Bringing Communities Together: An interview with the poet and cultural leader Jeferson Torres Guerrero

Abstract

This interview emerged from a project that seeks to connect the literature and culture of the Colombian Pacific with other territories, led by the poet and cultural leader Jeferson Torres Guerrero. In the interview, Torres Guerrero, one of the founders of the Cultural and Social Corporation Currulao and the Publishing House Imago, the first publishing house focusing on Afro-Colombian and indigenous writers in Colombia, tells us about the beginning of his work in cultural activism, the origins of these projects, their significance for the Pacific region and the importance of cultural exchange for the construction of narratives of non-violence and bringing communities together.