Violeta Parra was a Chilean musician, poet, and artist who presented her stance on Chilean politics through writing and music. Through her work, Violeta Parra supported a social movement by incorporating lyrics related to social and political issues at the time. Something I found interesting about Parra's way of expressing her views, is that she did not use violence or hate to do so.
Victor Jara was a teacher, director, poet, singer/songwriter, and political activist. Similarly to Violeta Parra, Victor Jara avoided the use of violence in his work. His work was largely focused on the political views on the issues at the time, mostly focused on topics surrounding the election of Allende. Unfortunately, due to his strong political views, he was killed- being tortured and shot.
Los Prisoneros was a group of three Chilean men forming a rock/pop band. They had a very large and strong musical influence on the country of Chile. Their songs were focused on controversial topics of the time related to Pinochet, such as education, socio-economic issues, economic policies, etc. With a new sound and combination of punk rock, techno, reggae, synthpop, and nueva Ola, Los Prisoneros created a new wave of music.
Ana Tijoux was born in France to Chilean parents. They were both imprisoned, escaped and fled Chile to France due to the Pinochet regime. She was a popular Latin hip-hop/pop artist. Ana Tijoux used her songs to discuss political issues that had happened throughout Chilean history even though she was living in France for the majority of it. Her music focused on feminism, education and politics. Violeta Para and Victor Jara had a large influence on her work and act as her role models.
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