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Creative writing and traditional rhythm workshop with Brillith Sossa Wilches

The word drum

Cartagena 2026, 

The cultural manager Brillith Sossa Wilches imagines a space based on the stories created by children involved in the Resonating Hope; Black History, Our History project, which were printed in the illustrated booklet Cuentos del barrio: la esperanza afrodescendiente. Participants will read the stories and do exercises in poetry writing and sound games inspired by Afro rhythms, including the bullerengue and the mapalé. A workshop for linking body, memory and imagination.

Ages 14 to 17