This episode is a recorded interview with Memphis poet, free thinker, and my good friend Roberto Alfaro. (slight audio issues)
In our conversation, we discuss:
- Mexican Identity
- Mexican-African American relations in Memphis
- Poetry
- Roberto's experience growing up in Memphis
- The story of a mysterious mystic and shaman woman known as Pachita
- La Catrina as a memento mori and satircal response to classism in post-colonial Mexico
- Sistema de castas and race in Latin America
- Mesoamerican/Pre-hispanic mythology
I hope you enjoy the episode! Stay tuned for more! Thank you for listening!
Gracias por escuchar! Espero que haya disfrutado de este episodio.
Intro music by Melvin Lindsay: melvin.lindsay.jr@gmail.com
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Pachita:
- https://mexicounexplained.com/pachita-psychic-surgeon-medium-mystic/
- https://mxcity.mx/2015/10/pachita-la-curandera-mexicana-mas-famosa-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico/
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