FREE WEST PAPUA!!!!!

YOU CANNOT HAVE REVOLUTION WITHOUT MUSIC!!!

Resistance takes many forms but, resistance through creative expression allows diverse cultures to be in communication and the ability to UNIFY A PEOPLE. Dancing, painting, weaving, carving and music have culturally held sacred positions in Oceania. When we think of creative expression it is often regarded in western society as a hobby, a side hustle, something to fill the time, but there is power that lies within such creative spaces. With knowledge of that power, I wanted to see how music functions in the realm of resistance.

The vision I had for the mix was not only to select songs from and by storytellers of the region Area Melanesia, but to make a mix that went beyond borders and opened up a conversation between Black diasporas worldwide. Although there is a shared colonial experience, this mix should also speak to the resilience, autonomy, empowerment, strength, resistance, creativity and vastness of Blackness. 

Big thank you to Dr. Lola Bautista of Center for Pacific Islands Studies at UH Mānoa & Dr. Akiemi of The Pōpolo Project for being my capstone supervisors for this project, when I wanted to throw my computer out the muffugn window!!!!

https://www.freewestpapua.org/
https://www.thepopoloproject.org/
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1. Keleketla! ft. The Lani Singers, Benny + Maria Wenda - Papua Merdeka
2. Fela Kuti - Shakara (Ossie’s Bump Edit)
3. The Black Sistaz - Biak Meos Karu (DJ A.i.T. Edit x Los Poderes/Rita Indiana)
4. Airileke ft. Twin Tribe - Sorong Samarai x Shareena Clanton speech)
5. Nneka - Heartbeat
6. George Telek ft. Ngaiire & The Black Sistaz - West Papua (Merdeka mix)
7.  Mereba - Get Free
8. Rapsody - Crown
9. Vanessa Quai - Merdeka (Free West Papua)
 10. Les Nubians - Makeda
 11. The Black Brothers - Border Crosser
 12. Arnold Ap - Kebebasan
 13. Nina Simone - Freedom interview
 14. Kaivili - Rize like a Morning Star

TALANOA SERIES: WEAVING BLACK RESISTANCE

Soulskin's Return Home:

1* Paula Hurlock/I Never Knew TV - Humans are Electromagnetic Beings (DJ A.i.T. soundbite edit)
2* Flying Lotus - All in
3* Matt Martians - God Said It's Ok to Fall
4* Princess Nokia - Brujas (intro)
5* Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know (Bioscope Boot Remix)
6* Kadjha Bonet - Joy
7* Tokimonsta - Fallen Arches
8* Outkast - Vibrate
9* El Buho - Tecolotin
10* Bomba Estéreo - Agua
11* Chargaux - Sosha Media 
12* Mereba - Black Truck
13* Kay Young - Going Through
14* Common - Good Morning Love ft. Samora Pinderhughes
15* Les Mamans du Congo & RROBIN - Ngaminke
16* Femi Kuti - Sorry Sorry (Old School Afro Dub)
17* Duendita - Pray
18* Serpentwithfeet - Fellowship
19* Jah9 - In the Spirit
20* Carlos Niño - Awakening
21* Mumu Fresh ft D Smoke - North Star
22* Erykah Badu - 20 feet tall (intro)
23* Christian Scott aTunde ft. Saul Williams - Ancestral Recall 

This mix was inspired by the ebb and flow of life...the growth, the cutting, the redemption, the highs, the lows, the limbo, the defeat, the joy, the release, the disconnection, the reconnection, prayer, ritual, faith, Spirit, Ancestors, reminders, readjusting, remembering, recommitting, recommitting, recommitting...

Title of the mix was taken from Clarissa Pinkola Estés' "Women Who Run with the Wolves" -- 

"...going home does not necessarily cost money. It costs time. It costs a strong act of will to say "I am going" and I mean it...while you cannot crawl back into the uterus again, you can return to the soul-home. It is not only possible, it is requisite".

"(Soul) Home is a sustained mood or sense that allows us to experience feelings not necessarily sustained in the mundane world: wonder, vision, peace, freedom from worry, freedom from demands, freedom from constant clacking. All these treasures from home are meant to be cached in the psyche for later use in the topside world."

This mix is a reminder to myself and to others, to not stray too far from the soul-home for too long, especially in the hustle and bustle of everyday lyfe. 

Much alofa <3

PS. Don't forget to show some love and hit that like/repost button if this resonates.

Soulskin's Return Home

[[!!IINTERVIEW BEGINS @50:50 MINUTE MARK!!]]

