Nafisa grew up in Queens NY, got some sort of degree in Ethnic Studies and Political Economy, worked in youth organizing/nonprofit, then moved to Kolkata for a fellowship. Somehow she ended up in Atlanta, getting a masters in development practice. a few years ago, there was a night we spent at a tea garden in syhlet where i heard some really incredible songs by plantation workers. so the indigenous folks of syhlet include manipuri, shantals, tripura (just mentioning more recognizable groups) and a lot of the lyrics were hard to understand. BUT (and i love this) there was one song that I remember clear as day, that I might have secretly recorded if i go looking for it, that translated to roughly the following: ‘oh you can fall in love, but don’t sleep with the white man, because when summer rolls along, he’ll leave you!’.
imagine it being sung by a bunch of nice ladies with drums and hand clapping.
what - a - trip.
**in my head/heart Shamara just yelled “PLANTAAAAAAATIOOOOOOOOOOOOON!” Oh love.
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