For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, activist Karima 2G will discuss empowerment and resistance through her life journey and her book “Il Corpo Nero” (The Black Body). During the evening there will be performances by Karima 2G and the Drama and Music Club at NYU Florence.
Karima 2G is a Liberian-Italian singer, rapper, and dancer known for blending African rhythms with contemporary music. She began her career in Italian clubs and formed the duo PepeSoup in 2010, later founding the label Soupu Music. Her debut album, *2G* (2014), features songs in English and Pidgin English and gained media attention. Karima has performed internationally, including opening for Azealia Banks in Milan. In 2016, she released the song “Africa” and is currently working on new music. Recently, she published an autobiographical novel called Il Corpo Nero (Fandango Libri, 2023). The book talks about her experience growing up as a second-generation Italian. The
Italian magazine L’Espresso recently published an open letter that Karima wrote to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, inviting her to reflect on the issue of citizenship for second-generation Italians. She is now working on three different projects: the release of her next album, the publication of another book, and the promotion of a dance performance she created and danced in by the title If There Is no Sun, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Culture, which was presented in Senegal and premiered at the Teatro India in Rome in the summer of 2022.