Sonic Cartographies
Morabeza in the Mix: Cabo Verde’s Soundtrack of Identity
From morna to hip-hop, how a scattered nation rewrote its history through rhythm.
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Street Syntax
Novela Das Nove: Brazil's 9pm Spell and the Sonic Shadow of Soft Power
From Salvador to Santiago, the Brazilian telenovela became a nightly ritual—and a quiet force of regional dominance.
Coded Dreams
AI Doesn’t Dream in Tupi – But It Might Learn Nheengatu
Brazil's forgotten Indigenous language is finding new life through artificial intelligence. Can algorithms help revive what colonisation tried to erase?
Sonic Cartographies
Dispatches from a Narco-State: The Rap That Tried to Stop It
What has changed ten years later? From denunciation to silence in the soundtrack of a fragile state.
Coded Dreams
Cosmic Quilombos and Digital Orishas: Hacking History with Candomblé and Code
How a new wave of Black Brazilian authors is building alternate timelines, digital ancestries, and cosmic counterattacks to whitewashed history
Ancestral Echoes
The Future Is Not an App: Ailton Krenak and the Revolt of the Living World
What if the future isn’t something to invent, but something to remember? Ailton Krenak dares to ask what humanity has forgotten in its rush toward oblivion.
Ancestral Echoes
Dandara: The Forgotten Strategist Who Resisted Slavery and Redefined Power
Long before feminist theory had a name, Dandara dos Palmares was putting it into practice. A rebel. A leader. A woman who chose death over submission.
System Hacks
Trying to Trend: How Brazil’s Left Is Learning the Rules of Virality
They’ve got the AI. They’ve got the influencers. Now all they need is the algorithm’s blessing.
Sonic Cartographies
Crioulo Flow Meets Atlantic Glow: Summol Summer Fest
Sumol Summer Fest connects continents and communities—but Almada has always known the rhythm.
System Hacks
A Banana, a Billion, and the Future of Pix
From street corners to Lisbon supermarkets, Brazil’s payment utopia learns the cost of open access.
Coded Dreams
The Algorithm Speaks Portuguese: Digital Colonialism in the Age of TikTok
How Lusophone Africa's Cultural Export Fuels Global Platforms While Creators Remain Economically Marginalized.
Ancestral Echoes
Mascot of the Apocalypse: Backward Feet, Forward Lies
Curupira was never meant to be cute. Why climate summits love Indigenous symbols but ignore Indigenous sovereignty.