Hey Sista, Go Sista, Soul Sista

Casa de la Cultura, Puebla, México
11 05 23 al 05 06 23

Since 2014 the photographer Alexis Chabala (Zambia - United Kingdom) has given himself the meticulous task of taking artistic portraits of key singer-songwriters, composers and performers in the contemporary configuration of English language Afro music comprising a series called The Influence Project. These artists have renewed the genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz and hip hop, not to mention the myriad hybridizations that have developed from such foundations.

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Georgia Ann Muldrow

Alexis Chabala

A key role in the renewal of the Afro musical universe has been played by women, whose contributions have influenced their contemporaries, as well as immediate generations of singer-songwriters and performers. Hey Sista, Go Sista, Soul Sista offers a short selection of them. It includes recognizable personalities with historical relevance such as Sister Sledge, whom many visitors will recognize when they remember one of the emblematic themes of their repertoire: “We Are Family” (1979). From that milestone, portraits of other, very relevant artists of the last three decades are on show, such as Lauryn Hill, who only needed to release one album to revolutionize female hip hop, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998).

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Angie Stone

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Erykah Badu, one of the voices and pens credited for the rise of neo soul also appears. Chabala has emphasized her song “Master Teacher” (2007), a theme celebrated for the popularization of the expression woke that the African-American community had used since the 1930s, resurfaced in the 1960s and was popularized in the twenty-first century thanks to Badu and singer-songwriter Georgia Anne Muldrow, who wrote the aforementioned song and is also featured in this show.

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Erykah Badu

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