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Radios Comunitarias Indígenas en Panamá: Radio El Norteño

En la defensa y promoción del derecho de los Pueblos Indígenas a la libertad de expresión, Cultural Survival acompaña y celebra el nacimiento de las tres primeras radios en comunidades Indígenas Ngäbe en Panamá: Silico Creek, El Norteño y Filo Verde, gestionadas, en su mayoría, por jóvenes que desde el año 2018 comenzaron a capacitarse en temas relacionados con la radio con la esperanza de llegar a tener su propia emisora. 

El Ánimo de una Lidereza

Graciela Arias, Coordinadora nacional de Mujeres Indígenas en Panamá, una gran líder entre las mujeres. Expresa alguno de los  obstáculos que ha tenido que sobrepasar como mujer líder dentro de su comunidad. Exhorta, a niñas y jóvenes de seguir adelante a pesar de las pruebas en el camino. 

Letitia Timas Petersen Talks About How Indigenous Women Transfer Knowledge And Customs

Poverty, low levels of education and illiteracy, limited access to health care, basic sanitation, credit, and employment, limited participation in political life, and domestic and sexual violence are all prevalent problems among indigenous women. Besides, their right to self-determination, self-governance and control of resources and ancestral lands have been violated over centuries.
Still, Indigenous women are ensuring that traditional knowledge is carried over from generation to generation.
Language Activist Letitia Petersen tells us more.

Changing The Indigenous Art Landscape

Indigenous Women all around the world are subjected to marginalization and inequality.
As we commemorate International Women's Day, we celebrate the work of Lukretia Booysen (Griekwa, Nama), an Indigenous change maker who is the curator of The Koena Art Institute. Booysen tells us about the Institute's collaboration with the Iziko Art Museum.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Lukretia Booysen (Griekwa, Nama)
"Anania by the Baba Project, Used with Permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

More Than Just A Servant - Krotoa Reimagined

Krotoa, also known as Eva, was a young Khoi woman who played a significant and complex role in early South African history during the Dutch colonial period. Taken in as a servant in the household of Jan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch commander at the Cape, Krotoa served as a translator and cultural mediator between the Dutch settlers and her indigenous Khoi people. Fluent in both Dutch and Khoikhoi languages, she became a vital link in early negotiations and trade.

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