Today you will hear sounds of resistance and culture across the genres produced by Asian and Pacific Islander communities worldwide. In this show we will feature sounds of West Papuan resistance against Indonesian repression, sounds from the indigenous communities of Mindanao (Philippines), Dalit rapper Sumeet Samos [1] from India singing about caste oppression, culture of resistance and drumming in Korea, and more, with hosts DJ Baagi and Natasha Harden.

TRACKLIST

Song: Happy Independance Day 55th (West Papua), Artist: Ukam Maniczy

Song: Sorong Samarai, Artist: Airleke and Twin Tribe

Song: Land and People, Artist: The Black Sistaz

Song: Binalig (Maguindanaon), Artist: Pantayo

Song: Gongland , Artist: Gingee

Song: A Tribute to Rajini Krish , Artist: Sumeet Samos

Song: Black Happiness, Artist: T (Tasha) YoonMiRae

Song: In the Mood for Love, Artist: Mohani

Clip of ieumsae: www.facebook.com/marc.matheson.9/…f=PAGES_TIMELINE [2]

LINKS TO FOLLOW:

WEST PAPUA

The Free West Papua Campaign — FreeWestPapua.org [3]

https://newint.org/features/2017/05/01/the-drumbeat-of-resistance/ [4]

MINDANAO, PHILLIPINES

Human Rights Organization: www.facebook.com/karapatan/ [5]

International solidarity network with rural communities in Mindanao:

www.facebook.com/pg/salupongan.international [6]

Left News Outlet: bulatlat.com/main/b [7]

Pantayo: https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/64dydd/pantayo-bridges-filipino-diaspora-with-take-on-kulintang [8]

Gingee: http://www.laweekly.com/music/gingee-gives-global-bass-music-a-dose-of-filipino-flair-6933820 [9]

INDIA

Sumeet Samos: www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/wat…sm_a_22062014/ [10]

Sumeet Samos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wnfy96Zz98 [11]

Thenmozhi Soundagarajan — www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/…rt-and-activism [12]

KOREA

Tasha: https://ainoko.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/tasha-the-best-female-korean-rapper/ [13]

https://medium.com/diaspora-identity/being-blasian-in-south-korea-e42ee6a548b5 [14]

Mohani— https://soundcloud.com/mohani [15]

 

[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/watch-jnu-students-dalit-rap-takes-on-casteism_a_22062014/

[2] http://www.facebook.com/marc.matheson.9/%E2%80%A6f=PAGES_TIMELINE

[3] http://freewestpapua.org/

[4] https://newint.org/features/2017/05/01/the-drumbeat-of-resistance/

[5] http://www.facebook.com/karapatan/

[6] http://www.facebook.com/pg/salupongan.international

[7] http://bulatlat.com/main/b

[8] https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/64dydd/pantayo-bridges-filipino-diaspora-with-take-on-kulintang

[9] http://www.laweekly.com/music/gingee-gives-global-bass-music-a-dose-of-filipino-flair-6933820

[10] http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/04/30/wat%E2%80%A6sm_a_22062014/

[11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wnfy96Zz98

[12] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/%E2%80%A6rt-and-activism

[13] https://ainoko.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/tasha-the-best-female-korean-rapper/

[14] https://medium.com/diaspora-identity/being-blasian-in-south-korea-e42ee6a548b5

[15] https://soundcloud.com/mohani