Kahwit Tela

1 month ago | frontrunnermag.com | Kahwit Tela

In a packed room Saturday night at Georgetown University’s Bulldog Alley, The six-member art-rock Georgetown University student band Wonk played with kinetic on-stage energy and a sound that blends Jazz, Spoken word, and art rock.

Aug 16, 2024 | kuow.org | Kahwit Tela

How do I describe my cultural identity: African American or American African? As someone grew up in a Congolese family in Nashville, Tennessee, this is a question I often asked myself. Despite being born and raised in the U.S., I felt as if I belonged to my parent’s home country of the Democratic Republic of Congo more than Nashville, where I grew up.

Aug 16, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Kahwit Tela

How do I describe my cultural identity: African American or American African? As someone grew up in a Congolese family in Nashville, Tennessee, this is a question I often asked myself. Despite being born and raised in the U.S., I felt as if I belonged to my parent’s home country of the Democratic Republic of Congo more than Nashville, where I grew up.

Aug 16, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Kahwit Tela

Jul 7, 2024 | kpbs.org | Marc Silver |Kahwit Tela

It’s a rather unusual skateboard lesson. Little girls are lined up to learn to balance on a board on a half-pipe ramp. The teachers are young women from Bolivia, in their teens and 20s, wearing traditional garb as a tribute to female strength. Their outfits do not seem as if they are ideal for skateboarding: Each skateboarder wears a beribboned bowler hat and a poofy skirt. Among the eager disciples is Poppy Moore.