Remember the awesome multilingual rappers from Wayna Tambo radio, Ukamau y Ke? Yes you do. They were the ones putting an Aymara spin on hip hop (pun fully intended). I was saddened to find out today that Abraham Bohorquez, one of their key rappers, died recently after being run over on the road – although [...]
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Posted in death notices on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Xavier Albó writes on Olivia Harris’s life and death
Posted in anthropology and anthropologists, death notices on April 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Following Olivia Harris‘s shockingly sudden death, Xavier Albó has written movingly of his friend and colleague with a fluency and a beauty which it is an honour to translate. This article was originally published in La Razon. The original, Spanish version of the text follows underneath a cut. Memories of Olivia Harris by Xavier Albó [...]
Olivia Harris 1948 – 2009
Posted in anthropology and anthropologists, death notices on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Bolivia’s been in the news for many reasons in the last few weeks, and there’s a regular old pile of stories to be dissected and reposted: UN human rights reports, opening of relations with the USA, footballing triumph and oh my, assassination attempts! But I am afraid to say that all of this has been [...]
