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C A R I B B E A N C R E A T I V E S BE.BOP: Exclusive Interview with Alanna Lockward ! Caribbean Creatives is happy to share with you this interview by Clelia Coussonnet of Alana Lockward, the founding director of Art Labour Archives and the curator of BE.BOP 2013, an amazing initiative supported by Uprising Art specially for Caribbean Intransit. Published with the authorization of Uprising Art, portal and magazine dedicated to Caribbean contemporary art, the interview focuses on the legacy of the Black Power Movement in the context of the Cold War from a Global South perspective. It followed the 2013 edition of Black Europe Body Politics through a special report and several exclusive interviews" last May 19-23 in Berlin, Germany. BE.BOP 2013 was the ?rst Afropean performance festival ? and by extension the ?rst performance festival of the Caribbean Diaspora in Europe. Volume 5 July - September 2013 www.creativeindustriesexchange.com 33