Basha Changue Explained

Basha Changue
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Term Start:12 March 2021
Office2:Councillor of Moià City Council
Term Start2:15 June 2019
Term End2:2021
Birth Name:Basharat Changue i Canalejo
Birth Place:Nou Barris, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Basharat Changue i Canalejo (born 1984), better known as Basha Changue[1] [2] and informally as Basha Changuerra,[3] is a Catalan activist and politician who has served as a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia since 12 March 2021.

Biography

Basharat Changue i Canalejo was born in 1984, in the Nou Barris district of Barcelona.[4] The daughter of an Equatoguinean father and an Andalusian mother, she studied interior design and social integration.[5] As an anti-racist and Afro-feminist activist, she is the promoter of the AfroFem Koop cooperative and a member of the Comunitat Negra Africana i Afrodescendent a Catalunya group.[3] She presided over the political organization.[6] She also collaborates in various media and has been councillor for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in Moià City Council.[7]

Ahead of the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia in 2021, she ranked 5th on the CUP-Guanyem list for the constituency of Barcelona and was elected as a member of the 13th Parliament of Catalonia.[8]

On 18 September 2022, she was chosen to head the broad list, of which the CUP is part, for the 2023 Barcelona City Council election.[9] She lost.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sra. Basha Changue Canalejo. Parliament of Catalonia. 21 April 2023. ca.
  2. Web site: "Som el malson de Vox!". Paula. Ericsson. 5 March 2021. 21 April 2023. Público. ca.
  3. Web site: Basha Changuerra. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. 20 October 2020. 21 April 2023. ca.
  4. 20 September 2022 . Moià Basha Changuerra, candidata de la CUP a l'alcaldia de Barcelona . . ca . 21 April 2023 . Canal Taronja Central .
  5. Web site: Basha Changuerra: “Africanizarse en la diáspora es un camino”. Elena. García. 7 November 2020. 21 April 2023. El Salto. es.
  6. Web site: Relevo en la dirección de Afroféminas. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030130651/https://afrofeminas.com/2019/11/04/relevo-en-la-direccion-de-afrofeminas/. 30 October 2020. Antoinette T.. Soler. 4 November 2019. . 21 April 2023. es.
  7. Web site: Les nostres candidates a Barcelona. Popular Unity Candidacy. ca. 21 April 2023.
  8. Web site: Els últims de casa nostra a les llistes electorals: d'un investigador a una exiliada. Gemma. Camps. 8 February 2021. 21 April 2023. . ca.
  9. Web site: Basha Changue serà la candidata de la CUP a la batllia de Barcelona. 19 September 2023. 21 April 2023. VilaWeb. ca.