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we dreamt of utopia and we woke up screaming (Listening Session #2) – live on PASS – 06 Oct 2022 from 8:30pm
[Sketch by Myriam Pruvot courtesy of archive of Yasmina Reggad]
With ‘Listening Session #2’, Yasmina Reggad extends an invitation to historian, researcher and performer Saphia Arezki (Marseille, France) to dive together into her sound archive gathered during the artist’ long-term research we dreamt of utopia and we woke up screaming, that investigates the liberation movements’ broadcasts aired by the Algerian National Broadcasting Company (RTA) in the 60s and 70s.
Drawing on her previous polyglot and polyphonic sonic productions that echoed Yasmina Reggad’s journey through the worlds of ideas and ideals of a time when Algiers was dubbed the ‘Mecca of Revolution’, the artist and Saphia Arezki produce and perform live a new broadcast both for the ears and the eyes of the audience of listeners. The Listening Session considers the community of listeners both the receivers and the transmitters of militant radio programmes and attempts to tackle the idea of radio as a unidirectional medium.
live on PASS
Thursday, 6 October 2022 from 8:30pm
Creation, research and direction: Yasmina Reggad • Performed by: Yasmina Reggad and Saphia Arezki • Production: Hiros • Initially commissioned by: Dominique Malaquais & Julie Peghini for Afrique : Utopies performatives (2021) • Dedicated to: Dominique Malaquais
Category: Liberation Radio, News, Pass Blog, Pass Radio
Tags: Saphia Arezki, Yasmina Reggad
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Euredice Zaituna Kala’s JE SUIS L’ARCHIVE / I, THE ARCHIVE – live on PASS – 13 Sep 2022 from 6pm
Euridice Zaituna Kala is the archive. The archive is entangled in the pores of her skin, the folds of her memory and her recollections of meetings, texts and journeys. A word/sound piece by Euridice Zaituna Kala – live on PASS, Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6pm.
Category: News, Pass Blog, Pass Radio
Tags: Euredice Zaituna Kala, I - The Archive, Je suis l'archive
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LIBERATION RADIO
Liberation Radio is an ongoing query on knowledge production via African sound worlds, and long-term research on broadcasting and cultural initiatives by liberation movements across the continent. Our research focuses on the city-studios of Cairo, Accra, Conakry, Algiers, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka and more, the so-called revolutionary capitals which hosted and generated this production through their own national broadcasting infrastructure. Through this study we would to map the circulation of ideas through these places, amidst regime changes and the shifty …
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LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 14 AUGUST 2022 from 2pm
2pm – Liberation Dance: When Tarzan Met the African Freedom Fighter An ongoing exploration of struggle music – literally, music produced by and through the movements and people involved in Africa’s liberation struggle, rather than about it. “Struggle Music” is also a misnomer, it designates collective expression which, although musical, refuses to be “music” – or the process of individuation that produces it. It helps us demarcate from what is customarily called “protest music” – which, at times, may be …
Category: Liberation Radio, News, Pass Blog, Pass Pop-up, Pass Radio
Tags: Amandla Thomas-Johnson, ANC, Ethel Minor, Frantz Fanon, FRELIMO, FROLIZI, Kwame Ture, Mahmood Mamdani, Malcom X, Maria Shaba, MOLINACO, MPLA, PAC, Radio Cairo, Radio Free Africa, SWAPO, Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation, Toivo Asheeke, UNFL, ZANU, ZAPU
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LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 13 AUGUST 2022 from 2pm
[The mighty band Afro 70 in performance in Dar es Salaam, 1970s] 2pm – Liberation Dance: Toyi-Toyi & Struggle Songs An ongoing exploration of struggle music – literally, music produced by and through the movements and people involved in Africa’s liberation struggle, rather than about it. “Struggle Music” is also a misnomer, it designates collective expression which, although musical, refuses to be “music” – or the process of individuation that produces it. It helps us demarcate from what is …
LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 12 AUGUST 2022 from 2pm
[The opening ceremony at the 6th Pan African Congress held in Dar es Salaam, 1974] 2pm – Liberation Dance: When Tarzan Met the African Freedom Fighter An ongoing exploration of struggle music – literally, music produced by and through the movements and people involved in Africa’s liberation struggle, rather than about it. “Struggle Music” is also a misnomer, it designates collective expression which, although musical, refuses to be “music” – or the process of individuation that produces it. It helps …
LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 11 AUGUST 2022 from 2pm
FRELIMO President Dr. Mondlane addressing a public meeting in Kawe near Dar es Salaam. Day two of our Liberation Radio: Dar es Salaam broadcast, live from TPH Bookshop: 2pm – Liberation Dance: When Tarzan Met the African Freedom Fighter An ongoing exploration of struggle music – literally, music produced by and through the movements and people involved in Africa’s liberation struggle, rather than about it. “Struggle Music” is also a misnomer, it designates collective expression which, although musical, refuses …
LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 10 AUGUST 2022 from 2pm
t The scene outside the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Conference opening ceremony at Cairo University Today we open our Liberation Radio: Dar es Salaam sessions: 2pm – Liberation Dance: When Tarzan Met the African Freedom Fighter An ongoing exploration of struggle music – literally, music produced by and through the movements and people involved in Africa’s liberation struggle, rather than about it. “Struggle Music” is also a misnomer, it designates collective expression which, although musical, refuses to be “music” – or …
Category: Liberation Radio, News, Pass Blog, Pass Pop-up, Pass Radio
Tags: AAPSO, Afro Asian Film Festival, Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conference, Bandung, Cairo, German Democratic Republic, Nasser, PAIGC, pedagogy, Radio Berlin International, Radio Cairo, Sauti ya Cairo, Walter Sisulu University
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LIBERATION RADIO: DAR ES SALAAM – 10th-14th August 2022
From 10 – 14 August 2022, we presented another edition of “Liberation Radio”, an ongoing research conducted primarily through broadcasting practice, on cultural initiatives by and through liberation movements operating in the city-studios of Cairo, Accra, Conakry, Algiers, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka and more. After Cairo and Harare, we landed the Pan African Space Station (PASS) in Dar es Salaam to listen on themes such as the radical history of the University of Dar es Salaam – including Rodney-mentored study …
Category: Liberation Radio, News, Pass Blog, Pass Pop-up, Pass Radio
Tags: 6th PAC, Accra, Afro 70, Algiers, Andrea Thal, Ayi Kwei Armah, Cairo, Conakry, Contemporary Image Collective, Dar es Salaam, James Brennan, John Kitime, Lusaka, Maria Shaba, Marjorie Mbilinyi, Memory Biwa, Mkuki na Nyota, Moses März, Ng’wanza Kamata, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Nombuso Mathibela, Parselelo Kantai, Pungwe, Pungwe Listening, Rob Machiri, Ruth Nyambura, Saida Yahya-Othman, Samah Gafar, Tanzania Publishing House, Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation, TPH Bookshop, Union of African Writers, University of Dar es Salaam, USARF, Walter Bgoya, Walter Rodney, Wole Soyinka, Yasmina Reggad
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SOUNDGARDEN – a live reading for Bessie Head’s 85th
On 13 July 2022, Ilze Wolff curated a live reading, in celebration of Bessie Head’s 85th. With readings by Jess Myers, Wame Molefhe, Michelle Renyé, Moses Serubiri, Mmakhotso Lamola, Nombuso Mathibela and Hitomi Yokoyama. Listen back to the session below: With thanks to Bessie Head Trust, Khama III Memorial Museum