Archives in Sound with Ali Maaxa, PhD
Ali Maaxa is a Portland-based writer, radio host, musician, media maker and anthropologist. She has published books, articles, talks and films based in her decolonial fieldwork with arts communities throughout the Global South. Since 2002, she has leveraged her PhD in anthropology of media and music to teach and present her expertise globally, including topics from Southern hip-hop, digital Africa, global feminist theory, writing, and research methodologies. She has served as a fellow with the Mellon, Peacock, FLAS, and Wilgus foundations as well as national and global humanities centers.
On Motherhood and A Love Supreme
AdoptionPassages: An Evening of Stories, Music and Art. Open Signal, PDX, Nov 16, 2023
The In-Between People: A Story about Adoption, Belonging, and Mermaids by Ali Maaxa
Africa’s Digital Revolution: Learning from Global Cultures of Innovation Dr. Ali Colleen Neff
Digital Africa, Digital Women and Girls: Dr. Ali Colleen Neff
Reverberation 2: Women Ritual Singers and Poets of Senegal
Reverberation - Dance Clips
Raw Footage of a Senegalese wedding attended by hundreds of griots
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Let the World Listen Right: The Mississippi Delta Hip-Hop Story
GOTAL Freestyle Cypher in Ginaaw Rail, Dakar, Senegal: Senegalese Women Rappers in Wolof
Sokhna Khady Ba, "Modou Bamba" Senegalese Sufi (Baye Fall / Baay Fall / Yaay Fall ) Praise Song
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Waking up in the Serer Griot (Gewel)'s house, Sine-Saloum Delta (Ndagane)
Sokhna Khady Ba, Yaay Fall Praise Singer, Video for Asmoul Ousma
Sokhna Khady Ba, Yaay Fall Praise Singer, Video for "Mouhamed"
Symmetric Orchestra live in Bamako, Mali, with Amazing Dancers
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Baye Fall / Yaay Fall : Reverberation1 : Women Praise Singers of Senegal
GOTAL Women Rappers of Senegal perform at Madison Dakar New Year's 2011
Senegalese Singer Njaaya Performs at the Obelisk, Dakar, Part 2 with Classical Dancers
Senegalese Singer Njaaya Performs at the Obelisk, Dakar, Part 2 with Classical Dancers
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