Nelly Furtado. Timbaland and Magoo. Common. J5. Ise Lyfe. Immortal Technique. Jean Gray, The Coup, Damion Marley. Sean Paul, Esthero, Melanie Hall, Res, Beyonce, Brandy, Aaliyah, Morgan Heritage, India Arie, Amel L., Rafeal Sadiq, Busy Signal, Maroon 5, Feist, Citizen Cope, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, TLC, Black Eyed Peas (pre-Furgie), Nas, Jazmine Sullivan, Sara Bareilles, Janelle Monae. SPANISH: Bebe, Ojos de Brujo, Ivy Queen, early Shakira, Orishas, Susana Baca, Aurelio Martinez, Lila Downs, Gotan Project, Manu Chau |
| Favorite books | O alquimista, Onze Minutos, O Zahir, A Gloriosa Família, As Mulheres de Tijugopapo, Contos do Bordel, Terra Sonâmbula:SLEEPWALKING LAND, Ser Como Ellos, Always Running, Onze Minutos, The Vagina Monologues, Nine Hills to Nambonkaha, The Last Flight of the Flamingo, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Barrel Fever, Dress Your Family in Cordoroy and Denim, When you're engulfed in Flames, The Things they carried, Soldier; a poets childhood, Invisible Man, Beloved, The Namesake, The Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, Angola: Promises and Lies, The World Travel Book, The Woman I kept to Myself, Rethinking the African Diaspora, Stupid White Men, Dude, Where's My Country? Whacky Chicks, Black Girl Speak Out and My Passport.... |
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