Basha Changue

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Changue and the second or maternal family name is Canalejo; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Basha Changue
Portrait photograph of Basha Cnague
Changue in 2021
Deputy of the Parliament of Catalonia
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2021
ConstituencyBarcelona
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
CitizenshipSpanish
NationalityCatalan
Political partyPopular Unity Candidacy
OccupationPolitician

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 Afroféminas [es] 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

  1. ^ "Sra. Basha Changue Canalejo". Parliament of Catalonia (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ Ericsson, Paula (5 March 2021). ""Som el malson de Vox!"". Público (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Basha Changuerra". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (in Catalan). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ García, Elena (7 November 2020). "Basha Changuerra: "Africanizarse en la diáspora es un camino"". El Salto (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ^ Soler, Antoinette T. (4 November 2019). "Relevo en la dirección de Afroféminas". Afroféminas [es] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Les nostres candidates a Barcelona". Popular Unity Candidacy (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  8. ^ Camps, Gemma (8 February 2021). "Els últims de casa nostra a les llistes electorals: d'un investigador a una exiliada". Regió7 [ca] (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Basha Changue serà la candidata de la CUP a la batllia de Barcelona". VilaWeb (in Catalan). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.