'I can speak the language of rhyme:' Dakota Camacho on Guam, family and hip-hop
Listen to the story. Dakota Camacho is a Seattle-based dancer and musician with roots in Guam. Their quest to understand their ancestral history led to the development of a unique hip-hop style. Credit: Share Every year on July 21, people in the US territory of Guam commemorate “Liberation Day,” the day in 1944 when American forces invaded the island, retaking it from Japan at the end of World War II. But for the Indigenous people of Guam — or Guåhan in the Chamorro Native language — Liberation Day, with its military parades and solemn speeches, is not a day to celebrate. ...
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