Colombian artist Mabiland makes R&B en Español for Black queer Latines in search of freedom:
to enter the door and give themselves permission to dream larger than they have been allowed in a world that thrives off the disciplining and surveillance of race, gender, and sexuality. In “Ashé,” Mabiland raps: “Las cruces que cargo/ Quiero cargarlas en Mercedes / Darle una casa a mami /Que la cambie como quiere / Organizar mi gente / Pa ‘que atrás no se me queden / Y que en el barrio entiendan / Que soñar lograr se puede.
Throughout the song, Mabiland identifies her desire to no longer carry crosses on her back as Jesus Christ did, but to carry crosses in a Mercedes. This image exemplifies Mabiland’s longing for a future where nations make it easy to be alive in the world. As an artist, Mabiland knows that her music can help “organize her people” and remind them that it is possible to “dream [and] succeed.” In “Ashé,” Mabiland also shouts-out her grandmother for teaching her how to dream and demand for more.
Often, resilience is conceptualized as a positive attribute, but Mabiland pushes back on that. “If my grandmother lived through all that [misogyny], why would I have to please,” she asks. In her question, there’s actually a declaration: Mabiland chooses to no longer please anyone’s racial and gender expectations. In Mabiland’s framework, resilience can only exist when someone is denied their humanity and, because of this, resilience is something that must be both understood and departed from.
For Mabiland, if resilience means that one survived an attempt at elimination, resilience should not be a characteristic or experience that people have in the future. She doesn’t want people to have to be resilient; she wants them to be free.
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