Our show will focus on how our experiences in the African diaspora have influenced how we share and process our artistic heritage, cultural praxis & production in communal spaces. Starting from the struggles of adaptation caused by the physical movement/ removal of generations of Africans to the digital apparatus of social mediums, we use to build networks of communication, exchange & connection: we seek to understand how the development of our cultures of resistance have periodically influenced our relationship to music production & consumption. In asking ourselves the following questions: Who is the diaspora? How do we locate it through space and time? How do we manage to navigate historically white creative spaces all while honoring our political heritages? We will talk about our personal & collective experiences in an attempt to examine, analyze and deconstruct the implications of class, race & gender in the process of founding our autonomous creative spaces. Our series will seek to platform a vibrant exchange of cultural commentary with artists, cultural workers and organizers of Afro-decendency, as we curate soundtracks that move through us and connect us to our collective Black art consciousness.

We are a collective of multi-dimensional afro-descendant artists who desire to provide a platform where we can share our creative world through the medium of sonic & visual story-telling. We are ZAGAZA: a network of Black women performance & visual artists stemming from the African continent. Based in Swiss Romandie, we ground our artistry in the Black collective art consciousness. Our desire is to curate sensory experiences that entice our communities through the merging of mixed art forms and the development of a greater network of QTBiPOC artists with whom we can co-create platforms & spaces to enrich community life & sustain cultural relevant and inclusive events. We want to hold space to pay hommage & celebrate the artists, communities and cultures that paved the way for us to exist as gifted and B L A C K. We believe that it is our responsibility to be the vanguards of our culture and take space as representatives of traditions that resource us endlessly.