December 2018 Monthly Mix

Illustration by Malaika Astorga, inspired by D6rkangel

This month’s monthly mix has been curated by Sahara Baldwin. Sahara is a multidisciplinary artist and model, born and raised in downtown Tkaronto. Since moving to Tiohtiá:ke her work has focused on photography and videography, styling and art curation, as well as writings on media and cultural criticism. Her lifelong project to represent counterculture and disregarded Black, indigenous, and multiracial identities. She loves mangoes and hates advice.

This month’s playlist celebrates hip hop, neo soul, and rnb created by and for Black women. It aims to empower us and allow us to question a time of year which is particularly marked by consumerism and western religion. This month the tunes encourage us to celebrate our lived truths and personal spiritualities thru expressions of love. 1LOVE, sahara