Message from Jota Ramos0

We met up with Jota Ramos, a rapper and activist from Villa Rica (the last part of Columbia to be liberated from slavery) who is currently in the UK promoting is latest HAGA QUE PASE! (MAKE IT HAPPEN!) tour. It is a fundraising and awareness campaign utilising music and video documentary to highlight the land rights of traditional farmers whose livelihoods are under threat from large sugar plantations and industrial agribusiness corporations. He introduces himself below:

Speaking in further detail about his music and the tour:

The full background details on the Haga Que Pase! tour and cause can be found here.

Details of the final concert in London (at Nollywood in Camberwell) on Saturday November 13 2010 are available after the ‘read more’ jump.

Additional reading:

BBC World Service interview and article  here

Feature article and interview: Jota Ramos: When music is stronger than weapons

International School for Bottom Up Organisers ISBO: http://www.peoplesorganizing.org/links.html

Columbia Solidarity Campaign: http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/

Watch Jota’s documentary with subtitles Mi Fink! (My traditional farm) here from War Resisters International (http://wri-irg.org)