La Voz Clara Oculta del Hip Hop Boliviano (Wayna Rap)

 

Country

Bolivia

Organization

La Voz Clara Oculta del Hip Hop Boliviano (Wayna Rap)

Wayna Rap is a youth organization of Aymara and Quechua Indigenous rappers from El Alto, the poorest district of La Paz. The group uses rap as a political voice for young people to promote Indigenous youth rights and contest unfair corporate infringement, political corruption and state repression with music, concerts and cultural preservation.

Project

Political Voice Through Hip Hop

To protect indigenous youth's rights against multinational corporations, political corruption and state repression by launching a political hip hop youth radio station, designing a magazine and by mentoring a new youth movement in Cochabamba.

Project Grant Amount $26,000
Total Grants Received $127,500
Years Supported 5
Theme Civil and Political Rights
Population Served Indigenous peoples, Migrants, Youth
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