Episode 6 – MY EMANCIPATION DON’T FIT IN YOUR EQUATION – Tygapaw

Episode 6 of Mary C's new podcast When she was 19 years old, she moved from Jamaica to New York in order to study design. At that point Dion McKenzie, aka Tygapaw, had already been producing electronic music and eventually became an important part of the New York club scene. Despite many obstacles, she managed to start her own night Fake Accent which celebrates queer people present in the club scene and creates a safer space for them and their audiences. Her other event No Badmind focused on Carribean trans* and queer POCs. Her newest album Get Free is published under the label of the mexican collective N.A.A.F.I. and its main theme is empowerment. In Tygapaw’s case this is another step in the process of healing and unlearning self-doubt. Concept & narration: Mary C Title music: Mary C Translation: Dora Rodriguez Dubbing: Zeynab Gueye Visuals: Vladyslav Afanasiev & Jan Brož Released weekly on www.institutuzkosti.cz