(Pronounced: Zee-naa's Boo-kaa-laa)
A duty to memory and possibly. A virtual space for folks to tell those stories that you'd never hear about in school, the narratives that have been silenced, pushed to the side, and often manipulated or even erased. It's for the narratives that confront dominant culture and norms, and for the stories that we carry in our veins, those that speak to our healing and liberation. And it's most definitely, a nod to our ancestors.
Instagram @zinas.buqalah. Music produced by @Monk_HTS & @Evaclear_Music.
The Artist's Responsibility: A Fireside Chat with Equipto
Equipto is a rapper and political activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his teens, he founded Bored Stiff, a long-running hip hop group -- and led the Frisco Five hunger strike outside San Francisco's Mission District police station, to protest police brutality and killings of unarmed civilians. He has performed and toured with many notable hip-hop acts, including KRS-One, De La Soul, Mac Dre, and Nas. He has also released music with Andre Nickatina.Equipto is of mixed Japanese and Colombian ancestry. He is named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the first leader of the Soviet Union. His father, Art Sato, was born in a Japanese internment camp in Colorado.
Podcast beats by Monk HardToStop & Evaclear
17 Oct 2025
A Duty to Memory: October 17th, 1961
On October 17th, 1961, less than a year before Algeria won its independence – the French state committed a massacre in the heart of Paris.
During a peaceful march, over 12,000 people were arrested in a matter of hours. Algerians were beaten, shot with live ammunition, and their bodies thrown into the Seine River.
For decades, the official death count was no higherthan 7, though the truth is that dozens (most likely hundreds) of Algerians were murdered or disappeared that day.
Some historians call this day the most violent and repressive response to a street protest in modern Western European history. The French state has never taken full responsibilityfor this colonial massacre, never prosecuted anyone for the crimes.
October 17th, 1961 is etched in our hearts and carved intoour people’s memory, as a reminder that France’s hands are still dripping with the blood of Algerians (and that of many other African nations). This is our duty to memory.
Beats by Monk HTS & Evaclear. Follow Zina's Buqalah on Instagram.
8 Oct 2025
Voices from the Streets - Volume 1
As we mark 2 years since the start of this most recent phase of genocide against the people of Palestine and Gaza, people took to the streets of Oakland - demanding an arms embargo.
A dozen people shared their reflections, drawing connections to indigenous peoples and working class struggles from all over the world. From the calls to abolish the Prison Industrial Complex to the violence that the state and ICE unleashes against communities of color daily - the message is clear: local organizing works!
Free Palestine also means LAND BACK from these Ohlone lands on Turtle Island to all colonized and occupied lands everywhere.
Keep your eyes on Sudan, Congo, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Yemen, Syria, Kanaky Islands, Nepal, Madagascar, Kenya, the Philippines, El Salvador and more. The people united will never be defeated.
Beats by Monk HTS (https://www.instagram.com/monk_hts?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==) & Evaclear. (https://www.instagram.com/evaclear_music?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==) Follow Zina's Buqalah on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/zinas.buqalah?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==)!
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