Unique Indigenous Poetry and Art Highlight AQ’s Latest Culture Issue

AQ is proud to offer the second installment of “Cultura,” our in-depth look at art and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this issue, we sample the incredible diversity of the region’s indigenous heritage, exploring artistic movements that are both steeped in tradition and constantly evolving. 

This edition includes a selection of five poems in indigenous languages from some of the hemisphere’s most significant contemporary poets; a profile of Quechua singer Luzmila Carpio; a portfolio of art centered on indigenous identity by Mariana Castillo Deball; and much more. Enjoy. 

How Luzmila Carpio Became Quechua’s Global Music Ambassador

Reading Time: 2 minutesLuzmila Carpio helped bring the sounds of the Andean Quechua tradition into the 21st century.

Indigenous Imagery in the Art of Mariana Castillo Deball

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe work of multidisciplinary artist Mariana Castillo Deball explores the use and abuse of indigenous imagery.

Argentina’s Tonolec Experiments With Tradition

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn interview with the Argentine electronic duo on finding fulfillment by exploring their roots.

The Photography of ‘Indigenous Voices’

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhotographer Liliana Merizalde tells the personal the stories behind her work, featured in the second installment of AQ’s “Cultura.”

Why a Quechua Novelist Doesn’t Want His Work Translated

Reading Time: 3 minutesPablo Landeo Muñoz insists that his Quechua novel, Aqupampa, remain without translation into Spanish.

Understanding Indigenous Identity through Film

Reading Time: 3 minutesA look at two films that touch on indigenous themes in very different ways: Embrace of the Serpent and To Have Done With the Judgment of God