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Şamaran [Kurdish]

from uttu EP by AGF

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Şamaran is a mythical creature in Kurdish Folklore, she's believed to be a human-snake hybrid that lived in a cave, and she was considered the wisdom goddess to protect secrets, it's also believed that when shahmaran dies her spirit passes to her daughter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish_mythology

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahmaran

When I was marching in solidarity with the Kurdish women freedom movement in Berlin in 2016 Kurdish women gave me a printed cloth with Şamaran on it, it is on my studio wall in memory.

Some notes about Kurdish freedom struggle here:

Book by Dilar Dirik, The Kurdish Women's movement
www.plutobooks.com/9780745341941/the-kurdish-womens-movement/

Jan 2023 review of Dilar Dirik's book with geopolitical embedding:
newpol.org/an-ambiguous-paradise-built-in-hell/

The Art of Freedom: A Brief History of the Kurdish Liberation Struggle
The revolution in Rojava captured the imagination of the left, sparking a worldwide interest in the Kurdish Freedom Movement. The Art of Freedom demonstrates that this explosive movement is firmly rooted in several decades of organized struggle. by Havin Guneser
libcom.org/article/art-freedom-brief-history-kurdish-liberation-struggle

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from uttu EP, released January 16, 2023

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audio sculptress performing as AGF, poetess and new media artist Antye Greie-Ripatti utilises language, sound, politics & explores speech within the audible depths of anti-rhythmic post-internet assemblages @poemproducer *

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