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new music: chicagoan singer/songwriter/poet jamila woods’ black girl fight song “blk girl solider”
Is an “activism banger” a thing yet, or no? Either way, Jamila Woods’ “blk girl soldier” is drenched in all kinds of black girl magic from the defiant reminders of the endurance and resilience of black women, to name-checking Assata, Ella, Sojourner: the women who “taught us how to fight.” “blk girl soldier” is a celebratory fight song for every black girl out there for when we’re just trying to get through the day otherization-free, to when we’re on the front lines of a movement. “blk girl soldier” is the anthem I hadn’t realized I’d been pining for. “Yeah, she scares the government.” Righteous.
“I’m interested in figuring out what freedom songs would sound like in 2016,” says Woods. “My hope is that ”blk girl soldier“ is a freedom song for Black women today who are fighting the macro and microagressions of daily life in our city, our country, our world.”
Jamila Woods is a Chicago-based musician, formally one-half of M&O, and friend and frequent collaborator of Chance the Rapper.
By Erin White*, AFROPUNK contributor
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*Erin White is AFROPUNK’s editorial and social media assistant. You can follow her on Tumblr or friend her on Facebook. Have a pitch or an inquiry? Shoot her an email at erin@afropunk.com.
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