Bocafloja

Bocafloja is a Mexico City born interdisciplinary artist of Afro-indigenous descent based in Atlanta, GA. Bocafloja’s mediums of creation include documentary filmmaking, music, literature and photography. His body of work addresses topics such as the Global South, decoloniality, critical race theory and the African Diaspora in Latin America.

Bocafloja has presented and performed extensively for over 20 years in more than 35 countries, positioning him as a leading voice within artistic communities in the Spanish speaking diaspora, being recognized as one of the first artists in Latin America who utilized Rap and Poetry as an effective model of critical pedagogy amongst impoverished and racialized communities.

Bocafloja is listed as one of the 50 most relevant Hip Hop artists in the history of Spanish language Hip Hop according to Rolling Stone Magazine and Billboard. He has also been featured in PBS, NPR, BBC, OnceTV, Canal Catorce, Folha de S. Paulo, Afropunk and Okayplayer, amongst other media outlets globally.

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