Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa: Black life at the intersection of birth and death
Мвенде «FreeQuency» Катвива: Жизнь чернокожих на пересечении рождения и смерти
Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive. Full bio
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о репродуктивной справедливости.
about Reproductive Justice.
Women with a Vision,
was defined by Sister Song as:
if and when she will have a baby
решать, будет ли она рожать,
и при каких условиях.
under which she will give birth.
решать не иметь детей
to decide if she will not have a baby
или прекращения беременности.
or ending a pregnancy.
воспитывать своих детей
to parent the children she already has
all about the joys of motherhood.
о радости материнства.
weave wonder into this world.
for something so big, so early.
что-то столь важное не повредит.
ли я нужными качествами,
to stomach motherhood in this country.
больше знаний о воспитании детей,
has taught me more about parenting
дают жизнь детям,
give birth to babies
подарит жизнь тем,
that this body will birth kin
оказаться за решёткой,
to be held in prison cells
about being Black in America
сущности чернокожих в Америке,
воспитать своих детей
to raise my kids right
потому что это неправильно
because it is wrong,
to justify his death?
оправданием его смерти?
за конфеты и сладкий чай,
for his Skittles and sweet tea
who will watch him
с ним, не дождавшись её приезда.
and not wait for them to come.
приезжала полиция?
с Шоном Беллом, приходят на ум,
when I consider calling 911.
that they will not come and kill my son.
моего сына, как Оскара Гранта.
of the nooses,
они убивают чернокожих парней
when they murder Black boys
for four hours in the sun.
четырёх часов на солнце.
напоминания о том,
сущности чернокожих в Америке,
about being Black in America
недели повторились с моим сыном.
of last week's story.
не заслуживает внимания.
wouldn't even be newsworthy.
is the only Black woman
единственная чернокожая,
большего, чем наше молчание.
more than our silence.
дочерей в постоянной опасности,
dark-skinned daughters in distress
своё место среди ваших?
between the lives of your genders?
nothing is a great protector
которое выглядит вот так.
that looks like this.
about being Black in America
сущности чернокожих в Америке,
I look forward to.
about dead Black children to be naïve
о мёртвых чернокожих детях,
иллюзий по поводу того,
be a poem written about my kids.
не будет посвящено моим детям.
who gave birth to poems.
которая дала жизнь стихотворениям.
которому нет места в этом мире.
who doesn't fit into this world.
who will live forever
about art and performance.
не искусство и выступление.
на конференции TED
about Black Lives Matter.
о значимости жизни чернокожих.
сократить своё выступление,
о репродуктивной справедливости.
about Reproductive Justice.
для меня эти два понятия.
my inability to separate the two.
when Trayvon Martin was murdered.
чернокожий мальчик,
actually values Black life.
ценит жизнь чернокожих.
как и наши дети,
и здоровом сообществе
and healthy communities
людей и государства.
or the state or government.
не привлекли к ответственности
was not held responsible
такое глубокое впечатление,
in the United Stated of America
в Соединённых Штатах Америки,
репродуктивного правосудия
the Reproductive Justice framework
афроамериканцев в одно целое.
о репродуктивном правосудии
about Reproductive Justice
in the Movement for Black Lives,
движения в защиту афроамеринцев,
увидели и почувствовали это сходство.
to see and feel these similarities.
и это стихотворение
написать стихотворение,
люди пытаются похоронить
to remain silent.
ту часть про защиту чернокожих»,
portion from my talk,"
our stories were being denied
снова не пропускают на сцены,
they deserve to be told on.
the words I had just spoken.
только что сказанные мной.
не должны сохранять молчание.
to remain silent.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa - Writer, youth worker, freedom fighterMwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive.
Why you should listen
Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a Kenyan Queer Womyn speaker and performer. Katwiwa is an award-winning, internationally touring poet, author, host, youth worker, social-justice speaker, teaching artist and workshop leader who has spent her life at the intersection of arts, education and activism. Her work in Reproductive Justice, the Movement for Black Lives, LGBTQ+ advocacy and poetry have been featured on Upworthy, OkayAfrica, the New York Times, For Harriet, Everyday Feminism and more.
As a writer, Katwiwa has always centered storytelling as an avenue to create change and believes in "speaking things into existence." Her work is heavily influenced by her heritage and her pan-African upbringing, and centers "the other" and "the in between," places she has often found herself occupying as a black, queer immigrant and emigrant. Her experience of the power of words and stories to impact the lives of those sharing and receiving has pushed her to share and teach the craft as a tool of resistance and advocacy.
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