Ian Wapichana

Ian Wapichana was born in Boa Vista, Roraima, in 1997. At the age of nine, he moved to Brasília with his family. After living for six years in Riacho Fundo I, a satellite city of Brasília, his family moved to Santuário dos Pajés, a reservation that houses several indigenous ethnic groups. At the age of 20, Ian decided to become a nomad and travel around Brazil, working with poetry, music and in the audiovisual field. He was interviewed by the Museum of the Person in 2019.

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