The film Makwayela (1977), by Jean Rouch — a reference for the exhibition Madjoni-Djoni, by Nuno Silas — focuses on the Makwayela music and dance as a form of resistance by Mozambican migrants in the mines of South Africa. In this context, workers from various nationalities created a lingua franca: fanakalo
Inspired by art and language as a form of resistance, Simone Amorim proposes the workshop CONTACT LANGUAGE.The aim is to explore the political and performative potential of the body and language as contributions to the deconstruction of hegemonic discourses, and the construction of other decolonial and intersectional narratives.
Simone Amorim (Rio de Janeiro, 1980) is a Brazilian researcher, activist and cultural manager, residing in Porto. With a PhD in Cultural Policies, she is part of Coletivo Afreketê, a laboratory of knowledge production based on innovative and participatory methodologies.