Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother, is a musician, slam poet, activist, and multidisciplinary artist from Philadelphia. She performs with Irreversible Entanglements, MoorJewelry, and 700 Bliss.

On Tuesday, June 2nd, Moor Mother comes to AB with new work, improvisation, and a selection from her now extensive oeuvre, backed by her musical kindred spirits Aquiles Navarro and Olof Melander.

Tickets are still available.

Discover why The Wire states: “Moor Mother might be the most radical Afrofuturist artist to emerge for years.”

• Moor Mother co-founded Black Quantum Futurism (BQF) with artist Rasheedah Philips. BQF is an art collective that brings together quantum physics, Afro-diasporic traditions and science fiction. The project challenges our linear view of time through a mix of multimedia installations, experimental noise performances, literature and video art. By approaching the past, present and future as a single fluid whole, BQF creates a powerful platform for artistic activism; using their art as a tool, they reclaim the history of Black communities and make alternative, liberating futures tangible.

• Moor Mother translates her social commitment into concrete projects in Philadelphia, such as the Community Futures Lab, a physical space focused on housing rights and documenting neighbourhood histories. She is also co-organiser of Rockers! Philly, a platform for artists that don’t fit in. As a lecturer at the Thornton School of Music, she uses her position to decolonise the canon and make students aware of the political and social context of music. Her artistic expressions reflect this: in her music and performances, she addresses themes such as systemic injustice, colonialism and the American housing crisis.

• She draws on extensive historical research for her music. For her album 'The Great Bailout' (2024), for example, she delved deeply into British colonial history and the financial legacy of slavery. “Research is a major part of my work, and researching history - particularly African history, philosophy and time - is a major interest. Europe and Africa have a very intimate and brutal relationship throughout time. I’m interested in exploring that relationship of colonialism and liberation, in this case in Great Britain.”