{"id":3661,"date":"2023-11-17T19:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/?page_id=3661"},"modified":"2024-04-11T17:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:25:52","slug":"jokko-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/french-studies\/events\/jokko-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokko 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Artists from Dakar and Hartford collaborate at Trinity College<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On November 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 7<sup>th<\/sup>, Trinity College welcomed two Senegalese artist-activists, the graffiti painter Docta and the hip-hop artist Simon Kouka, for a series of events with Trinity College students and local hip-hop and graffiti artists. The theme,\u00a0<em>jokko<\/em>, means \u2018connection\u2019 or \u2018exchange\u2019 in Wolof, the most widely spoken language in Senegal. Docta and Simon spoke to students in Francophone Studies, International Studies, Human Rights, and Urban Studies, about their activist art and role in the Y\u2019en a marre movement in Senegal, which emerged in the 2010s as a grassroots organization to protest government corruption and injustice and facilitate youth voter registration.\u00a0\u00a0On Monday evening, Docta and Simon were joined by members of the local hip-hop group Bap Pack\u2014including Hydro and Khaiim of \u201cSelf Suffice the RapOet\u201d Kelly \u201903\u2014Lindaluz, Poptart, and Versatile Poetiq, for a panel discussion about\u00a0how their urban art and activism transcends borders and disciplines. On Tuesday evening, Simon performed a fireside \u201crapped history\u201d (<em>histoire rapp\u00e9e<\/em>) outside the Cornelia Center. Docta also collaborated with local graffiti artists Lindaluz and Poptart on a mural outside Trinfo Caf\u00e9. Professor Doyle Calhoun (Francophone Studies) and Professor Seth Markle (International Studies and History) organized the event, which was sponsored by Language and Culture Studies, International Studies, Human Rights, the Center for Urban and Global Studies, CHER, and the Dean\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3669\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3669 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-04-scaled-1-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo Credit: Nick Caitos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/language-culture-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/11\/Jokko-Graffiti-Flow-19-scaled-1-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo Credit: Nick Caitos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists from Dakar and Hartford collaborate at Trinity College On November 6th\u00a0and 7th, Trinity College welcomed two Senegalese artist-activists, the graffiti painter Docta and the hip-hop artist Simon Kouka, for a series of events with Trinity College students and local hip-hop and graffiti artists. 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