Talk story w/ time Oceania's finest movers and shakers

Guest Speakers:
Sami "Cocoa Chandelier" Akuna
Amrita Hepi
Bhenji Ra
Jahra Wasasala

Dance, Body Movement, World Building, and Space Shifters

Talk story with Domina Jia, Hercules/HERA and MaxxieRivers aka Aunteh BB Anuhea regarding sex work, autonomy, liberation and agency <3

@jinjavitis on instagram for more information.
@twunkagenda
@auntehBB

Sex Work, Autonomy, and Agency

CLEO COREPOWER CLASS

Guest speakers, Fatima Abed & Tina Grandinetti talk story about a free Palestine and the intersections of occupied indigenous nations.

Liberation of Palestine

Guest Speakers: Bexx To'omalatai + Ruta Lauleva Lua'iufi Aiono

Sāmoa, Indigenous Medicine, Culture and Partnership

Protecting the Sacred, Mauna a Wākea, Music Releases

Honolulu Based Women Owned Record Label

Mundo Reggae Radio Show, Women DJs, México to Honolulu life

Guest:

Ahmed Hashem!
**Listen to the 'Palestine Liberation Mix' here!**

https://soundcloud.com/dj-ahmed-198982653/palestine-liberation-mix

Shared Liberation, Music Medicine, and Free Palestine!

MANAfestation of a storyteller:


1* Tame Iti - Mana
2* Sampa the Great - The Owl Chant
3* DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like
4* Nobody - Tilijem's Forest
5* Abjo - I Still Really Love You x Bjork - Hidden Place (AiT refix)
6* Outkast - Slum Beautiful
7* Akua Naru - The Mo(u)rning
8* Branko - Let Me Go (feat. Nonku Phiri & Mr. Carmack)
9* La Yegros - Viene De Mi (DJ Captain Planet Rmx)
10* Nobody & Blank Blue - Eyes Closed
11* Oby Nine - Serotonin(Moods Rmx) x Fiji - E Papa (AiT refix)
12* D'angelo - Africa (J Boogie Rmx)
13* Solange - Cranes in the Sky (Kaytranada Edit)
14* Nortec Collective - Olvidela Compa x Israel Kamakawiwoʻole - Hawai'i '78 (AiT refix)
15* Te Vaka - No Chops, Just Screwed (AiT refix)
16* Sevdaliza - Bebin
17* Ursula Rucker - Libations



I've sat with this song selection/playlist, aligning, rearranging, listening sonically, lyrically, atmospherically, energetically, thematically, translating language, taking out, putting in, "writing", etc. etc. Today I felt compelled to let this out into the Universe.

I'm sendn this mix out to my ancestors and the creators bringing that reflection, that healing, that grounding, that love to this crazy ass whrrld.  

Even when you think you aint a creator "artistically"…your ideas still speak actions into existence. Create wisely, even when your love and compassion are tested…lordT knows i'm still learning that!

((Thankful for the womn in sweatlodge today <3))

**Front cover is a Samoan Taupou, or princess, or daughter or a High Chief. She's in traditional dress, holding a nifo'oti, typically used in ailao/dance ceremonies.

**Don't be afraid to show some love, hit that 'like', send a msg, 'share', let me know ur thoughts**

MANAfestation of a Storyteller

Talanoa Series is a storytelling journey. Talanoa is not a new Pacific concept, but a space to open up dialogue, a space to listen, a space to re-envision futures. MCing/rapping/singing is an extension of our rich indigenous oral traditions. Jump in the va'a and take a journey through the narratives of our Pasifika and Aboriginal storytellers. This is the first of many, so enjoy Volume 1: Pasifika Precedence!

The title was inspired by Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, reawakening that spirit through Kanaka culture at Hālawa Prison/Hawai'i.

Show some love and don't be afraid to like, repost, and/or comment on this mix if you like what you hear and feel. $upport our Pa$ifika creative$! in thi$ mix

Big mahalo to Dr. Heoli for allowing students to use these mediums for the academic setting!
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1) Dr. Jamaica Heolimelekalani Osorio - Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī: This Is How We Rise
2) Tree - Afio Ane Loa
3) Ria Hall - History
4) Dr. Teresia Teaiwa - Bad Coconuts
5) Kaʻikena Scanlan - He Mele No Kāne
6) Kree Kahoa - White Noise
7) Tio - Black Butterfly
8) SWIDT - Bunga
9) Mo’ju ft. Lay the Mystic - Native Tongue
10) Tommy Nee - Feel
11) Soultree - Coqui Lullaby
12) Airileke ft. Twin Tribe - Sorong Samarai
13) BLKMPIRE - My Island Home
14) Fat Freddy’s Drop - The Raft
15) Tama Waipara - Pasifika
16) Uptown Swuite ft. Pakkz the General - Mana
17) Ziggy Ramo - Pretty Boy
18) Rush Wepiha ft. DJ Spell - Greatness
19) Ria Hall - Sing Dance Dream
20) Spellspellspell - Once Were Warriors
21) Erica Nalani Benton - Back to Guåhan

TALANOA SERIES: PASIFIKA PRECEDENCE

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'Remedies in the Melodies'
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