The documentary Ukamau y Ké features Ecuadorian rapper and director, Andrés Ramírez, who returns to Bolivia to uncover the reasons for the death of his friend, Ukamau y Ké (Abraham Bojórquez). Bojórquez was an activist and pioneer for hip hop in Aymara and formed an important part of the local and international hip hop movement. In this journey, Ukamau y Ké comes back to life through archival material and contemporary interviews.
Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese; ABYA Yala Student Association; Center for Latin American Studies; University Libraries in connection with the K'acha Willaykuna Collaboration and Knowledge Equity Working Group; Departments of Linguistics and French and Italian; the Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures; EMIC Graduate Student Interest Group for Expressive Culture and the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme.
