Santa Mala, An All Women Bolivian Hip Hop Group Representing Diasporic Roots
Meet Santa Mala, an up and coming all female Bolivian hip hop group based in São Paulo, Brazil. Having a chola-esque... Read Article
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Falling In Love With Pachamama: Review of Luzmila Carpio in La Paz
Legendary Bolivian songbird Luzmila Carpio gave an astonishing concert last Friday in La Paz’s Teatro Municipal, marvelling the crowd with... Read Article
Indigenous Bolivian Aymara Women Climbing Huayna Potosí
Think of cholitas, the indigenous Bolivian women, and you will most probably have ladies dressed in bowler hats, pleated multi-layered... Read Article
REVIEW Road To La Paz
At first glance, the premise of Road To La Paz (Original Title: Camino A La Paz) may seem predictable. Firstly,... Read Article
REVIEW Bolivian Film Boquerón Evokes the Forgotten Horrors of the Chaco War
Encompassing swathes of Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, the Gran Chaco is South America’s second-largest wilderness after the Amazon rainforest. But... Read Article
Feeding Our Hunger With Gepe
I’m the first to admit that working for Sounds and Colours is an opportunity for me to get an education... Read Article
Carmen Rosa: The Fearless Cholita Wrestler
The indigenous Aymara people have been discriminated against since colonial times and make up the second largest ethnic group In... Read Article
MIXTAPE Carlos Reinoso’s Los Bailes Altos Mixtape (Carnival Music from Bolivia and Perú)
Yes, oh god yes! We were looking for something different to celebrate the fact that Carnival is almost upon us,... Read Article
Latinbeat 2013 Showcases New Latin American Cinema in NY
Latinbeat 2013’s 10 day festival of Latin American film includes many North American premieres as well as a huge variety... Read Article
Random Is Not Whatever: New Music from Bolivia
Random Is Not A Whatever are a rare thing, a record label from Bolivia. This year they’ve released a number... Read Article
No Hay Revolución Sin Canciones: Bolivian Nationalism and its Journey to the World Music Stage
Known as “the roof top of the world” due to its high elevation in the Andes mountains, Bolivia is a... Read Article
229 Years Since the Sacrifice of Tupac Katari
November 14 marked a milestone in the history of the Andean region as it was 229 years since the indigenous... Read Article