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.
Basha Changue | |
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.png) Changue in 2021 | |
| Deputy of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2021 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Councillor of Moià City Council | |
| In office 15 June 2019 – 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Basharat Changue i Canalejo 1984 (age 39–40) Nou Barris, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Nationality | Catalan |
| Political party | Popular Unity Candidacy |
| Occupation | Politician |
Biography
editBasharat 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 Afroféminas 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.
References
edit- ^ "Sra. Basha Changue Canalejo". Parliament of Catalonia (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ Ericsson, Paula (5 March 2021). ""Som el malson de Vox!"". Público (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Basha Changuerra". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (in Catalan). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ Moià Basha Changuerra, candidata de la CUP a l'alcaldia de Barcelona (YouTube video) (in Catalan). Canal Taronja Central. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ García, Elena (7 November 2020). "Basha Changuerra: "Africanizarse en la diáspora es un camino"". El Salto (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ Soler, Antoinette T. (4 November 2019). "Relevo en la dirección de Afroféminas". Afroféminas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Les nostres candidates a Barcelona". Popular Unity Candidacy (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ Camps, Gemma (8 February 2021). "Els últims de casa nostra a les llistes electorals: d'un investigador a una exiliada". Regió7 (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Basha Changue serà la candidata de la CUP a la batllia de Barcelona". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.